Job Description
Job Summary:
Title: Finance Manager - Sports
Location: New York, NY (On-Site, 5 days a week in office)
The Role:
Roc Nation is a full-service entertainment company with a mission to create, support and elevate the world’s most impactful artists, athletes, and brands. We are looking for a Finance Manager to own the P&L and day-to-day financial operations of our sports agency.
This is a hands-on role at the center of our business department. You’ll be the engine behind our accounting, billing and reporting functions, working closely with agents, consultants, and leadership across all sports divisions. The right person is a high-energy problem solver, has a can-do mindset, organized, detail-obsessed, and thrives in a fast-paced environment with a high volume of clients and moving parts.
Key Responsibilities:
Accounting & Month-End Close
Own the month-end close process, including accruals, and account reconciliations across all sports divisions
Maintain and reconcile deferred revenue schedules and ensure accurate revenue recognition in line with contract terms
Manage commission expense reconciliations, bonus tracking, and P&L reporting by sport, client, and deal type
Accounts Receivable & Billing
Manage the end-to-end invoicing cycle for 300+ clients on a bi-annual schedule, including invoice creation, distribution and collections follow-up
Track invoice status, outstanding balances and payment receipts; maintain clean AR records at all times
Coordinate directly with financial advisors/consultants on remittances, disputes, tax documentation (1099s) and reconciliations
Notify agents and internal stakeholders upon receipt of client payments
Financial Reporting & Cash Flow
Prepare weekly cash flow schedules and support rolling forecasts
Generate recurring financial reports segmented by sport, client, booking type, and revenue category
Lead and support weekly and monthly AR review meetings across multiple divisions
Assist with budgeting and expense tracking, including equipment spend and pre-draft player stipends
Contract & Revenue Tracking
Enter and maintain athlete contracts, deal terms and commission structures across internal systems (Airtable or equivalent)
Track invoicing dates, revenue recognition schedules, and deal milestones for salaries, bonuses, brand deals, trading cards and memorabilia agreements
Support union reporting requirements and maintain compliance documentation
Budgeting & Forecasting
Partner with FP&A to build and maintain financial models, and to participate in the annual company-wide budgeting and monthly forecasting processes
Support FP&A with evaluating project P&L’s (including T&E) and revenue pipelines
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
5–8 years of progressive accounting or finance experience, with strong command of AR, accrual accounting, reconciliations, and month-end close
Advanced Excel skills; experience with Oracle or similar ERP systems required
Experience with Airtable or other workflow/database platforms strongly preferred
Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage high-volume data with accuracy
Strong communicator who can work fluidly with agents, advisors, and senior leadership
Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple deadlines independently
Preferred Background:
Prior experience in a sports agency, talent management, entertainment or professional sports organization
Familiarity with athlete contracts, NIL deals, commission structures and sports marketing agreements
Experience supporting union reporting or multi-entity financial environments
Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
Benefits & Perks
HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family with access to a health care concierge and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, paid time off including paid holidays, sick time and floating days
CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live
WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match
Note – Roc Nation benefits and policies differ from Live Nation
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.
Roc Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.
We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Roc Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Roc Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact an HR Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Roc Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.
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The expected compensation for this position is:
$108,000.00 USD - $135,000.00 USD** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.
Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process. Recruiters will only contact candidates from official Live Nation or affiliated brand email domains.