Accounting Manager – Fanatics Markets & Emerging Businesses

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The Accounting Manager will oversee the day-to-day accounting operations for Fanatics' prediction markets platform, managing the month-end close process, preparing financial statements, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

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

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field
• CPA or equivalent strongly preferred
• 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
• 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
• 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