Senior Finance & Accounting Consultant
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Senior finance consultant supporting professional sports organizations with accounting, FP&A, reporting, and regulatory solutions. iShare delivers customized ERP and AI-enabled IT consulting services for industry-specific transformation.
Responsibilities:
- Build and optimize accounting processes aligned with IFRS/US GAAP and sports-specific financial regulations
- Establish controls for month-end close, consolidations, reconciliations, and financial reporting
- Develop FP&A frameworks covering budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, and revenue modelling
- Analyze sports-related revenue streams, including ticketing, sponsorships, broadcasting, merchandising, and commercial income
- Develop executive and management reporting with clear, actionable financial insights
- Resolve complex accounting matters including player contract accounting, transfer fee amortization, deferred income, salary structures, and audit queries
- Provide technical accounting guidance for complex or ambiguous transactions
- Support financial compliance with league, governing body, and sports regulatory requirements
- Prepare financial narratives, presentations, and recommendations for C-suite executives, Boards, investors, and external stakeholders
- Translate complex finance and accounting topics into clear business language for non-finance stakeholders
- Collaborate with multi-shore teams and external stakeholders to ensure successful solution delivery
- Report day-to-day to the Solutions Team and hold overall solution-delivery accountability to the Head of Business Unit
- Coordinate extensively with multi-shore teams and occasionally interact with external clients
Requirements:
- 5–7+ years of Finance & Accounting experience
- Meaningful experience working with professional sports clubs, leagues, federations, or sports organizations
- Strong understanding of IFRS and/or US GAAP
- Hands-on experience with player/athlete contract accounting, transfer fees and amortization, salary caps or compensation structures, sponsorship and kit revenue, stadium/venue financials, broadcasting, and commercial revenue
- Experience supporting senior leadership, C-suite executives, Boards, or investors
- Strong financial modelling, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to produce concise, executive-level financial reports and presentations
- Knowledge of UEFA Financial Sustainability Rules or comparable sports financial regulations preferred
- CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred
- Previous experience with Big 4 firms or specialist sports finance advisory practices preferred
- Experience with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or other ERP/FP&A platforms preferred
- Experience with multi-currency consolidation and international tax structures preferred
- Exposure to AI-enabled finance solutions, customized ERP platforms, or finance transformation projects preferred
Benefits:
- Potential extension based on project success
- Remote work arrangement
- Minimum commitment of 80–100 hours
- At least 3–4 hours per day availability
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