Senior Finance Business Partner – Central
Genius Sports has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join its expanding global Finance team, directly supporting central functions and stakeholders. The role will be based in New York, reporting to the VP, Corporate FP&A. Genius Sports is looking for a driven and ambitious finance professional, delivering insightful analysis to help drive accountability, understand performance, and drive investment decisions, efficiencies, profitability, and value. This role is a critical link between Finance and the business, working with C-Suite stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.
- Take ownership as a Senior Finance Business Partner to central functions and their respective senior leaders, including Marketing, Finance, IT, Facilities, People, and Legal.
- Generally serve as a thought-partner to the company’s C-Suite and Corporate FP&A team, helping leaders understand the financial narrative for the company’s cost base.
- Lead the budget and quarterly reforecast process for central functions, working with stakeholders to build and challenge appropriate forecasts.
- Identify risks and opportunities, recommending mitigation and optimization actions.
- Collaborate with the financial accounting team and business stakeholders to reconcile and review monthly accruals and postings for accuracy.
- Deliver monthly stakeholder management reporting, including financials, KPIs and commentary.
- Support the consolidation of monthly financials, KPIs, and variance analyses across central functions as inputs to Board reporting.
- Drive financial rigor around business cases, scenario modelling, and post-investment tracking.
- Support in ad-hoc requests, using finance and business area expertise to build financial models, challenge ideas, and provide relevant analysis to support key business decisions.
- Minimum 5+ years of progressive experience in commercial finance, FP&A, investment banking, or consulting (required).
- Advanced financial modelling and Excel skills (required).
- Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., Workday, SAP, Oracle) and Business Intelligence tools (required).
- Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and the confidence to constructively challenge business decisions (required).
- Deeply organised and able to manage multiple priorities concurrently (required).
- Curious, and restless about improving processes, communication & engagement (required).
- Team player with a hands-on, down-to-earth attitude and approach (required).
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (preferred).
- Knowledge of Workday ERP system (nice-to-have).
- Knowledge of Adaptive Planning financial planning system (nice-to-have).
- The salary for this role is based on an annualized range of $130,000 - $150,000 USD.
- This role will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's benefits plan.
- Commitment to supporting employee wellbeing and helping you grow your skills, experience and career.
Genius Sports is a sports data and technology company that supplies official data, streaming, integrity and advertising services to sports leagues, sportsbooks and media companies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in London, with a major office in New York and others worldwide, it is the official data partner of organisations including the NFL, English Premier League and FIBA. The company provides the technology that connects sports, betting and media businesses. Genius Sports is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.