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Form of work Director of Finance (Wholesale Division)
Primary Purpose
The Director, Finance will be part of the Finance Team at Fanatics supporting the Fanatics Brands group (the vertical and B2B wholesale division), a leading online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise. This Finance team has a high level of exposure to executive leadership and to all functional groups within Fanatics. Primary responsibilities include ownership of all forward looking financial statements including aspects of the income statement and balance sheet and being the first point of contact for all modeling requests to support internal planning and forecasting and external asks directed to Fanatics Brands.
Responsibilities
• Work closely with teams within Finance and Accounting and throughout the company to build and maintain detailed current year and long range forecast financial statements
• Build and maintain models to support planning/forecasting, and the supporting P&L and Balance Sheets
• Partner with Operations Corporate Finance and other departments with capital expenditure requests to calculate the timing and present value of the related cash flows as justification for the spending.
• Serve as the Fanatics Brands FP&A modeling lead for new decision tools and other ad hoc analyses
• Function independently with minimal supervision and proactively deliver key projects
• Develop and present management reporting materials for Operations and Finance leadership
• Leader providing financial planning oversight and implementing checks and balances with the business to drive accountability
Necessary Skills
• Ability to create financial statements from ground up
• High proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
• Proficiency with general ledger accounting software
• Highly analytical with the ability to work independently and manage several simultaneous projects
• Self-directed, comfort with fast paced environment, must have a problem solving mindset
• Strong communication skills necessary to convey data insights
• Consumer/retail or eCommerce experience is preferred
• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required; MBA preferred
