Associate, Accounting - League Operations (External Agency Staff)

The Associate, Accounting - League Operations supports day-to-day accounting operations to ensure accurate processing, adherence to accounting policies, and timely completion of period-end close activities. This role assists in journal entry preparation, reconciliations, and compliance with GAAP standards. The Associate works closely with management to maintain internal controls and identify opportunities for process improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the end-to-end accounting cycle for League Operations departments including but not limited to Finance, Facilities, Internal Audit, Marketing, including preparing non-standard and data-sensitive journal entries.
• Perform account reconciliations and variance analyses, investigating and resolving discrepancies to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Work closely with technical accounting team to prepare initial accounting worksheets and support for journal entries that will be completed by Global Shared Services team.
• Follow accounting policies and internal control procedures to maintain compliance with relevant standards (e.g., GAAP/IFRS).
• Support the review and analysis of complex accounting transactions, conducting preliminary research and providing recommendations.
• Collaborate closely with Operational Finance to understand key contract, account coding and close variance explanations.
• Collect, validate, and organize financial data to support internal reporting, variance analysis, and audit readiness.
• Assist in maintaining documentation for accounting policies, reconciliations, and process workflows.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in financial reporting or operational accounting.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation, or active CPA candidacy, preferred but not required.
• Strong understanding of GAAP/IFRS and internal control requirements.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across teams.
• Oracle Cloud ERP or similar experience a plus.

Terms /Expected Hours of Work:

This job posting is for a position with one of the NFL’s third-party agency partners that provides services to the NFL. The individual selected for this role will be an employee of that third-party agency and not the NFL. All compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment are handled by the agency. The assignment to provide services to the NFL will be limited in duration but may be extended for an additional period by agreement between the NFL and the agency.

Salary / Pay Range

This job posting contains a weekly pay range, which represents the range of weekly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials, or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.