Finance Manager, International Games

The NFL is looking for a commercially focused Finance Manager, supporting NFL’s international regular season games. This role will serve as the key finance business partner for International Events, Operations and Ticketing teams.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of European international game P&L’s.
• Lead management accounting submissions for international games, including business planning, long range planning and quarterly forecasting; presenting to senior management.  
• Key finance business partner for all operational teams involved in delivering the games (Events, Operations, Ticketing).
• Review and provide finance sign off on contracts, understanding P&L impact of commercial terms.
• Support team evaluating strategic review of new markets for international games.
• Support management of settlements with NFL Clubs, stadiums, ticket sales agents, hotels and other partners.
• Support process to review of purchase orders and invoices.  
• Support financial reporting quarterly close for international games; analyze P&L variances and review balance sheet reconciliations.
• Work closely with Controller’s Group, Club Finance, Tax, Internal Audit and Legal.
• Maintaining NFL policies and procedures across key risk areas

Required Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA)
• 2+ years experience post-qualification, 5 years professional experience  
• Experience of working across international businesses in a multi-currency environment.
• Experience setting & managing budgets, forecasting and tracking real-time updates.

Preferred Qualifications

• Big 4 background preferred 

Other Key Attributes / Talent Characteristics:

• Confident communicator: ability to instruct and direct employees across all functions and communicate complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
• Proactive problem solver with the ability to multi-task and work autonomously.  
• Analytical, organized, self-motivated with an eye for detail.

Travel

• 1-2 international trips per year 

Terms /Expected Hours of Work:

• NFL employees are required to work 40 hours per week. Additional hours may be required around specific deadlines. 

Salary / Pay Range

This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.