Managing Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Function:  The Managing Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) provides strategic and operational leadership over the NCAA’s enterprise budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and long-range planning. Reporting to the Vice President of Finance & Administrative Operations and working in close partnership with the Vice President of Accounting & Controllership, this position oversees the development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of the NCAA’s financial strategy.

This is a senior leadership role within Administrative Services, but balanced hand-on support with strategic leadership. The Managing Director is deeply involved in daily financial operations, drives cross-departmental collaboration, and ensures the organization has clear, actionable financial insights to support strategic decision-making and steward NCAA resources responsibly.

Job Responsibilities    

Communication & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop FP&A team members to support professional growth, collaboration, and accountability.
• Conduct regular staff meetings, one-on-ones, and development discussions to ensure role clarity, strong performance, and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with Information Technology to optimize planning and forecasting systems, enhance Domo/EPM capabilities partnering with a team of IT support administrators, and strengthen self-service dashboards and financial data accessibility.
• Cultivate strong working relationships across all NCAA departments to drive understanding of financial drivers, budgets, and planning processes.
• Establish a cadence of interdepartmental forecasting and budgeting support through review sessions, office hours, trainings, and regular communications.

Financial Oversight & Management

• Lead and manage the strategic direction of budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, and implementation of the NCAA’s financial plan.
• Oversee enterprise financial analysis, modeling, scenario planning, and internal reporting to ensure strong financial operations and visibility.
• Review analytical outputs, provide recommendations related to scenario planning, cost optimization, and strategic financial decisions.
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and governance structures that support a scalable and effective FP&A function.
• Partner with departments to evaluate business plans, assess financial impacts of strategic initiatives, and advise on viability and risk.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including variance analysis, trend insights, and scenario implications for leadership.

Financial Data & Insights Transformation

• Partner with IT, Accounting, and business units to strengthen financial data integrity, visibility, and integration across systems (ERP, EPM, Snowflake, Domo).
• Champion efforts to modernize financial reporting, automate routine processes, and expand access to real-time insights.
• Drive enhancements to financial systems to improve forecasting accuracy, planning workflows, and analytic capabilities.
• Serve as a key leader in financial data governance, ensuring strong processes for data quality, ownership, and change management.
• Lead FP&A contributions to cross-functional transformation initiatives, including system upgrades, tools modernization, and operational improvement efforts.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Job Requirements      

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible financial experience in corporate, government, consulting, or intercollegiate athletics/business operations.
• Expertise in financial modeling, scenario planning, forecasting, and decision support.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and financial management principles.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex financial data and deliver meaningful insights that drive decisions.
• Strong understanding of source system data and how to leverage it for problem solving and managerial reporting.
• Preferred experience with Oracle ERP and Oracle EPM; familiarity with Snowflake, Domo, or similar systems preferred.
• Proven experience supporting or leading financial transformations or modernization efforts.
• Excellent executive-level communication skills, including written narratives and presentation materials.
  
  

Other Requirements

• Estimated travel <20%.
• Role is based at the national office in Indianapolis, Indiana.
• Hybrid work environment: currently three days in office, two days remote.
  
  

Key Competencies

• Critical Thinking | Ability to examine issues and ideas and to identify good and bad reasoning in a variety of fields with differing assumptions, contents, and methods. 
• Strategic Partnering | Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
•  Drives Vision & Purpose | Communicates a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action by: Talking about future possibilities in a positive way. Creating milestones and symbolizing support behind the vision. Showing personal commitment to the vision. 
• Effective Communication | Can exchange ideas, thoughts, opinions, knowledge, and data so that the message is understood with clarity and purpose. 
• Strategic Agility | Sees ahead clearly, can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately, has broad knowledge and perspective, is future oriented, can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods, can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
  
  

Core Values

• LEADERSHIP| We actively listen and continually strive to provide vital solutions, counsel and advocacy for student-athletes and intercollegiate athletics.
• INCLUSION| We seek and incorporate different perspectives and experiences to drive innovation and impact.
• COMMUNICATION| We commit to an environment of openness to build trust and make timely decisions.
• COLLABORATION| We work together, based on mutual respect, to lead and serve our stakeholders.
• ACCOUNTABILITY| We take ownership for our actions and results to add value every day.