Senior Financial Analyst - Fan

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

EA's CFO organization comprises a broad group of finance disciplines. Our common goal is partnership with business teams delivering strategies and providing our players with amazing experiences. All of our finance teams assist the business in achieving profitable creativity by providing financial insight, reporting and guidance.

We use progressive tools to analyse and visualise data, telling the story of financial drivers, performance, risks and opportunities. We value attributes like collaboration and learning. We celebrate inclusion by creating a place where you can come to work and be yourself.

Our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team provides strategic partnerships to leaders across EA. We do this by engaging with our partners to understand our broad strategy, analysing data, and delivering insights to help guide EA's performance.

As part of our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team, you will play a critical role in providing strategic partnerships to leaders across EA. We engage effectively with partners to understand and evolve strategies, analyse data, and deliver insights to drive EA's performance. Reporting to the Senior Manager of FP&A supporting the Fan Growth organisation, you will be based in Vancouver, Canada with a hybrid work-model (defined as three days in office).

You will partner with the EA Experience teams, manage headcount and budgets, help drive business cases, and collaborate on forecasting and tracking investments across the team.

• Build relationships and collaborate with key EA Experience teams such as Media, Marketing Production, Business Management, CX Services, & Content Solutions.
• Prepare and present business reviews for leaders, focusing on storytelling with clear insights and actionable material.
• Support strategic decision‑making by partnering on projects like modelling financial scenarios.

• Own the financial forecast, providing insightful analysis to highlight variance drivers and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Conduct monthly close meetings with stakeholders.
• Partner with the Accounting group to manage close deliverables, processes, and reporting.
• Lead the consolidation of Fan Growth's risks and reinvestment opportunities for leadership visibility and alignment.

• Contribute to initiatives that improve, standardise, and automate forecasting and reporting tools and processes.
• Work with Total Experience FP&A leadership to provide updates, explanations, and inputs for consolidation to deliver clear narrative for enterprise reporting.
• Challenge the status quo and provide alternative solutions and efficiencies.

• BS degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent university degree.
• 4+ years of related financial experience.
• Experience with P&L management, OpEx budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis.
• Proficiency in accounting and general GAAP knowledge.
• Excellent MS Excel expertise required, familiarity with Power
  
  BI and Anaplan.

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) $75,900 - $105,600 CAD

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base…