Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform, and they are seeking an Accounting Manager to handle close operations and financial reporting for their Betting & Gaming division. This role involves managing joint venture accounting, consolidation, and financial reporting while collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure accurate financials across multiple entities.

Responsibilities

• Review journal entries prepared by the Staff Accountant for accuracy, completeness, and proper support prior to posting
• Own joint venture and non-controlling interest accounting, including NCI allocations and related financial statement presentation
• Manage the consolidation and elimination process across all FBG legal entities, ensuring intercompany balances are properly reconciled and eliminated each close cycle
• Perform and review balance sheet reconciliations across assigned areas, monitoring reconciliation status and ensuring timely resolution of open items
• Prepare quarterly flux analysis across key balance sheet and income statement accounts, identifying and explaining significant variances and trends to support financial review
• Prepare and review quarterly and annual financial statements in accordance with US GAAP, including state-level reporting requirements
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls (including SOX) across consolidation and intercompany accounting processes
• Support and coordinate the external audit process, preparing audit schedules and serving as a primary point of contact for auditor requests in areas of ownership
• Collaborate with Shared Services on transactional and intercompany accounting and with Technical Accounting on complex or non-routine transactions
• Partner with Finance on budgets and forecasts, providing accounting context and ensuring alignment between actuals and plan
• Work closely with business stakeholders to stay ahead of operational and structural developments and ensure they are appropriately captured in the financials
• Identify and drive process improvements across consolidation, intercompany, and close workflows to support accuracy, efficiency, and scale
• Support and develop team members, helping build a high-performing accounting function

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field
• CPA or equivalent strongly preferred
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with demonstrated ownership of close processes and financial statement preparation
• Strong foundation in US GAAP; IFRS knowledge a plus
• Experience in financial services, gaming, or other regulated industries with complex multi-entity structures strongly preferred
• Experience with consolidation accounting and NCI strongly preferred
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills; experience with financial systems and ERP platforms preferred
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage competing deadlines across multiple entities
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across finance, accounting, and business teams
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment and proactively manage through ambiguity

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