Senior Financial Analyst, WNBA Team Finance
About The Position
The Senior Financial Analyst coordinates financial reporting and analytics related to WNBA teams and supports WNBA Team Finance, serving as a point of contact for team financial representatives. The role assists with reviewing team projections and related team audit processes, analyzing team financial performance, supporting union reporting and Team GAAP audits, and delivering other work throughout the annual business cycle. The analyst creates ad hoc financial analyses and presents insights to WNBA Finance leadership while coordinating across departments. The role also supports team audit activities, evaluates and benchmarks team projections, researches accounting guidance, and contributes to process improvement and AI initiatives intended to make routine tasks more efficient. The NBA provides eligible employees the option to work remotely one day per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
- CPA required.
- At least 4–5 years of experience in public accounting.
- Strong attention to detail, resourcefulness, responsiveness, flexibility, initiative, and follow-through.
- Ability to lead interactions such as projection review calls and ad hoc inquiries with team finance representatives and external auditors.
- Ability to identify and resolve issues.
- Ability to multitask while meeting strict deadlines.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office/computer systems.
- Ability to work independently within set objectives.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Excel macros; Index/Match and V-Lookups are specifically noted as useful skills.
- Experience leveraging AI tools.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the team audit process and act as a liaison between team financial representatives and external auditors.
- Collect team projections, vet the information, perform variance analysis, and ensure consistency in reporting among teams.
- Research and prepare financial analyses for critical audit matters, including final summaries and recommendations for WNBA Finance leadership and Legal Departments.
- Research accounting guidance to assist teams as necessary.
- Participate in team meetings and inquire about key issues identified during the vetting process.
- Run benchmarking analyses on teams’ projection submissions and provide insights to team and league personnel.
- Serve as a contact for league deliverables, including team billing requisitions and communications to teams.
- Collaborate with WNBA Team Finance on team projection reviews and other team deliverables.
- Lead process improvement and AI initiatives to improve efficiency in routine tasks.
- Create ad hoc financial analyses and present insights to WNBA Finance leadership.
- Support union reporting, Team GAAP audits, and other deliverables during the annual business cycle.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary performance bonus, subject to the Company’s discretion and applicable terms and conditions.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life and AD&D insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Fertility and family-forming assistance.
- Wellbeing allowance.
- Educational assistance.
- Mental health coaching/therapy.
- HSA and healthcare/dependent care FSAs.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Vacation, sick time, and personal days.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
