Finance Manager - Corporate FP&A

Requisition Number: 153495

Position Title: Manager II, Finance

External Description:

ENTERTAINING IS OUR PASSION

We’re EA—the world’s largest video game publisher. You’re probably familiar with many of our titles—Madden, FIFA, The Sims, Need for Speed, Battlefield, and Star Wars, to name but a few. We entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is hard work. That’s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

Role Overview

Located at EA’s global headquarters in Redwood Shores, Corporate Functions Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) plays a critical role in providing budgeting, forecasting and analytic support for EA’s corporate cost centers. The Finance Manager II will provide direct business partnership to and influence the CFO/COO (Finance), Chief People Officer (Human Resources), Global Facilities, General Counsel (Legal) and other corporate functions. This role will manage a finance team that provides timely, accurate and insightful reporting and analysis and will be the key leader to drive efficient processes for budgeting and forecasting of expenses, headcount and capital.

• Business Partnering
  • Effectively develop strong relationships with key leadership to help deliver the long-term strategy
  • Influence key decisions by understanding the big picture combined with providing underlying deep financial analysis and insight
  • Lead a finance team to partner with corporate functions, understanding specific business objectives for each and actively working as their finance liaison to facilitate their success
  • Prepare and hold business reviews for EA’s leadership team with clear and actionable presentation materials
    

• Financial Forecasting and Reporting
  • Manage all forecasting and reporting activities related to Opex, Capex, and Headcount according to the Corporate calendar
  • Lead financial reviews with budget owners to develop annual plans and subsequent forecast updates. 
  • Drive insightful analysis to highlight variance drivers and identify opportunities to mitigate risk and improve performance
    

• Monthly and Quarterly Close
  • Manage all close activities for assigned departments including identifying and preparing accrual and reclass entries to ensure precise accounting of known activities
    

• Drive FP&A Excellence
  • Play a crucial role in building and retaining our world-class FP&A team
  • Identify and lead initiatives to continuously improve, standardize and automate forecasting and reporting tools and processes
    

Technical Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.  MBA or CPA preferred
• Minimum 7 years of related financial experience
• Highly motivated, passionate, self-starter; comfortable interacting with and presenting to senior management
• Experienced people manager to lead finance team and provide executive management support
• A team player able to work collaboratively, within the group and cross-functionally across business units/functions, as a thought leader, project manager, partner, and effective independent team member
• Demonstrated increasing levels of responsibility and independence
• Ability to recommend, manage and drive projects to successful completion
• Demonstrated proficiency in Accounting and general GAAP knowledge
• Strong business acumen with understanding of functional linkages and ability to build strong professional relationships with business partners in both operational and financial roles
• Ability to effectively prioritize multiple and sometimes competing demands; comfortable with multiple daily responsibilities requiring attention to detail, self-validation and correction of work produced or reviewed
• Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint expertise required, knowledge in Hyperion Essbase and Oracle preferred

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.は、インタラクティブ・エンターテイメント・ソフトウェアの世界的大手企業です。 EAは、インターネットに接続されたコンソール、パソコン、携帯電話、タブレットに対してゲーム、コンテンツおよびオンラインサービスを提供しています。

EEOText: EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無、および法律で保護されたその他のあらゆる状況は考慮されません。 また、犯罪歴のある人物の雇用も、募集要項を満たす応募者の場合は適用法令に従って検討します。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。

Days Open: 28

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無は考慮されません。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。