Overview /Objective: 

The Manager, Finance supports day-to-day finance processes, close processes, contract lifecycle management and operational optimization.  This role will work in a collaborative fashion with production teams, business affairs, controllership, legal and IT to ensure accuracy of financial close, optimize financial processes, and improve overall control footprint.      

Responsibilities: 

• Perform close activities including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis.   

• Approve operational requisitions, supplier invoices and vendor contracts.  Review Oracle purchase order reports to ensure proper accrual accounting. 

• Manage models for capital expenditures, FTE headcount, revenue recognition and expense work in progress.   

• Work closely with production, operations and IT to improve operational processes, remediate audit findings, and develop production standards. 
• Optimize current usage of production budgeting software and expand reach across processes with financial impact. 

Required Qualifications: 

• B.S. in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Economics 

• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in Accounting 

• Ability to manage and analyze big data sets 

• Process oriented with a focus on efficiency 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with sports media & entertainment industry 
• Experience with TV production budgeting applications  

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics: 

• Ability to multi-task meeting all deadlines and grasping new concepts quickly 
• Ability to collaborate with team members in a fast-paced, dynamic environment 

Travel:  Less than 10%

Terms /Expected Hours of Work: 

• Full time employees are required to work a minimum of 40 hours a week 

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.