Director, Finance

Front Office Sports; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Health benefits

Professional development stipend

401(k) with company match

Startup environment

Job summary

Front Office Sports is seeking a strategic, data-driven Director of Finance in New York. You will lead financial planning, reporting, and analysis, partnering with senior leadership to scale operations with discipline.

The role requires expertise in FP&A, forecasting, and revenue analytics across a multi-platform media business. Reporting to the COO, you will own dashboards, cash flow, and accounts payable/receivable management, while collaborating with department heads on strategic guidance and

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of progressive finance experience, incl. FP&A or controller roles.
• Experience at a digital media company, publisher, or sponsorship-driven business preferred.
• Experience with Ramp or similar spend platforms (Brex, Navan).
• Hands-on expense coding, cost allocation, AR/collections management.
• Experience using AI/automation to improve finance workflows.
• Strong financial modeling, revenue analytics, and KPI reporting.
• Familiarity with GAAP, audits, and external accounting relationships.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting; CPA or MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead all financial planning and analysis, including budgeting and long-range planning across multi-platform media.
• Provide timely financial insights and scenario modeling to leadership.
• Build dashboards, KPIs, and reporting cadences for visibility into performance.
• Manage spend in Ramp with approvals, card transactions, and coding to campaigns.
• Enforce expense policy and ensure proper tagging and policy adherence.
• Review outsourced accounting reports and monitor spend against budget.
• Oversee revenue recognition across diverse monetization streams.
• Lead cash management, forecasting, AP priorities, and AR collections.
• Coordinate campaign billing and profitability tracking with Sales Ops.
• Support board-level financial presentations with executives.
• Oversee outsourced bookkeeping and close, liaising with auditors/tax advisors.

Skills

FP&A

Finance management

Controller experience

Financial modeling

Revenue analytics

GAAP

Audits & tax compliance

AI in finance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting

Tools

Ramp

QuickBooks

NetSuite

Sage

Looker

Tableau

Job description

Application Deadline: 28 December 2026

Department: Operations

Location: New York, New York

Compensation: $125,000 - $175,000 / year

Description

Front Office Sports (FOS) is seeking a strategic and data-driven Director of Finance to serve as a key business partner to senior leadership. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this individual will lead financial planning, reporting, and analysis across the organization, helping FOS scale with discipline as it grows. The ideal candidate brings experience at a digital media company or publisher, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is comfortable leveraging modern financial technology, including platforms such as Ramp, QuickBooks, Salesforce, and Slack to drive efficiency, visibility, and actionable insight. Bookkeeping and the monthly close are handled by an outsourced accounting firm. This role owns planning and analysis, along with the day-to-day oversight of spend, cash, and receivables that keeps our financials accurate and timely.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all financial planning and analysis functions, including annual budgeting, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning across FOS’s multi-platform media business
• Partner closely with the COO, CEO, and department heads to deliver timely financial insights, scenario modeling, and strategic recommendations that directly inform business decisions
• Own and continuously enhance financial reporting infrastructure, building dashboards, KPIs, and reporting cadences that provide leadership with clear, consistent visibility into performance and trends
• Own spend management in Ramp, including approval workflows, timely review of card transactions, and accurate coding (G&A vs. cost of goods sold) and tagging to client campaigns, ensuring a clean sync to QuickBooks
• Enforce expense policy across the team, ensuring expenses are submitted and tagged promptly and correctly, and returning items that don’t meet policy with clear guidance
• Review recurring reports from the outsourced accounting team, correcting coding and tagging and monitoring spend, including G&A and travel, against budget
• Oversee revenue recognition across FOS’s diverse monetization streams, including digital advertising, branded content, newsletters, events, and licensing, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance
• Own cash management, short-term cash forecasting, and accounts payable prioritization, leading a weekly review of AP, AR, and cash with the outsourced finance team
• Own accounts receivable and invoicing, driving consistent collections follow-up and steadily reducing aged and overdue balances
• Partner with Account Management and Sales Operations on campaign billing, including monthly billing reconciliation and invoicing, and track campaign-level profitability across media, custom content, sponsorship, and linear TV deals
• Support weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting and board-level financial presentations in partnership with executive leadership
• Oversee the outsourced accounting firm that handles bookkeeping and the monthly close, including close timelines, review, and sign-off, and manage relationships with auditors and tax advisors, ensuring compliance with GAAP and all relevant regulatory requirements
• Leverage AI and automation tools to streamline financial workflows, reduce manual processes, and generate predictive insights across revenue, costs, and cash flow
• Proactively identify financial risks and opportunities, including margin improvement, cost optimization, vendor contract management, and investment prioritization across content, technology, and headcount

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• 6-8 + years of progressive finance experience, with at least 3 years in a FP&A, finance management, or controller role
• Experience at a digital media company, publisher, content platform, or sponsorship-driven media business strongly preferred
• Experience with Ramp or a comparable spend management platform (e.g., Brex, Navan) preferred
• Hands-on experience with expense coding and cost allocation, expense policy enforcement, and AR/collections management
• Demonstrated experience using financial tools to enhance financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting workflows. Hands-on experience applying AI or automation to finance workflows is strongly preferred
• Strong command of financial modeling, revenue analytics, and multi-channel media business metrics such as CPM, RPM, sell-through, campaign margin, and sponsorship renewal rates
• Experience with accounting software and ERP systems such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, or Sage, and familiarity with business intelligence tools such as Looker, Tableau, or similar platforms
• Solid understanding of GAAP and experience managing audits, tax compliance, and external accounting relationships, including outsourced bookkeeping and close providers
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear, compelling narratives for non-finance stakeholders
• A proactive and entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, high-growth environment with limited bureaucracy
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field required; CPA or MBA preferred

Perks & Benefits

• Generous PTO policy to use as you please, plus sick time and company holidays
• Employer-sponsored health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision
• An annual professional development stipend and endless development opportunities at a growing startup
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan, complemented by a 3% company match. We believe in supporting your long-term financial goals
• Thrive in a dynamic environment with endless development opportunities at our growing startup