Vice President, FP&A (MARI)

MARI•,

5d•$280,000 - $305,000•Hybrid

About The Position

MARI Group is seeking a strategic, operationally disciplined Vice President of FP&A to lead the company’s planning and performance function across its portfolio of sports, art, and entertainment businesses. The role sits within Finance, reports to the SVP of Finance, and works closely with corporate finance teams and finance directors across business units. The VP will advise the CFO and SVP of Finance, develop a deep understanding of business drivers, and translate results into clear insights about performance, risks, opportunities, and actions. The role owns MARI’s planning, forecasting, and reporting approach, including its cadence, metrics, and standards. The successful candidate will establish a reliable view of performance across the portfolio, lead cross-functional decision support, and build scalable processes and team capacity to support growth and newly acquired businesses. The role also includes improving planning and reporting tools, data quality, automation, and AI-enabled workflows. This is a full-time position. Qualified candidates must be based in New York. The team works in a hybrid environment, with schedule details discussed during the interview process. The base salary range is $225,000–$240,000, and the role is bonus eligible, with stated total compensation of $280,000–$305,000.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive FP&A experience, including team leadership and ownership of a corporate or multi-business FP&A function.
Experience in PE-backed or multi-portfolio environments, reporting across businesses with different models and drivers.
Track record of designing and running planning, forecasting, and reporting cadences with measurable improvements in speed, accuracy, and visibility.
Strong business acumen and ability to explain variances clearly, understand performance drivers, and anticipate leadership questions.
Exceptional financial modeling and analytical skills, including the ability to distill complex data into clear, actionable takeaways.
Executive presence and comfort briefing CFOs and senior leaders and leading through influence across finance and business partners.
Hands-on, low-ego leadership style, willingness to build a team and contribute directly, and confidence to push back.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
Must be based in New York.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting M&A and integrating acquired businesses into planning and reporting.
Experience in live events, sports, entertainment, media, consumer, or marketplace businesses.
Fluency with ERP, BI, and planning tools; enthusiasm for AI and automation; SAP S/4HANA experience is a plus.
MBA, CPA, or CFA.
Passion for live events, sports, art, or entertainment.

Responsibilities

Lead the annual budget, rolling forecasts, and long-range plan; establish the methodology and cadence for maintaining an accurate, current outlook.
Own management reporting, including quarter-end flashes and monthly and quarterly packages, ensuring accurate, consistent, leadership-ready delivery on a reliable calendar.
Explain performance drivers across the portfolio, partner with business leaders to identify risks and opportunities early, and provide forward-looking recommendations.
Define, standardize, and govern KPIs, templates, and reporting standards while accommodating metrics unique to individual businesses.
Run the finance operating calendar across planning, close, and reporting, and communicate timelines, priorities, and risks proactively.
Build trusted relationships with finance leaders and operators across each business, aligning them to a common approach while accounting for business differences.
Improve planning and reporting tools, data quality, and automation, including AI-enabled forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting workflows.
Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A team, and build capacity to onboard acquired businesses to MARI’s planning and reporting standards.