OpenSponsorship Hiring for VP of Finance & Operations Job at Remote Full Time

We are looking for a highly organized and analytical individual to oversee our companies long-term financial health and strategic growth

OpenSponsorship is the largest digital marketplace making it easy for brands to partner with athletes. We have 15,000+ athletes across 160 sports (including over 50% of the NFL and NBA) and support clients like Walmart, Sperry, FanDuel, and ESPN. We recently closed a $4.5M growth round, and are backed by NBA team owners, athletes, notable VCs, and world class accelerators.

We are hiring remotely in the U.S., offer a great compensation package, company provided healthcare, 401K, generous holidays AND a supportive team and an amazing product and mission to get behind. Our company values are accessibility, transparency and education – and we live this outward when thinking about customers, and inwards when considering our own culture. We are a diverse & passionate team that’s working to democratize the global sports marketing industry.

Who you are:

• An organized, internally motivated and positive person, excited to join a remote start up environment

• Proficient in excel, data analysis and financial reporting

• Adaptive, ‘quick on your feet’ thinker

• Hard-working and motivated to meet & exceed performance goals

• Fast learner who excels in a fast-paced and fluid startup environment

• Ideally have been through a fundraising process for a tech startup

Your qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in finance, internal operations, or a relevant field

• Deep experience in finance – building financial models, managing accounts, revenue recognition and preparing financial statements

• Excellent communication (verbal, written, and presentation) and interpersonal skills (positive and personable)

• Experience working at a fast growing technology startup

• Experience with people management

• Experience developing company policies, procedures and systems

• Proven success in analyzing and reporting on financial performance

• Experience managing investors and preparing materials for investor updates and board meetings

What you’ll be doing:

• Oversee the internal operations and finance of OpenSponsorship

• Lead the annual budget development process, monitor expenditures and variances, and proactively update income and expense projects

• Set team goals alongside the executive team and report monthly on performance of full team KPIs

• Managing and reporting on P&L of the company and individual teams

• Managing burn rate and reporting on health of company to CEO

• Calculate and distribute team commission and oversee the payroll process

• Manage annual audit process and serve as liaison – is this accurate for us

• Prepare financial reports and presentations to the board alongside the executive team

• Helping the CEO to plan for future fundraising events

• Perform all balance sheet reconciliations and prepare month-end close

• Develop and implement operational policies and procedures to increase the team productivity