SVP, Finance

LA28 (Web) • Los Angeles, CA

8d • $227,000 - $341,000 • Onsite

About The Position

LA28 is creating the financial planning discipline that will carry the Games from today through 2028. As Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, you lead that function: the budgets, forecasts, models and reporting the organization relies on to decide what it can afford and when. You partner with the Chief Financial Officer and department leaders to define financial objectives, evaluate business strategies and make the trade-offs an undertaking of this scale demands. You also lead and develop the FP&A team behind every one of those decisions.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive FP&A experience, including executive leadership of financial planning teams in a complex organization.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain flexible financial models that give business leaders critical financial and operational information.
• Technical accounting knowledge deep enough to produce both operational and GAAP views of reports, forecasts and plans.
• A BA or BS in accounting, finance, economics or another business-related discipline is a requirement for this role.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, with a proven record of hiring, training and retaining skilled finance staff.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing projects, deadlines and organizational commitments.
• Advanced credentials such as an MBA or CPA preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to co-creation and collaborative decision-making.
• Experience driving organizational alignment through cross-functional influence.
• Fluency in established finance tools and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of holistic budgets and forecasts aligned to annual plans, strategic plans and the full Games budget.
• Build partnerships with department leads to create and manage operating plans that achieve budget targets across the organization.
• Produce P&L, cash and variance reporting at departmental and consolidated levels, recommending actions to mitigate risks.
• Oversee financial planning and reporting processes, partnering with IT and system owners on configuration and integrations.
• Lead and provide critical financial support, modeling and recommendations in key partner contract negotiations.
• Develop flexible financial models and lead a team of FP&A professionals supporting business leaders across LA28.
• Partner with controllership team in management of short-term cash and rolling 4-week cash forecasting.
• Lead planning and strategy for key finance-related dissolution activities

Benefits

• Own the financial planning discipline behind a once-in-a-generation Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Work directly with the Chief Financial Officer and leaders across every LA28 function.
• Create systems and reporting practices that outlast the Games and travel with your career.
• Join teammates guided by optimism, integrity, excellence, inclusion, co-creation and boldness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive