- Location: Orlando
- State: Florida
- Country: United States of America
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 inclusion by creating a place where you can come to work and be yourself.
Role Overview:
As the Finance Manager, you will partner directly with Sports FP&A, Sports Technology, and Tracab leadership to drive financial strategy. You are a activator who takes on challenges and manages deliverables with ease, serving as both as trusted finance partner and a collaborative team player to help shape the future of our sports technology businesses.
Reporting to the Director of FP&A, you work in a hybrid model, defined as 3 days a week in our EA office.
What You'll Do:
Business Partnering
Cultivate strong relationships with key leadership to help deliver the long-term strategy
Influence key decisions by understanding the big picture combined with providing underlying deep financial analysis and insight
Manage full P&L and overall financial health for Sports Tech and Tracab, providing strategic guidance and decision support to leadership.
Partner with Sports Tech and Tracab leadership to prioritize investments by evaluating strategic initiatives, quantifying financial impact and trade-offs, and recommending resource allocation decisions that optimize long-term business value.
Drive and assist teams to provide timely and accurate reporting and analysis to assist with decision-making and value creation.
Prepare and hold business reviews for Sports Tech and Tracab leadership teams with clear insights to drive decision making.
Financial Forecasting and Reporting
Develop and collaborate with Sports Tech & Tracab teams on long range, annual and quarterly revenue forecasts
Lead financial reviews with budget owners to develop annual plans and subsequent forecast updates
Drive insightful analysis to highlight variance drivers and identify opportunities to mitigate risk and improve performance
Guide analysis to highlight variance drivers and identify opportunities to mitigate risk and improve performance
Responsible for purchase order approvals, budgeted spend tracking, monthly close activities, and headcount management. Set control processes in place to manage spending and headcount within plan
Manage all close activities for assigned departments including identifying and preparing accrual and reclass entries to ensure precise accounting of known activities
Ensure compliance with EA's policies and procedures.
What You Bring:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field
6+ years of progressive financial experience, with expertise in P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and long-range strategic planning
Solid foundation in US GAAP and accounting workflows
Experience communicating analytical findings for a range of audiences
Advanced MS Excel financial modelling skills, and comfortable working with complex datasets
Experience with enterprise financial systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, or Anaplan)
Demonstrated experience incorporating use of AI tools or modern digital solutions into work processes to accelerate and enhance work quality