Director, Finance - Catalyst Studios & EA SPORTS Technology

Provide strategic advice and partnership to all studios and executive leadership

Manage the holistic health of our franchises, including full P&L responsibility 

Lead the financial planning process, including the long-range, annual, and quarterly planning cycles

In partnership with the studio and analytics team, manage and oversee net bookings forecasts for live services

Establish and track performance measurements across all major offerings and projects 

Provide ad-hoc financial analysis to support our partners

Guidance on core finance processes, building efficiencies and streamlining deliverables

Align with P&L owners on specific funding proposals 

Partner with leadership to set and manage budgets across all projects and titles

Provide decision support to leadership on investment and project decisions

Provide regular financial visibility with regards to Outlook, Risk and Opportunities

Manage greenlight / incubation process

Lead ad-hoc projects to improve processes and performance

Improve internal finance workflows 

Anticipate risks and partner with the leadership to identify trade-offs to de-risk and maintain financial goals

Balance priorities, and find creative solutions that achieve results

Build relationships with partners across commercial, marketing, and corporate functions and actively collaborate to work towards meeting financial and business objectives

Drive results by partnering on business-related projects such as modeling business scenarios and tracking performance metrics

Manage the Catalyst & EA SPORTS Technology team and work closely with our FP&A partners across commercial, marketing and corporate functions

Attract and mentor a team that provides insight and value to their partners

Influence, motivate and collaborate with your partners and team

Create a center of excellence and implement best practices, processes, and standards

Highly-motivated, passionate self-starter

Excellent interpersonal skills are a requirement for this role

Strong overall communication, facilitation, and presentation skills

Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high volume, deadline-driven environment

Creative problem-solving and conflict resolution skills

Ability to balance multiple and competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, and to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Ability to work with ambiguity and independence

A team player able to work collaboratively, within the group and cross-functionally across business units/functions as a thought leader and partner

Strong business acumen

Passion or preference for working in game development

Resolve complex business issues, ability to move beyond reporting to synthesis and insight

Experience using tools, processes, and teamwork to work at scale

10 or more years' experience in mid-level to senior finance roles

Experience with P&L management, budgeting, forecasting and analysis 

Proficiency in Accounting and general GAAP knowledge

Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint expertise required, experience with Anaplan, Power BI, Tableau and Oracle