Corporate Development & Finance Manager

Lucky Strike Entertainment•New York, NY

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

Lucky Strike Entertainment, a company encompassing bowling, arcades, and family entertainment centers across twelve brands, is seeking a Corporate Development & Finance Manager for its Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) division. This role is part of the Finance & Strategy group, responsible for financial planning, corporate finance, and strategic planning for all PBA business lines. The Manager will report directly to the CEO and will lead a proactive FP&A function. This is a hands-on leadership position that involves partnering with Business Leads across Media Rights, Sponsorships, Membership, Events, and Digital revenue streams to forecast business performance, develop budgets, and contribute to the company’s long-term growth strategy. The ideal candidate will be adept at primary research, building data and analytics frameworks, constructing complex financial models, and developing business models for new and existing ventures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a quantitative field with a strong GPA.
3–6 years of corporate finance, investment banking, consulting, or strategy experience, ideally within sports, entertainment, media, or a related industry.
Demonstrated experience conducting research and building data & analytics frameworks, P&L models, and new business models from the ground up.
Strong understanding of financial statement and cash flow analysis.
Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to present complex findings clearly to senior stakeholders.
Self-starter with demonstrable analytic aptitude, problem-solving skills, and comfort with ambiguity.
Ability to build relationships, manage multiple responsibilities at once, and work well with others in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Deep knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and AI tools preferred (e.g., Claude).

Responsibilities

Build and maintain bottoms-up budgets, rolling cash flow forecasts, and long-range financial models across all PBA revenue streams (Media Rights, Sponsorships, Membership, Events, and Digital).
Develop comprehensive P&L models for each business line, tracking revenue, cost of goods, operating expenses, and contribution margins to enable granular performance management.
Lead end-to-end business model creation for new initiatives, including unit economics, go-to-market assumptions, capital requirements, and return projections.
Conduct scenario analysis and financial modeling to support commercial and strategic decision-making, including pricing, event economics, and contract negotiations.
Partner with Business Leads and act as an operational finance team to forecast business trajectory and to formulate budgetary needs and long-term strategic plans.
Lead primary and secondary research efforts to support strategic planning, market sizing, competitive benchmarking, and investment thesis development.
Build and own a data and analytics infrastructure, including KPI frameworks, performance dashboards, and financial reporting for the Executive Team and Board of Directors.
Design and maintain analytics models that translate operational data into actionable financial and strategic insights.
Synthesize complex datasets across revenue streams into clear, executive-ready narratives and recommendations.
Perform ad-hoc quantitative and qualitative analysis into questions raised by leadership to inform decision-making.
Evaluate new business initiatives and corporate development opportunities in collaboration with senior management, including full business model creation from concept through financial validation.
Work closely with the CEO and leadership team as a trusted financial partner, translating financial data into clear narratives that drive decision-making across the organization.
Create executive-level finance, strategy, data & analytics presentations for internal and external audiences.
Identify and communicate financial risks and opportunities proactively.