Senior Manager - Accounts Payable

Company Overview

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company ignites the passions of global sports fans and maximizes the presence and reach for hundreds of sports partners globally by offering innovative products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans, a global partner network with over 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, teams, players associations, athletes, celebrities, colleges, and college conferences, and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail business stores.

As a market leader with more than 18,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.

The Team:

Fanatics is the ultimate one-stop sports fan destination that ignites and harnesses the passion of fans and maximizes the presence and reach for preeminent sports partners globally.  The Fanatics family of companies, supported by our Fanatics Accounting Shared Services function, currently includes: 

• Fanatics Commerce, a vertically integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hard goods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy. 
• Fanatics Collectibles, a transformative company that is building a new model for the hobby and giving collectors an end-to-end physical and digital collectible experience; 
• Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming, and retail sportsbook platform.  

FHI employees are expected to be on-site 4-days per week. We also offer the unique benefit of allowing employees to temporarily work remotely up to 20 days per year based on business levels.
 

The Role:

The role of an Accounts Payable (AP) Sr. Manager is to provide guidance, instruction, direction, and leadership to Managers, Supervisors and AP Specialists for the purpose of ensuring compliance with payables policies and procedures and efficient and effective payment for goods and services received. The AP Sr Manager will act as liaison with appropriate staff members and other departments to ensure the goals and objectives of the accounting department are met. The Sr. AP Manager must oversee the full-cycle Accounts Payable functions and lead the team in researching discrepancies and seeking quick resolutions.

What You'll Do:

• Manage a team of AP managers and supervisors and provide oversight of day-to-day functions which may include supplier master, purchase orders, invoice processing, payments, T&E support and help desk activities for multiple entities.
• Manage accuracy of master data and ensure AP teams adhere to policies and procedures. 
• Oversee research and analysis of Direct and Indirect AP teams.
• Review and approve new supplier and maintenance journals, as well as invoice and payment journals. 
• Act as liaison between AP and supplier partners as well as internal departments to ensure timely resolution of supplier and invoicing issues.
• Manage and perform monthly AP closing procedures for multiple entities and systems.
• Oversee and review AP invoice data for monthly accruals.
• Compile and analyze AP financial data for reporting requests as well as present AP aging data monthly during balance sheet reviews.
• Manage and provide guidance to the business on accounts payable aging reports.
• Assist in creating detailed Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and reporting for leadership, as well as using KPI data as a performance management tool with staff. 
• Build and maintain relationships with various stakeholders in the accounts payable process.
• Collaborate on project implementations as well as acquisitions of new lines of business.
• Ensures all accounts payable suppliers, purchase orders, and invoicing SOPs are up to date and maint