Accounts Payable Financial Analyst

Company Overview

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

Achieving our goals requires strong collaboration and partnership between our teams and our internal stakeholders. To best support this, the person who accepts this role is expected to be on site, in office four days per week. To provide our employees with flexibility, we offer a unique benefit where employees at Fanatics' corporate entity can work remotely for up to four weeks per year, which can be taken in daily or weekly increments.

The Role

The role of the Accounts Payable Financial Analyst is to process and audit invoices ensuring compliance with payables policies and procedures. This role will serve as a liaison between Accounts Payable and our buyers, vendors and internal teams. The Financial Analyst should understand full-cycle Accounts Payable functions including direct and indirect expense processing, the purchase order life cycle and three-way match process.

What You'll Do:

• Manage end-to-end accounts payable processes within Oracle Fusion, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies and financial regulations
• Work cross functionally within the department and externally to resolve supplier invoicing and purchase order issues.
• Proactively monitor assigned supplier account categories to ensure timely payments and anticipate and address issues before they arise.
• Reconcile vendor accounts, research discrepancies, and provide data insights and solutions through analysis and reporting.
• Ensure inquiries from internal customers and external vendor inquiries are responded to accurately and within service level agreement (SLA) timelines utilizing the JIRA service ticketing system.
• Assist in monthly close, performing reconciliation and analysis of accounts payable accounts and supporting the monthly accrual process.
• Review, process and audit purchase (P-card) and travel and expense (T&E) credit card purchases for policy compliance and accuracy.
• Understand and adhere to internal controls.
• Partner with the appropriate teams to identify process improvement, automation and efficiency opportunities.
• Prepare and maintain SOP, training, and support documentation for team.
• Support Accounts Payable internal and external audit requirements.

What We're Looking For:

• College Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration preferred.
• 3-5 years Accounts Payable and Customer Support experience required.
• Knowledge of full Accounts Payable cycle - procure to pay- process.
• Advanced skill level with Microsoft Excel and financial software ERP system experience required, experience with Oracle Fusion a plus.
• Familiarity with utilizing a service management ticketing tool preferred.
• Able to understand and follow verbal and written instructions with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical/problem solving, communication, organization, and initiative skills.
• Able to multitask and perform detailed-oriented tasks.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment where the ability to prioritize is key and teamwork is a must.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact and communicate professionally with a wide range of people at various levels within and outside our organization.