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Job Description
Company Overview
Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company ignites the passions of global sports fans and maximizes the presence and reach for hundreds of sports partners globally by offering innovative products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans, a global partner network with over 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, teams, players associations, athletes, celebrities, colleges, and college conferences, and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail business stores.
As a market leader with more than 18,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.
The Team:
Fanatics is the ultimate one-stop sports fan destination that ignites and harnesses the passion of fans and maximizes the presence and reach for preeminent sports partners globally. The Fanatics family of companies, supported by our Fanatics Accounting Shared Services function, currently includes:
- Fanatics Commerce, a vertically integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hard goods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today's 24/7 mobile-first economy.
- Fanatics Collectibles, a transformative company that is building a new model for the hobby and giving collectors an end-to-end physical and digital collectible experience;
- Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming, and retail sportsbook platform.
FHI employees are expected to be on-site 4-days per week. We also offer the unique benefit of allowing employees to temporarily work remotely up to 20 days per year based on business levels.
What You'll Do: - Provide financial leadership by managing the general accounting and reporting activities to ensure accurate and timely compliance with all internal and external reporting requirements.
- Help foster a culture of continuous improvement mind-set, drive change within the department
- Assist with financial statement write-ups and analysis (BS, P&L, and Cash Flow) for month-end, quarter-end and year-end close
- Assist with driving compliance with GAAP and implementation of new standards
- Must be a forward looking, proactive leader with business experience in increasingly complex businesses, across geographies and business channels.
- Must be an experienced, collaborative accounting professional with the background and interpersonal skills sufficient to function successfully in a growth-enabling and challenging position.
- Must demonstrate the ability to implement new concepts, ideas, integration of new businesses, and systems as needed.
- Must have the ability to embrace and assume ownership of various processes and reports.
- Attention to detail, superior organizational and project management skills, and exceptional communication skills are important.
- Provide accounting, processing, and analytical support for general accounting activities.
- Collection, tracking, analyzing, reporting and reconciliation of accounting activity on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
- Develop in-depth knowledge of systems, data, and reporting tools as well as understanding of the business processes related to assigned general ledger accounts, including transaction flow.
- Book monthly accruals and prepare monthly account reconciliations. Assisting with ad hoc requests as needed
- Assist as needed in support of Wholesale, eComm, and Retail businesses
- Prepare and record required journal entries for certain entities including daily transactions and monthly expense allocations
- Maintain daily, weekly, and monthly schedules used in the preparation and completion of the month-end closing process
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts
- Support the training and development of staff
- Review journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations prepared by direct report(s)
- Improve financial status by analyzing results and variances, identifying trends, and recommending actions
- Recommend updates to accounting policies related to improving processes and procedures
- Perform duties in compliance with GAAP, company and department policies and procedures, internal controls, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
- Assist accounting management on any and all accounting related issues
- Prepare ad hoc financial reporting requests, other analyses and special projects requested by management
What We're Looking For: - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other related field required
- CPA designation a major plus
- Minimum 5-10 years of accounting experience preferred
- Public accounting experience a plus
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and stringent deadlines within a fast-paced environment is a must
- Ability to organize and prioritize
- Must have strong analytical skills
- Must have excellent communication skills - verbal and written
- Ability to effectively work with multiple departments, at all levels of the organization
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel - experience in Pivot Tables and VLookups are a +
- Strong attention to detail