Sr Manager, Strategy and Business Operations

Job Description

In collaboration and close partnership with leadership across the Fanatics Specialty Businesses Vertical, focused on enabling our integrated platform vison, offers support to our business units in strategy development, operational optimization, select deal negotiations, and explores growth opportunities in new verticals that are important to the sports fan. This role is extremely high visible across the organization and provides high strategic, transactional, and operational exposure.

What You'll Do

• Develop compelling presentations that transform complex data and analysis into clear and concise narratives for senior internal and external executives
• Research and analyze market trends, competitor strategies, and industry dynamics to identify insights on how it impacts Fanatics’ businesses
• Build and maintain financial models to assess the financial impact of strategic initiatives
• Project management of certain initiatives from start to finish
• Analyze cross-platform key performance indicators and operational metrics to evaluate business performance and identify areas of opportunities
• Manage competing priorities & provide level-headed guidance during unexpected events
• This job will require occasional travel.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• 3 - 5 years relevant experience in a Management Consulting or Financial Analyst/Associate role within top advisory firm or bank
• Experience demonstrating problem solving and root cause analysis coupled with ability to collect relevant information, analyze, and “connect the dots” to facilitate collaboration across different parts of the business
• Highly analytical, detail oriented and strong business sense; proven ability to develop new ideas / creative solutions and demonstrated experience implementing those solutions
• Demonstrated financial acumen and/or analytical experience including familiarity with concepts of forecasting, valuations, and/or data interpretation and analysis
• Expertise using Excel and PowerPoint to analyze data and drive business insights
• Insightful, consistent, and considerate communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to meet tight deadlines, prioritize workload and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, dynamic, ever-growing and often ambiguous environment; effective multi-tasking skills are vital
• Familiarity and fluency with company reporting documents and public filings
• Team player with the ability to develop relationships at various levels internally and externally, and champion our company culture
• Strong work ethic with a sense of urgency to resolve issues promptly
• Comfortable managing the strategic aspects as well as the tactical details of the business
• Natural curiosity and drive, with a proactive approach toward what may make sense even if not specifically requested
• Maturity to handle sensitive information and manage dialogues at the highest level of the organization
• Interest in sports and/or entertainment business models is preferable, but not a must
  
  

Location: Miami / Fort Lauderdale, FL area

About Us

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

About The Team

Fanatics Commerce is a leading designer, manufacturer, and seller of licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods. It operates a vertically-integrated platform of digital and physical capabilities for leading sports leagues, teams, colleges, and associations globally – as well as its flagship site, www.fanatics.com.

Fanatics Commerce has a broad range of online, sports venue, and vertical apparel partnerships worldwide, including comprehensive partnerships with leading leagues, teams, colleges, and sports organizations across the world—including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, Formula 1, and Australian Football League (AFL); the Dallas Cowboys, Golden State Warriors, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Chelsea FC, and Tokyo Giants; the University of Notre Dame, University of Alabama, and University of Texas; the International Olympic Committee (IOC), England Rugby, and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

At Fanatics Commerce, we infuse our BOLD Leadership Principles in everything we do:

• Build Championship Teams
• Obsessed with Fans
• Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Determined and Relentless Mindset