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About the Role

Legends Global is seeking a Director, Strategic Finance to partner with the Venue Management business. This individual will act as the finance voice within the senior leadership team, bringing forward-looking analysis and business partnership to the organization's most important decisions. The role requires rigor and discipline in planning, forecasting, and understanding business performance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary financial advisor and thought partner to Venue Management leadership on strategy, investment decisions, portfolio/venue-level economics, and growth initiatives.
• Represent Venue Management's financial position and priorities in corporate-level planning processes.
• Bring a rigorous, scrutiny-ready lens to BU decision-making, stress-testing assumptions, sizing risk, and framing trade-offs.
• Act as a connective tissue across the BU's leadership team, ensuring finance, data, people, and systems priorities are aligned.
• Own the BU's annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning process.
• Lead monthly management reporting and variance analysis.
• Inform the analytical infrastructure needed to run the BU with rigor at both the venue and portfolio level.
• Partner with Controllership on close-related matters to ensure reported results are clean, defensible, and audit-ready.
• Ensure operational data and financial data tell a consistent story and translate analytics into decisions.
• Coordinate with HR and IT on organizational design, resourcing, and systems needs affecting financial operations.
• Coordinate with Controllership during the monthly close process to review financial results and ensure alignment.
• Contribute a finance-informed perspective to broader BU operating decisions.
• Own the KPI framework for Venue Management and ensure consistent tracking and reporting.
• Ensure BU-level financial results and narratives are clean, well-supported, and ready for corporate consolidation.
• Identify and quantify cost savings, efficiency, and margin improvement opportunities.
• Participate in cross-enterprise finance initiatives as they touch Venue Management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Significant progressive finance experience, with demonstrated FP&A leadership.
• Track record of direct business partnership with senior operating executives.
• Experience operating in a private equity-backed or multi-site environment strongly preferred.
• Comfort operating under the discipline and scrutiny of a PE-backed business.
• Background in venue management, live events, hospitality, sports & entertainment, or another multi-site operating business is a plus.
• Strong ERP and systems fluency (e.g., D365 or comparable platforms).
• Experience partnering through an ERP implementation is a plus.
• Executive presence and judgment to operate as a trusted advisor.
• Comfortable delivering difficult financial truths as well as strategic opportunities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex financial analysis into a clear narrative for varied audiences.
• Strong collaborator who can build trust and alignment across peer functional leaders without formal authority.

Skills

• Strategic Finance
• FP&A
• Financial Planning
• Forecasting
• Budgeting
• Management Reporting
• Variance Analysis
• KPI Frameworks
• Cost Savings Identification
• Efficiency Improvement
• Margin Improvement
• ERP Systems
• Business Partnership
• Financial Analysis
• Communication

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Remote
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Director
• Senior

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• MBA or CFA preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $150,000–$175,000

Benefits

• Performance-based incentives
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid vacation
• 401(k) plan

About the Company

• Legends Global is the premier partner to the world’s greatest live events, venues, and brands.
• We deliver a fully integrated suite of premium services through a white-label model.
• Services include feasibility, project development, sales, partnerships, hospitality, merchandise, venue management, and content/booking.
• Global network of over 450 venues, hosting 20,000 events and welcoming 165 million guests annually.
• The Legends Global Way guides operations: Align, Scale, Connect, Team, Win.

Equal Opportunity

• Legends Global is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and encourages Women, Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities, and protected Veterans to apply.
• VEVRAA Federal Contractor.