Job Description

WORK OPTION: The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week.
Position Summary
The Financial Analyst plays a key role in coordinating the financial reporting and analytics related to the NBA teams and will support Team Finance, which serves as the central point of contact to team financial representatives. This person will assist in the oversight of the Combined Financial Statements (CFS) audit process, run analyses on the League & Teams' financial performance, assist with ticket reporting, and other key deliverables during the annual business cycle.
Major Responsibilities

• Assist with the CFS audit process, acting as a liaison between team financial representatives and external auditors.
• Collect team projection data for a rolling three-year period, vet the information, perform variance analysis, and ensure reporting consistency among all 30 teams.
• Run benchmarking analyses on teams' projection submissions and provide valuable insights to team and league personnel.
• Support the preparation of the year-end accounting memo to be distributed to all teams, which communicates key financial information.
• Assist with ticket reporting for team/league distribution on a weekly basis and review to ensure compliance with reporting requirements.
• Research accounting guidance as necessary to assist teams.
• Serve as primary contact for various league deliverables such as team billing requisitions, communications to teams, and Team Finance Net website updates.

Required Education/Professional Experience

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in public accounting, financial planning & analysis, corporate finance, or other strategic finance role

Required Skills/Knowledge Attributes

• Strong competency in core professional skills including attention to detail, resourcefulness, responsiveness, flexibility, initiative, and follow-through.
• Must be very proficient in Excel (Index / Match, V-Lookups, and macros knowledge a big plus), PowerPoint, and other Office/computer systems.
• Must be comfortable working with large data sets and creating executive-level summaries and trend reports.
• Prior experience working with and managing data sets, including extraction and merges from source systems, transformation, and providing preliminary descriptive analytics.
• Experience in Adaptive Planning is a plus.

Salary Range:
$80,000 - $95,000
Job Posting Title: Associate Manager
We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law.
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About the NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries. NBA Digital's assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA's global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness.

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