Finance Manager, Marketing

Job Description

Finance Manager, Marketing (Contract)

We're EA-the world's leading video game publisher. You're probably familiar with many of our titles-Madden, FIFA, The Sims, Apex Legends, Battlefield, Need for Speed, and Star Wars, to name but a few. W e entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is hard work. That's why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

Role Overview:
Our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team plays a critical role in providing strategic partnership to leaders across EA. We achieve this through effectively engaging with our partners to understand our broad strategy, analyzing data, and delivering insights to help drive EA's current and future performance.

This Finance Manager will be responsible for business partnering with our Marketing & Commercial Insights (MCI) and Brand and Corporate Communications (BCC) Team. Our MCI team is comprised of Marketing Analytics, Consumer Insights, Dynamic Omnichannel Messaging and Game Evaluation. This role reports to the Sr. Finance Director.

What You'll Do:
• Business Partnering with our Marketing & Commercial Insights (MCI) Team &
our Brand and Corporate Communications (BCC) Team
• Build relationships with partners and actively collaborate to work toward a goal
• Prepare, hold, and present business reviews for leaders focused on the story (not just data) with clear insights and actionable presentation material
• Drive results by partnering on business-related projects such as modeling business scenarios and tracking performance metrics
• PO Approvals, Budget Control Document management & Headcount tracking and management
• Financial Close, Forecasting, Reporting and Analysis
• Own the financial forecast and provide insightful analysis to highlight variance drivers and identify opportunities to mitigate risk / improve performance
• Partner with the Accounting group to manage Close deliverables, timelines, process and reporting

Who You Are:
• Highly-motivated, passionate self-starter
• Ability to handle multiple and competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, and to thrive in a fast-paced environment with high degree of change
• Ability to work with ambiguity and independence
• A team player able to work collaboratively, within the group and cross-functionally across business units/functions as a thought leader and partner

Preferred Experience and Technical Skills
• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum 5 years of related financial experience
• Experience with P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency in Accounting and general GAAP knowledge
• Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint expertise required, knowledge in Hyperion Essbase, Tableau and Oracle preferred

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d866bx-3-133-144-217-42 in your application.