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Sr. Director, FP&A

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Job Title: Senior Director, FP&A Blizzard Finance

Requisition ID: R022175

Your Mission

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a world class senior finance leader to join our award-winning video game company in Irvine, California. Blizzard Entertainment is a premier developer and publishing of entertainment software. Its games are consistently in the top of its category, including World of Warcraft®, Overwatch™, Diablo®, Hearthstone®, and StarCraft® franchises, each of which have received Game of the Year awards.

The Sr Director of FP&A is a critical and highly visible role within the team that performs integrated companywide analysis and consolidation to support the Blizzard executive leadership team, provides key inputs to financial reporting and investor relations processes, and manages companywide planning and forecasting processes. This role will work to analyze, report, and support the key business drivers and create incremental value for the company. The role requires ability to demonstrate a strong aptitude relative to be able to interpret, analyze, and communicate varied and complex business issues. Executive presence, problem solving, prioritizing, timely responses and attention to detail must be second nature.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

What you bring to the table:

The essential functions of the role will include supporting finance leadership and business teams (e.g., game franchise, technology, marketing, HR). The Senior Director will also be expected to communicate these analyses to Company executives, either verbally or through presentations. The role will also drive continual process improvement by streamlining and standardizing processes and companywide FP&A processes.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

  • Partner with cross-functional teams on long-range planning, annual planning, quarterly forecasts, monthly close, and weekly pacing
  • Coordinating and liaising between finance teams for the preparation and completion of ad-hoc analyses and scheduling financial processes, including business performance reporting, trend analysis, and initiatives summary
  • Track key performance indicators and analyze trends to facilitate more real-time commercial decision making to enhance businesses
  • Analyze complex regional data to drive value adding insights on trends and emerging pockets of opportunities. Help shape the strategies to win externally
  • Recruit and provide mentorship to direct and indirect finance team to continue improve overall team performance

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree (Post MBA candidates preferred)
  • 10+ years of proven experience in investment banking, management consulting, entertainment/tech industry finance/strategy/FP&A, and/or similar experiences
  • Strong communication, writing and presentation skills; this person will collaborate with executives and leaders across the organization
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to manage complex projects with diverse partners
  • Top-notch organizational, analytical and problem solving skills – a critical thinker who’s a quick learner and can anticipate the next question and derivative outcomes
  • Exceptional quantitative and financial modeling
  • Ability to thrive and multitask in a constantly evolving environment
  • Self-starter – candidate needs to be self-directed and proactive
  • Lead by examples- with behaviors reflecting core values of Blizzard Entertainment
  • Passion and knowledge of the video game industry highly desired

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to [email protected]. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

Our World

At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ – we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

  • Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
  • 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
  • Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
  • Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
  • If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $148,320.00 – $274,320.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.

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