Overview:

As the Manager Fanatics Markets (FMX) Finance at Fanatics, you will be a key strategic partner for the FMX team, providing financial analysis, budget management, and performance reporting. You will work closely with stakeholders across Operations, Marketing, and Product to ensure financial objectives align with overall business goals. This role requires a deep understanding of economics, sports markets and customer behavior to drive data-driven decision-making. Reporting to the Finance Director, you will play an integral role in optimizing our vertical's financial performance.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the Finance business partner for the division, supporting strategic initiatives and performance analysis.
• Develop and maintain the rolling forecast model, highlighting growth opportunities and any risks to Budget.
• Help establish and manage financial processes such as month-end reporting, variance analysis, top line forecasting, and annual budget planning.
• Partner with Analytics and Operations to analyze performance, player trends, and promotional effectiveness, making recommendations to optimize revenue and profitability.
• Own FMX monthly performance reviews, clearly communicating insights to senior stakeholders.
• Partner with Finance business partners and HR to manage and provide strategic insights on OPEX costs within the P&L.
• Partner with our Treasury team, ensuring operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain FMX-specific KPIs, ensuring visibility into financial performance, customer behavior, and promotional effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Fraud, Risk, and Payments teams to monitor financial impacts related to fraud prevention and initiatives.
• Track regulatory financial requirements, ensuring compliance.
• Work closely with the broader Finance team to align financial strategies with overall company objectives.
• Manage competing priorities and provide clear, strategic guidance in a fast-paced environment.
• Travel occasionally to Fanatics offices, industry events, and team-building activities as needed.

Skills and Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related analytical discipline.
• 5 plus years of experience in Finance, ideally within a commercial environment.
• Experience analyzing marketing budgets and customer lifetime value (LTV), retention, and churn metrics.
• Proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment with rapidly evolving priorities.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage cross-functional stakeholders at all levels.
• Team-first mentality with a problem-solving mindset and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty-two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin.