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Finance Manager
ROLE OVERVIEW:
EA’s CFO organization comprises a broad group of finance disciplines. Our common goal is partnership with business teams delivering strategies and providing our players with amazing experiences. All of our finance teams assist the business in achieving profitable creativity by providing financial insight, reporting and guidance.
We use progressive tools to analyze and visualize data, telling the story of financial drivers, performance, risks and opportunities. We value attributes like collaboration and learning. We celebrate diversity and inclusion by creating a place where you can come to work and be yourself.
You will partner with internal Mobile FP&A, Commercial and Mobile Studio Leadership teams and report to the Director of FP&A. Our Mobile team creates engaging and evolving daily entertainment through mobile games people love to play.
Knowledge of the gaming industry, especially free to play business models, advertising and user acquisition are a significant advantage.
What You’ll Do:
Business Partnering
You will partner with key leadership to help deliver the long-term strategy
Drive and assist teams to provide timely and accurate reporting and analysis to assist with decision-making and value creation.
Influence important decisions by understanding the big picture combined with providing underlying deep financial analysis and insight
Prepare and hold business reviews for EA’s leadership team with clear and actionable presentation materials
Financial Forecasting and Reporting
Manage Mobile Platform consolidation (Revenue, Opex, Capex, and Headcount)
Collaborate with Commercial team on long range, annual and quarterly revenue forecasts by title
Lead financial reviews with budget owners to develop annual plans and subsequent forecast updates
Guide analysis to highlight variance drivers and identify opportunities to mitigate risk and improve performance
Responsible for purchase order approvals, budgeted spend tracking, monthly close activities, and headcount management. Set control processes in place to manage spending and headcount within plan.
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
Ensure compliance with EA’s policies and procedures.
Drive FP&A Excellence
Help build and retain our world-class FP&A team.
Identify and lead initiatives to improve, standardize and automate forecasting and reporting tools and processes
Preferred Experience and Technical Skills
Bachelor’s degree required. MBA or CPA preferred
Minimum 6 years of related financial experience
Demonstrated proficiency in Accounting and general GAAP knowledge
Excellent MS Excel (can perform complex functions) and PowerPoint expertise required, knowledge in Power BI and Oracle preferred
US COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.
EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.
BASE SALARY RANGES
California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento):
$95,450 - $141,800
Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane):
$89,200 - $130,750
Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby (following 1 year of service), medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
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. 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.