Electronic Arts

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 be within the Experiences organisation supporting our Ventures projects. Ventures is an internal “practice” focused on delivering innovative, adjacent experiences beyond the bounds of our games, while creating new commercial opportunities to accelerate EA’s growth. As the Finance Manager, you are a collaborative partner working across teams to achieve financial goals. You will report to the Director of FP&A.

Knowledge of the gaming industry, especially free to play business models, advertising and marketing are a significant advantage.

Responsibilities

Business Partnering

• Develop relationships with leadership to help deliver the long-term strategy 

• Provide accurate reporting and analysis to assist with decision-making and value creation

• Prepare and hold business reviews for EA’s leadership team with clear and actionable presentation materials 

Financial Forecasting and Reporting 

• Manage Ventures consolidation (Revenue, Opex, Capex, and Headcount)

• Collaborate on long range, annual and quarterly revenue forecasts by title

• Drive insightful 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

• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Minimum 5 years of related financial experience

• Demonstrated proficiency in Accounting and general GAAP knowledge

• Experience with P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis

• Excellent with MS Excel and PowerPoint, knowledge in PowerBI and Oracle