Director, Finance - Catalyst Studios & EA SPORTS Technology

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • Finance • ~ $259,300 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As the Finance Director, you will lead business support for Catalyst Studios and EA SPORTS Technology teams. Your responsibilities include managing the holistic health of franchises, leading financial planning, overseeing forecasts, tracking performance, providing financial analysis, and improving finance workflows. You will partner with senior leaders, provide strategic advice, and manage budgets, while also leading ad-hoc projects and anticipating risks. Building relationships with partners across commercial, marketing, and corporate functions to drive business objectives will also be a part of your job. You will also be managing the Catalyst and EA SPORTS Technology team.
Must have:
  • 10+ years' experience in senior finance roles
  • Experience with P&L management and forecasting
  • Proficiency in Accounting and GAAP
  • Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint expertise
Good to have:
  • Experience with Anaplan, Power BI, Tableau and Oracle

Job Details

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen. 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: Our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team provides strategic and financial partnership to EA's Leadership team. We achieve this through engaging with our partners to understand our broad strategy, analyzing data, and delivering insights to guide EA's performance.  As the Finance Director, you will lead business support for our Catalyst franchises (including F1, NHL, UFC, Other Incubation) and technology team for EA SPORTS. Additionally, you will assist the consolidated reporting, quarterly targets, and submission process for these organizations. Supported by a team of 5, you will report to the Vice-President of FP&A, EA SPORTS, and will work in a hybrid work model, defined as 3 days in-office. What you'll do: You will partner with senior leaders across EA SPORTS including our VP / General Manager, Head of Operations & Publishing, Executive Producers and their leadership teams to lead across all financial elements associated with the delivery of our Catalyst Studios & EA SPORTS Technology strategies. 
  • 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

Major Functions & Related Activities
  • 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

Team-Related
  • 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

Who You Are
  • 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

Qualifications
  • 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 

 

 

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