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Finance Director, EA Studios

Multiple Locations: Redwood City, CA, USA • Vancouver, BC, Canada • Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Requisition Number: 170643

Position Title: Director, Finance

External Description:

#WeAreEA and we exist to inspire the world to play. EA values creativity, pioneering, passion, determination, learning, and teamwork. We mean things like acting with curiosity, speaking up with original ideas, and committing to each other as one team.

We’re looking for all the best kinds of people to make great experiences for our players. The best people want a job that inspires them, while giving them room to enjoy their lives. And we want to give them that. We celebrate diversity and inclusion by creating a place where you can come to work and be yourself. 

ROLE OVERVIEW:

Our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team provides strategic and financial partnership to EA’s Leadership team. We achieve this through engaging with our partners to understand our broad strategy, analyzing data, and delivering insights to guide EA’s performance.

This Director will lead business support for EA Mobile’s RPG and Shooter studios as well as the Mobile Business Operations group as a collaborative & trusted advisor to leadership.  These studios develop high priority, strategic franchises for EA Mobile and require an experienced partner to help drive these businesses forward.  In addition, this role will be deeply involved with M&A integrations within EA Mobile.  It will require a candidate capable of navigating and influencing across a multi-dimensional org and confident engaging with senior executives.  Knowledge of the gaming industry, especially free to play business models, advertising and user acquisition are a significant advantage. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Lead the financial planning process, including the long-range, annual, and quarterly planning cycles.
  • Provide strategic advice and financial rigor, ensuring the implications of business decisions are understood & aligned with profitability goals.
  • Manage the studio P&L and influence product decisions to maximize the health of the business. This includes partnership with various functional owners on live service revenue forecasts, user acquisition plans, and managing development budgets.
  • Partner with the Mobile Business Operations team to refine the mobile growth strategy, translate it into actions, and measure financial progress against goals
  • Drive a rigorous and consistent green light process for product investment decisions.
  • Proactively anticipate and manage risks and opportunities to maintain financial goals.
  • Create P&L modeling and evaluate opportunities in support of new product incubation.
  • Lead M&A integration for Studios FP&A across the EA Mobile portfolio. Participate in potential future M&A diligence.
  • Manage one direct report, with room to scale over time.

CAPABILITIES:

  • 8 or more years in mid-to-senior level finance roles.
  • A strong bias for action and driving results.  Healthy impatience for change.  Willingness to ask the tough questions, challenge the status quo, and ensure stakeholder buy-in on complex decision points.  
  • Self-motivated, demonstrates initiative, flexibility, maturity under pressure & anticipates and resolves problems before they develop.
  • Effective communicator to executive audiences in person, written, and through clear presentations.
  • Preference for experience in game development, mobile entertainment, or digital businesses. 

TECHNICAL SKILLS: 

  • Bachelor’s degree required – Finance / Economics / Accounting related field preferred.
  • Extensive experience with P&L management, financial modeling, forecasting, reporting and analysis.
  • Experience evaluating business performance metrics and translating to actionable recommendations.
  • Involvement with M&A diligence and integration.
  • Proficiency in Accounting and general GAAP knowledge.
  • Experience with financial programs like Hyperion Essbase, Oracle and Anaplan.
  • People management & developing a strong team. 

At Electronic Arts, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We know that our strength lies in the diversity of our people. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow them to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers.

We put our people first. We provide comprehensive benefit packages with a focus on health and wellbeing to support your needs and help you balance your career and personal life. We provide access to dynamic and collaborative work environments, opportunities to connect and contribute through our Employee Resource Groups, and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free video games and so much more!

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 90

Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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