Job Description
Finance Manager - Mobile FP&A
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Role Overview
This Finance Manager role is a unique opportunity to be a collaborative partner and trusted advisor to the leadership teams responsible for EA Mobile's RPG/4X studios. These studios develop high priority strategic franchises for EA and require an experienced partner to help propel these businesses forward. Knowledge of the gaming industry, especially free to play business models, advertising and user acquisition are a significant advantage. You will report to the Director of FP&A.
What You'll Do:
Business Partnering
• Develop relationships with studio partners to help achieve the long-term strategy of the game and studio.
• Manage studio P&L and influence investment and product decisions to maximize the health of the business.
• Partner with teams on live service revenue forecasts, user acquisition plans, studio leads and other teams
• Create P&L modeling and evaluate business opportunities to support new product incubation.
• Prepare and hold business reviews and forecast reviews for studio leadership teams.
Financial Forecasting, Reporting and Close
• Manage quarterly forecasting and monthly reporting activities
• Guide partners on developing R&D forecasts, including headcount planning.
• Lead long-term business planning and modeling with studio leadership.
• Partner with FP&A teams from acquired mobile companies on process and business integration.
• Analyze the performance of all live games on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Design and run complex financial and operational models to develop meaningful insights.
Guide FP&A Excellence
• Help build and retain our world-class FP&A team.
• Identify and lead programs to automate forecasting and reporting processes
Experience and Technical Skills
• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 7 years of related financial experience
• Experience with P&L management, forecasting and reporting
• Expert in Excel (can build complex spreadsheets) - especially when conducting financial modeling and revenue modeling
• Experience with financial forecasting and reporting tools such as Anaplan and Power BI
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rojj73-216-73-216-74-42 in your application.