Financial Planning & Analysis Finance Manager - Business Planning

Job Function

The FP&A Finance Manager provides critical planning and analysis support to the NCAA Financial Planning & Analysis department. Reporting directly to the FP&A Managing Director, this role will serve as the financial point of contact for various Association-Wide functions and own the management reporting and ad hoc analyses for the supported functions. This role will guide the organization to support the financial health of the NCAA and enable the mission of delivering a world-class athletics and academic experience for student-athletes.

 Job Responsibilities   

Forecast Development & Delivery

• As the dedicated business partner to External Affairs, Sports Science Institute, Regulatory Affairs, Executive, Inclusion, Education and Community Engagement, Accounting, Insurance, Purchasing, support the budgeting and forecasting of those functions.
• This includes supporting the functions in understanding their budget outlook, prioritization, communicating risks and opportunities, and entering forecasts and supporting commentary accurately and on time.

Management Reporting

• Build and deliver monthly financial reporting packages to leadership, including reviewing the results and looking for ways to drive simplicity, clarity, and insights.
• This includes monthly reporting packages, headcount reporting, quarterly variances reporting, and others.

Budget Creation

• Own the budget development for the supported functions and other departments within NCAA as needed.
• Outline risks, opportunities, and sensitivity analysis for leadership.
• Provide commentary to key year-over-year changes and drivers.

Financial Modeling

• Provide financial modeling and analyses as needed to assist with decision making for the supported functions within the NCAA.

Transformation Support

• Play an active role in ongoing projects representing Finance, inclusive of system implementations such as planning, contract management, AP workflow changes and others aimed at improving financial visibility, data insights, and planning.
• Support tracking and management of financial performance funding strategic initiatives.

Business Analytics

• Bring together relevant datasets from potentially disparate data systems, understand what data is relevant, and create insightful analytics to provide insights to supported functions.
• Develop KPIs and variance analytics.
• Conduct testing reviews and analytics for launch of new tools.
• Deliver more than reports, but insights to financial drivers, opportunities and risks.
• Own the BI dashboards and KPIs for supported functions, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.

Presentation Development

• Create & deliver turn-key presentations to executive leadership to support committee discussions and initiative reviews with actionable insights to lead to meaningful discussion and decision-making.

Other duties as assigned may include but not limited to planning system (EPM) support, BI system support, and process improvement.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in relevant field such as Finance, Business or Accounting.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Five years of relevant and progressive Finance experience and demonstrated leadership experience or skills.
• Experienced with financial valuations, analytics, budgeting, forecasting, process improvement, project management, and business case development.
• Expert in Excel financial modeling.
• Excellent executive communication skills, including both verbal and presentation development.
• Strong analytical toolkit.
• Have a curious and questioning mindset!
• A team player and go-getter
• Ability to influence peers and manage upwards to drive meaningful change.
• Experience in Oracle EPM, SmartView, and ERP preferred.
• Experience with Asana project management tool preferred.
• Estimated Travel Required <10%
• This position will be based out of the national office in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Current work environment is hybrid; 3 days in the office and 2 days are remote.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Effective Communication: Can exchange ideas, thoughts, opinions, knowledge, and data so that the message is understood with clarity and purpose.
• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for mistakes. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Attention to Detail: Allocates cognitive resources to achieve thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing tasks, no matter how small or large.
• Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.
• Strategic Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.

CORE VALUES

• LEADERSHIP| We actively listen and continually strive to provide vital solutions, counsel and advocacy for student-athletes and intercollegiate athletics.
• INCLUSION| We seek and incorporate different perspectives and experiences to drive innovation and impact.
• COMMUNICATION| We commit to an environment of openness to build trust and make timely decisions.
• COLLABORATION| We work together, based on mutual respect, to lead and serve our stakeholders.
• ACCOUNTABILITY| We take ownership for our actions and results to add value every day.                     

Experience

• Executive communication skills, including both verbal and presentation development.
• Excel financial modeling.
• Financial valuations, analytics, budgeting, forecasting, process improvement, project management, and business case development.
• 5 year(s): Relevant and progressive Finance experience and demonstrated leadership experience or skills.

Education

• Bachelors or better

• Masters or better