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About the Role
The Financial Analyst plays a key role in coordinating the financial reporting and analytics related to the WNBA teams and will support WNBA Team Finance, which serves as the central point of contact to team financial representatives. This person will assist in reviewing Team Projections, the related team audit processes, perform analyses on the Teams' financial performance, assist with ticket and union reporting, and other key deliverables during the annual business cycle.
Responsibilities
- Collect team projections, vet the information, perform variance analysis, and ensure reporting consistency among the teams.
- Run benchmarking analyses on teams' projection submissions and provide valuable insights to team and league personnel.
- Assist with ticket reporting for team/league distribution on a weekly basis and review to ensure compliance with reporting requirements.
- Serve as contact for various league deliverables such as team billing requisitions and communications to teams.
- Assist with the team audit process, acting as a liaison between team financial representatives and external auditors.
- Research accounting guidance as necessary to assist teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field
- CPA Preferred, not required
- Minimum of 3-4 years of experience in public accounting, financial planning & analysis, corporate finance, or other strategic finance role
- Strong competency in core professional skills including attention to detail, resourcefulness, responsiveness, flexibility, initiative, and follow-through.
- Effective communicator to work with team financial personnel and external auditors.
- Ability to multi-task while meeting strict deadlines
- Must be very proficient in Excel (Index / Match, V-Lookups, and macros knowledge a big plus), PowerPoint, and other Office/computer systems.
- Must be comfortable working with large data sets and creating executive-level summaries and trend reports.
- Prior experience working with and managing data sets, including extraction and merges from source systems, transformation, and providing preliminary descriptive analytics.
Skills
- Excel (Index / Match, V-Lookups, and macros knowledge a big plus)
- PowerPoint
- Office/computer systems
- Working with large data sets
- Creating executive-level summaries and trend reports
- Managing data sets
- Extraction and merges from source systems
- Transformation
- Preliminary descriptive analytics
- Leveraging AI tools is a plus
- SAP is a plus
Work Type
- Remote one day per week
Experience Level
- 3-4 years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field
- CPA Preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $95,000-$110,000
Benefits
- Annual discretionary performance bonus
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life/AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Fertility and family-forming assistance
- Wellbeing allowance
- Educational assistance
- Mental health coaching/therapy
- Tax advantaged accounts such as HSA and healthcare/dependent care FSAs
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Time off benefits that include vacation, sick time, and personal days.
About the Company
- The WNBA is a bold, progressive basketball league that stands for the power of women. Featuring 15 teams, the W is a unique sports property that combines competition and entertainment with a commitment to diversity and inclusion and social responsibility. Through its world-class athletes, the in-game fan experience, TV and digital broadcasts, digital and social content and community outreach programs, the league celebrates and elevates the game of basketball and the culture around it.
Equal Opportunity
- The NBA considers applicants for all positions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs, and without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.