Financial Analyst, WNBA Team Finance

National Basketball Association (NBA)•New York, NY

1d•$95,000 - $110,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst coordinates financial reporting and analytics related to WNBA teams and supports WNBA Team Finance, the central point of contact for team financial representatives. The role reviews team projections and supports related audit processes, analyzes team financial performance, assists with ticket and union reporting, and contributes to key deliverables during the annual business cycle.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
Minimum of 3–4 years of experience in public accounting, financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, or another strategic finance role.
Strong core professional skills, including attention to detail, resourcefulness, responsiveness, flexibility, initiative, and follow-through.
Effective communication skills for working with team financial personnel and external auditors.
Ability to multitask while meeting strict deadlines.
Very proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office/computer systems.
Comfort working with large data sets and creating executive-level summaries and trend reports.
Experience managing data sets, including extracting and merging data from source systems, transforming data, and providing preliminary descriptive analytics.

Nice To Haves

CPA certification.
Knowledge of Excel macros, Index/Match, and VLOOKUPs.
Experience leveraging AI tools and SAP.

Responsibilities

Collect and vet team projections, perform variance analysis, and ensure reporting consistency among teams.
Run benchmarking analyses on team projection submissions and provide insights to team and league personnel.
Assist with weekly ticket reporting for team and league distribution and review reports for compliance with reporting requirements.
Serve as a contact for league deliverables, including team billing requisitions and communications to teams.
Assist with team audits and act as a liaison between team financial representatives and external auditors.
Research accounting guidance as needed to assist teams.

Benefits

Annual discretionary performance bonus, subject to company discretion and applicable terms and conditions.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Life and AD&D insurance.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
Fertility and family-forming assistance.
Wellbeing allowance.
Educational assistance.
Mental health coaching and therapy.
HSA and healthcare/dependent care FSAs.
401(k) retirement plan.
Vacation, sick time, and personal days.