Senior Commercial Finance Manager, Technical & Operations

Who We Are:

IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and event management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 250 federations, associations, events, and teams, including the National Football League, English Premier League, International Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, ATP and WTA Tours, the AELTC (Wimbledon), Euro league Basketball, CONMEBOL, World Rugby, DP World Tour, and The R&A, as well as UFC, WWE, and P .

IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company.

TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and P , the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans.

TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.

Working Conditions:

Permanent, Stockley Park, Uxbridge Monday – Friday, 35hrsKey Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Business Partnering with Commercial leads, to ensure the delivery of financial information to support commercial decision making.

Act as the financial co-pilot that will; lead budgeting, financial forecasting, month end close with performance analysis.

Provide timely and actionable performance analysis on newly acquired Clients, Risks/Opportunities, Resource Utilisations, Gross Profit and the business drivers behind these like new regions, new technology, resource synergies etc.

Support & challenge commercial teams with management/control of pricing, discounts, and trade spend opportunities and effectiveness.

Lead the financial budgeting and planning process for the commercial team, ensuring that pricing, discount and trade spends are reflected accurately and are executed according to plan Identify, evaluate and communicate risks and opportunities to the business in a timely manner

Challenge the status-quo; continuously look to reduce complexity and simplify our processes across planning, forecasting, reporting, performance measurement and including how we use our supporting systems and tools (i.e. SAP/S4, Media Pulse, VAULT ERP, Salesforce etc.) to drive greater focus on value added business partnering

Ensure adequacy of controls across Tech & Ops and strong stewardship and compliance. Ensure audits (internally and externally) are fully supported and action plans are being addressed (incl. SOX)
Build and foster solid business partnering relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Unusual Challenges or Circumstances  Must be prepared to work additional hours as required to meet deadlines.

Mandatory Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).Minimum 5 years' post-qualified experience (PQE).Minimum 1 year of commercial finance experience.

Previous Commercial Finance management experience.

Proven business partnering experience supporting multiple stakeholders.

Strong commercial awareness and business acumen.

Experience managing P&L ownership, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, ROI analysis, pricing structures and risk management.

Strong track record of delivering results within a commercial finance environment.

Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, Lookup…