Event Finance Manager

Quint; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Health insurance with HSA

401(k) with company match

Life and short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Travel to major events

Job summary

Quint, based in Charlotte, NC, seeks an Event Finance Manager to partner with Accounting, Partner Management and Event Operations to budget, forecast and report on large global events. You will own event-level financials, maintain projections, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and deliver post-event profitability analyses and ad-hoc financial support.

This role will support budgeting, cash flow forecasting and revenue-sharing analyses with partners, contributing to efficient event execution

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent.
• 3–5 years accounting/finance experience in corporate or public accounting.
• Understanding accrual accounting and its impact on balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; advanced Excel skills (pivots, lookups).
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage priorities across teams.
• Experience in sports, entertainment or hospitality is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting for a portfolio of large, global sporting events.
• Convert budgets into forecasts and keep revenue and costs updated by event code.
• Provide periodic updates to senior management with revenue/cost analyses.
• Produce final event settlements and profitability reports for partners.
• Support month-end close and year-end audit with event-related GL accounts.
• Maintain an event database for budgeting and forecasting future events.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Excel

Job description

Quint is the industry-leading provider of Official Ticket and Hospitality packages to many of the world’s most prominent sports and entertainment events. Our innovative programs enable those properties to expand fan experiences and corporate client entertainment opportunities in a way that reflects the quality and prestige of those brands.

Our portfolio includes 20+ official property partnerships including, Formula 1 (f1experiences.com), the NBA (nbaexperiences.com), the Kentucky Derby (derbyexperiences.com), MotoGP (motogppremier.com), and many more.

Our Culture

The Role

The Event Finance Manager will work across our Accounting, Partner Management and Event Operations teams to develop budgets for individual events, track expected revenue and expenses against plans leading up to the event and complete an accurate and timely financial accounting statement following the completion of the event.

The primary responsibilities of this role will include ownership of the accounting of several events across our partnership portfolio at any given time.In this role you will work to make sure that the financial projections for an event are kept up to date, and you will coordinate communication across various departments to make sure that event-level information is current and distributed to those who have oversight of the events.

At the end of an event, you will generate a post-event profitability report for the accounting department as well as external reporting for event partners where there is a profitability sharing component.In addition, you may be asked to provide financial analysis in support of budgeting, forecasting, cash flow projections and other ad-hoc requests.

This is a terrific opportunity to apply your accounting and finance knowledge in partnership with some of the leading sports and entertainment properties in the world as part of an engaged and motivated team.

The role will be based at our corporate headquarters in Charlotte, NC and reports to our Director of Event Finance and Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Act as the finance and accounting lead in the preparation of budgets for a portfolio of large, global sporting events
• Convert the initial event budget into a forecast that is proactively updated with the most current information, ensuring revenue and costs are tracked to the appropriate event code
• Provide periodic updates to senior management by compiling, preparing, and distributing updated reports that analyze revenue and costs, estimating break-even points and comparing budget to actual results
• Complete a final event settlement / profit and loss statement at the end of each event, as well as any related reports to be shared with partners and rights holders where there is a profit-sharing agreement in place
• Assist in the month-end closing and year-end audit process by reconciling event-related general ledger accounts and reviewing related financial journal entries each month into the general ledger system for the events for which you have ownership
• Contribute to an event database to ensure all information is accessible and accurate when requested for utilization in budgeting and forecasting future events/cash flow

Experience and Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting/Finance, or equivalent
• 3 to 5 years of accounting/finance experience in a corporate or public accounting environment
• Intermediate understanding of accrual accounting as it relates to the relationship between balance sheet and income statement accounts and the ability to apply those accounting concepts to specific event-level transactions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel (pivots, lookups, other advanced functions)
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship building skills, with the ability build positive working relationships with all levels within the organization while balancing conflicting priorities
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy with high standards for quality; ability to keep accurate and detailed records
• Experience in the sports, entertainment and hospitality industries would be highly relevant for the role, but is not required

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus potential for year-end individual and company bonuses
• Company-sponsored health insurance with company-funded HSA contributions
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• Company-paid life and short-term disability insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Opportunities to attend major global sports and entertainment events (travel related to the position itself is minimal)