Finance Manager

Position Title: Finance Manager

Requisition ID: R101344

Location: Irvine, CA

Full/Part-Time: Full time

About Us:

Learfield is the leading media and technology company powering college athletics. Through its digital and physical platforms, Learfield owns and leverages a deep data set and relationships in the industry to drive revenue, growth, brand awareness, and fan engagement for brands, sports, and entertainment properties. With ties to over 1,200 collegiate institutions and over 12,000 local and national brand partners, Learfield’s presence in college sports and live events delivers influence and maximizes reach to target audiences. With data-based solutions for a 365-day, 24/7 fan experience, Learfield enables schools and brands to connect with fans through licensed merchandise, game ticketing, donor identification for athletic programs, exclusive custom content, innovative marketing initiatives, NIL solutions, and advanced digital platforms. Since 2008, it has served as title sponsor for the acclaimed Learfield Directors’ Cup, supporting athletic departments across all divisions.

Our people-first culture is the foundation of our business and is reflective of our approach to building meaningful relationships with our employees, partners, and fans. The company strives each day to deliver the mission statement and embody the core values that make Learfield an exciting place to work.

Our Mission

Powering the connection of fans to the brands and experiences they love.

Our Core Values

Build Trust | Be Fans of One Another | Power Tomorrow | Create & Connect Communities | Have Fun

Learfield's Digital & Technology Segment is seeking a Finance Manager to serve as a key finance partner across our portfolio of digital businesses — including Paciolan, Sidearm, and Edge — and our technology organization. This is a high-visibility role that blends recurring financial ownership with strategic, project-based analysis, reporting directly to the Segment CFO.
You will own the consolidation of financials across the segment's business units, act as the embedded finance partner to our technology organization, build and standardize finance and accounting best practices, and deliver decision-support analysis that shapes how the business grows. If you're an analytical, detail-oriented finance professional who enjoys both running a tight process and digging into the story behind the numbers, we'd like to hear from you.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Digital Segment Consolidation
  • Own the monthly consolidation of business-unit financials across the Digital segment, including multiple operating units and shared cost centers.
  • Maintain and document consolidation logic, roll-ups, and cost-center treatment.
  • Reconcile business-unit submissions to consolidated results and resolve variances.
  • Deliver accurate, on-time consolidated reporting aligned to the close calendar.
• Technology Organization Support
  • Serve as the embedded finance partner to the technology organization.
  • Own monthly tracking and reporting of technology operating expense, headcount, and capital spend.
  • Partner on budgeting, forecasting, and spend management; identify efficiency opportunities.
  • Support business cases for technology investments and allocations.
• Finance & Accounting Standardization
  • Build and maintain the finance and accounting close calendar and deliverables standards.
  • Document standard operating procedures for recurring deliverables.
  • Identify and implement process improvements that make reporting more consistent and scalable.
• Ad Hoc Analysis
  • Build models and analyses for pricing, profitability, and investment decisions.
  • Translate data into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
  • Support M&A, scenario planning, and resource-allocation analysis as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or accounting.
• Demonstrated ownership of recurring financial deliverables and close or reporting processes.
• Strong financial modeling and advanced Excel skills.
• Experience partnering with non-finance business leaders and communicating clearly with senior stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-entity or multi-business-unit consolidation.
• Familiarity with financial systems and reporting tools (e.g., ERP/GL systems, Snowflake, Salesforce, planning tools).
• Background in SaaS, technology, media, or sports/entertainment.

Who You Are

• Analytical and detail-oriented, with strong business judgment.
• A direct, high-integrity communicator who surfaces issues proactively.
• Self-directed and organized, able to run a process and improve it.
• Comfortable balancing recurring responsibilities with project-based analytical work.

The approximate national base pay range for this position is $96,300 to $145,000. Please note that this is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Individuals may also be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and/or sales compensation based on individual and company performance. Placement on the range may vary based on factors including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and geographic location. The pay rate will comply with all minimum federal, state, and local wage/salary requirements.

Learfield offers a full spectrum of benefits for eligible employees including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance and Other Insurance Plans, Flexible Paid Time Off (minimum 10+ days annually), including Parental Leave, 20 Paid Holidays, 401(k) + Match, and Short/Long Term Disability. Leave benefits are consistent with state and local laws, including the Colorado Health Families and Workplaces Act.

Learfield is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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