Electronic Arts

EA's CFO organization comprises a broad group of finance disciplines. Our common goal is partnership with business teams delivering strategies and providing our players with amazing experiences. All of our finance teams assist the business in achieving profitable creativity by providing financial insight, reporting and guidance.

We use progressive tools to analyze and visualize data, telling the story of financial drivers, performance, risks and opportunities. We value attributes like collaboration and learning. We celebrate diversity and inclusion by creating a place where you can come to work and be yourself.

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment with over 25 years of innovation, passion, and connecting millions of players across the globe to their favorite sports, teams, and players. If you are passionate about global football and building immersive digital entertainment, this is the role of a lifetime.

Role Overview:

 As the EA SPORTS Football Club (FC) Senior Finance Manager, you will work hybrid, defined as 3+ days in an EA office, supporting FC Commercial Management. You will oversee and provide global franchise finance support (forecasts, reporting, and other financial modeling) on total franchise revenue and cost of sales (including revenue reductions, revenue & inventory reserves, other). To deliver these responsibilities, you will collaborate with cross functional groups including EA SPORTS business partners, Franchise & Global Commercial & Marketing Finance, Accounting, and Enterprise FP&A. You will report to the FC Finance Director.

What You'll Do:

• Build relationships with partners and actively collaborate to work towards meeting financial and business objectives
• Prepare, hold, and present business reviews for leaders focused on the story (not just data) with clear insights and actionable presentation material
• Drive results by partnering on business-related projects such as modeling business scenarios and tracking performance metrics
• Financial Close, Forecasting, Reporting and Analysis
• Oversee live service, full game, other revenue financial forecast for Finance. Provide insightful partnership and analysis to increase and grow business, identify & manage risks & opportunities.
• Provide deep financial analysis focused on a variety of areas such as optimizing revenue and / or profitability and evaluating ROI of promotions
• Partner with the Accounting group to manage Close deliverables, timelines, process, and reporting
• Drive FP&A Excellence
• Identify and lead initiatives to improve, standardize and automate forecasting and reporting tools and processes
• Lead and foster a culture of inclusion where diversity is celebrated
• Train, coach, motivate and challenge team members in their development and career path

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required
• 9+ years experience of related financial experience, Commercial Retail and Digital Revenue experience
• Experience with P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency in Accounting and general GAAP knowledge
• Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint expertise required, knowledge in Anaplan, Power BI, Tableau and Oracle

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs). 

PAY RANGES

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.