Business Financial Analyst

Business Financial Analyst

Location: Hybrid/Hillsborough, NC

Job Purpose

The SPG Business Finance Analyst is a dedicated, full-time role supporting the Sports Promotions Group (SPG) business unit end to end. Approximately 50% of the role is focused on SPG's month-end close and accounting support, and the remaining 50% on SPG business finance and operations - event-level sales, commissions, cost of goods, sales-tax reporting, and partner support. The role ensures SPG's financial results are accurate, timely, and well supported while giving the business a reliable, hands-on finance partner.

This role calls for a hands-on professional who blends business analysis, finance fundamentals, and an operational, partner-facing mindset. The SPG Business Finance Analyst serves as the day-to-day financial liaison between SPG operations and corporate accounting, consolidating work currently spread across several team members to reduce key-person risk and bring SPG's sales, inventory, and reporting under systematic control as the business scales. It is an ideal fit for someone who enjoys working closely with an operating business, improving manual processes, and turning day-to-day activity into clear, accurate financial information.

Major Accountabilities / Essential Duties

SPG Close & Accounting Responsibilities (Approximately 50%)

• Own assigned areas of SPG's monthly close, ensuring the general ledger is accurate, timely, and fully supported and that all close deadlines are met
• Record monthly revenue, sales tax, and related activity in the ERP with accurate account and event coding, capturing all activity for the period
• Own the expense classification and monthly accruals process, ensuring costs are recorded in the correct period and accounts with clear supporting documentation
• Prepare and post journal entries across accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, intercompany, and payroll, each supported by appropriate backup and approvals
• Maintain reserve and balance-sheet accounts and support cash application and monthly account reconciliations, resolving reconciling items on a timely basis
• Review general ledger activity, research variances, and investigate and resolve discrepancies before results are finalized
• Prepare monthly results, supporting schedules, and clear variance analysis, providing well-reasoned explanations to management
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation in line with internal controls, and support internal and external audit requests

SPG Business Finance & Operations Responsibilities (Approximately 50%)

• Compile, validate, and analyze event-level sales, fees, and margin data, making sure every event is captured completely and accurately
• Calculate partner commissions and coordinate timely, accurate payouts, keeping the business's expedited payment commitments on track
• Partner with operations and event leads to verify cost of goods, reconcile inventory, and confirm complete and accurate event reporting
• Prepare monthly sales-tax reporting and make sure the required documentation and compliance items are in place for each event
• Manage billing, invoicing, expense, and reimbursement processes for the business unit, following up to ensure items are captured and paid on time
• Prepare and deliver financial reporting packages and serve as the day-to-day finance contact for business partners and internal stakeholders
• Track vendor and freight activity and follow up on outstanding or delinquent items to keep costs current and complete
• Identify and support process improvements and systems enhancements - including automation and AI tools - that reduce manual work and strengthen controls

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Analytical Foundation: a finance, accounting, or business background and the analytical skills to turn day-to-day operational activity into clear, accurate financial reporting.
• Business Partnership: the willingness to roll up their sleeves and work directly with non-finance operators, event leads, and external partners to get the numbers right.
• Data and Reporting Skills: comfort compiling, validating, and analyzing large volumes of transaction-level data and building clear, reliable reporting from it.
• Excel Skills: strong Microsoft Excel skills - pivot tables, lookups, and working with large data sets - for everyday analysis, reconciliation, and reporting.
• AI and Automation: an interest in using AI tools such as Claude or Microsoft Copilot, and other automation, to work faster, reduce manual effort, and improve accuracy.
• Process-Improvement Mindset: a proactive approach to spotting inefficiencies and helping implement better, better-controlled, and more automated processes.
• Communication and Collaboration: clear written and verbal communication and the ability to partner effectively across teams and with external partners.
• Ownership and Multitasking: a detail-oriented, deadline-driven approach able to manage a high-volume workload and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 2+ years of relevant finance, accounting, or business analyst experience.
• Experience compiling and analyzing transaction-level data and preparing clear financial reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and large data sets.
• Experience or comfort using AI tools such as Claude or Microsoft Copilot to support analysis and process improvement (a plus).
• Experience in event-based, retail, multi-entity, or high-transaction-volume environments preferred.
• Multi-jurisdiction sales and use tax exposure a plus.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to partner with non-finance and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and time-management skills, with high attention to detail.
• CPA or progress toward certification a plus.

About Sports Endeavors

Our staff is made up of former players, parents of players and passionate sports fans. As Sports Endeavors has grown as a company, our core values have remained the same. We are still a company devoted to providing unrivaled selection and service to all team sport enthusiasts. Sports Endeavors values its employees, its community and its customers. Together we work, play, cheer and succeed.

Sports Endeavors shares our success, giving back at both the local and global levels. Sports Endeavors and its employees support Relay for Life, Race for the Cure, United Way and other non-profit organizations and events. Our Passback Program collects used but still usable gear from customers and then distributes it to teams who are not able to afford even the most basic sports equipment. To date, we have collected and redistributed over 1,000,000 pieces of equipment to organizations around the world.