[Remote] Accounting Manager – Fanatics Markets (US - Remote)
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 for their Markets and Emerging Businesses. The role involves managing day-to-day accounting operations, overseeing the month-end close process, and ensuring compliance with regulatory reporting obligations.
Responsibilities
- Manage the month-end close process across multiple legal entities, ensuring timely and accurate completion
- Review journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, and general ledger analyses for completeness and accuracy
- Ensure transactions are properly recorded and allocated across legal entities in accordance with accounting and regulatory requirements
- Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and IFRS
- Own the regulatory reporting calendar, ensuring all filings with the NFA, CFTC, and other governing bodies are accurate and submitted on time
- Stay current on regulatory developments and proactively assess the impact on our reporting and accounting processes
- Support external audits and assist with statutory reporting and tax compliance
- Help maintain and strengthen internal controls (including SOX) across the business
- Partner with Finance to understand budgets and forecasts, providing accounting context and ensuring alignment between actuals and plan
- Work closely with business stakeholders to stay ahead of operational and product developments and ensure they are appropriately captured in the financials
- Collaborate with Shared Services on transactional accounting and with Technical Accounting on complex or non-routine transactions
- Identify and drive process improvements across accounting 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
- 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
- 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
- CPA or equivalent strongly preferred
- Experience in financial markets, trading environments, or regulated industries (e.g., broker-dealer, exchange, commodities, gaming) strongly preferred
- Familiarity with NFA/CFTC regulations or similar regulatory frameworks is highly desirable
- Advanced Excel and data analysis skills; experience with financial systems and ERP platforms preferred
Benefits
- In addition to the base and bonus, full-time employment, and more.
- For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
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