Finance Director, Advertising & SG&A

PlayOn is hiring a Finance Director to cover the Advertising and SG&A finance function while the current Director is out on maternity leave. You will step into an established forecasting and reporting structure and keep it running without interruption, not rebuild it. That means owning the monthly, quarterly, and annual cadence for the Advertising P&L and enterprise-wide SG&A (Corporate, Human Capital, Legal, and Accounting & Finance), maintaining the existing dashboards and models, and staying close enough to the business to flag issues before they become surprises. This is a hands-on execution role for someone who can walk into someone else's models and process and run them well immediately. The goal for your term is continuity: the business should not feel a gap, and the returning Director should come back to a function that ran cleanly in their absence. What You'll Own During This Coverage Lead budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for the Advertising P&L and enterprise-wide SG&A, keeping accuracy and timeliness at the same bar the business already expects. Prepare the monthly, quarterly, and annual reports that give executive and senior leadership visibility into Advertising and SG&A performance. Maintain the existing Advertising and SG&A forecast and reporting models as they are built today. Review financial variance reports, identify what's driving them, and bring findings to finance leadership before they ask. Partner with business teams on operational reporting covering revenue performance, expense management, and budget tracking. Keep current cost containment initiatives running as designed. Hold off on launching new strategic cost initiatives, those are better started by the returning Director unless leadership specifically asks you to. Provide ad hoc analysis and modeling for business decisions and special projects as they come up. Maintain labor forecasting and allocations for product lines using the frameworks already in place. Document decisions, open items, and any process changes made during your term so the transition back is clean. To Thrive in This Role, You Have 7+ years in finance, FP&A, financial analysis, investment banking, private equity, Big 4, or a related field. A track record of stepping into an existing financial structure and running it accurately with minimal ramp time, this role rewards speed to competency over time spent building something new. Experience with month-end close, budgeting and forecasting cycles, and ad hoc financial modeling. Advanced Excel or Google Sheets modeling skills and a strong grasp of GAAP and financial statements. The judgment to know when something needs to go to leadership immediately versus when it can wait for the next reporting cycle. Strong partnering skills. You'll be working with business teams who already have a relationship with the Director you're covering, and you'll need to earn trust quickly. Comfort working independently against tight deadlines without a long runway to get oriented. PlayOn is where high school sports come to life. Through GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps, we give every fan a front-row seat to the moments that matter most: the buzzer-beaters, the comeback wins, the senior nights, the rivalries that define a town. We built our technology for the people who live and breathe high school athletics — the parents who never miss a game, the alumni still cheering from across the country, the communities that show up week after week. From buying tickets to watching a live stream to reliving the highlights, we make it simple to stay close to the sports and the athletes you love most. Backed by KKR, we build the technology that powers high school athletics from the inside out: Schools trust us to handle ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise, and more so the people running programs can stay focused on the athletes and fans we all serve together. We're a growth-stage company on a mission to make high school sports more accessible, more memorable, and more connected than ever before. When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment. Why You'll Love Working at PlayOn Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions. This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve. Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team. The Benefits We Offer Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from Dental, vision life and disability insurance Employee Emergency Fund Company equity (stock options) Open PTO policy 401K plan with company match Hybrid/flexible work environment Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate