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VP, Global Partnerships

Manhattan, NY · On-site

... NFL sponsors helps drive League priorities (the Game, Fans, Engagement) through sponsor activities * Support SVP on senior leadership/ownership updates and requests (e.g., financial forecasting ...

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Compass Group

Finance Manager

Indianapolis, IN · Hybrid

... MLB, NBA, NFL, and MLS All-Star Games. Job Summary As the Finance Manager you'll be part of the team responsible for ensuring the accurate management and reporting of the location's finances ...

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Compass Group

Finance Manager

Indianapolis, IN · Hybrid

... MLB, NBA, NFL, and MLS All-Star Games. Job Summary As the Finance Manager you'll be part of the team responsible for ensuring the accurate management and reporting of the location's finances ...

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As of Aug 5, 2026, the average yearly pay for nfl finance in the United States is $124,326.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $94,500.00 and $168,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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An NFL Finance job involves managing the financial operations of the National Football League or its teams. Responsibilities include budgeting, financial reporting, salary cap management, and ensuring compliance with league financial regulations. Professionals in this role analyze financial data, oversee revenue streams, and support strategic financial decision-making. They often work with accounting teams, executives, and other stakeholders to maintain the league’s financial health.

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To thrive in an NFL Finance role, you need a solid background in accounting or finance, typically with a relevant degree and experience in financial management or analysis. Familiarity with financial software such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Excel, and credentials like CPA or MBA, are highly beneficial. Exceptional attention to detail, analytical thinking, and strong communication skills help you navigate complex financial scenarios and interact with diverse departments. These competencies are vital for ensuring accurate financial reporting and effective budget management within the fast-paced, high-profile environment of professional sports.

What does an NFL Finance professional do?

An NFL Finance professional is responsible for tasks such as preparing and analyzing financial reports, managing budgets, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with league regulations. You may also handle payroll, player contract analysis, forecasting, and support internal departments with financial planning. The role often involves collaboration with executives, legal teams, and operations staff to ensure financial decisions align with both organizational goals and league policies. Strong organizational and time management skills are important, as the role frequently requires meeting tight deadlines, particularly during season and draft periods.

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Manager, Global Partnerships Strategy

The National Football League

New York, NY • On-site

Full-time

Posted 8 days ago

Job description

The Manager of Global Partnerships Strategy plays a central role in supporting the NFL's Global Partnerships organization through conducting strategic analysis, preparing business plans, and managing detail-oriented communication materials (e.g. presentations, briefs, models). The role partners closely with leaders across Sponsorship, Consumer Products, Gaming, International, and Finance organizations to support the League's Commercial businesses by analyzing data, developing compelling communications, and improving decision-making through comprehensive research.
This individual will leverage core analytical skills and strategic thinking to bring together data, market intelligence, financial analysis, and structured problem-solving to influence decision-making across the Global Partnerships portfolio. The role offers exposure to senior leadership while providing opportunities to influence the future direction of the NFL's commercial revenue.
Example initiatives might include:
  • Supporting forecasting and analysis to inform the long-term and annual strategic planning across Global Partnerships
  • Summarizing and analyzing deal terms for new partnership and licensing opportunities
  • Building business cases for international and category expansion through detailed research
  • Developing executive-level analyses and presentations to inform strategic negotiations for commercial partnerships
  • Creating market assessment presentations across key industries, prospective partners, and international markets
  • Helping identify new revenue opportunities across Sponsorship, Consumer Products, Gaming, and Licensing

Success in this role requires the ability to quickly shift between business areas while maintaining a deep understanding of the NFL's Commercial ecosystem.
Responsibilities
  • Strategic Planning & Business Analysis
    • Support annual business planning and long-range forecasting across core revenue-driving departments
    • Conduct market research, category assessments, and competitive analysis across the Sports and Entertainment landscape including clubs, leagues, and top entertainment IP
    • Create business cases (e.g., models, presentations) to build support for new commercial opportunities across new channels, categories, and international markets
    • Build data-based and well-researched financial models and scenario analyses to help contextualize and influence decision-making across the business
    • Translate complex data into insights and actionable recommendations leveraging Excel and other data visualization programs (e.g., Tableau, R)
  • Insights Support
    • Own modeling and scenario analyses around annual business planning and long-range planning in collaboration with NFL Finance
    • Partner with Consumer Insights to create materials (e.g., presentations, briefs) to communicate key insights/trends from focus groups, surveys, and market intelligence affecting the NFL Commercial businesses
    • Leverage derived insights to build compelling data-backed storylines to help influence Strategic Leadership's decision-making
    • Maintain category intelligence across priority industries for the NFL and its partners, including financial market research and trends impacting NFL partner investment decisions
  • Growth Initiatives:
    • Support strategic projects by building key materials to communicate the opportunity for new revenue growth opportunities for NFL Sponsorship business globally
    • Attend cross-departmental working groups focused on League-wide strategic initiatives (e.g. International Expansion, Innovation, Flag Football Development) to aggregate insights, opportunities, and considerations that will shape the League's Commercial Strategy
    • Support International commercial teams in interpreting market data, dynamics, and feedback to problem-solve and develop new and relevant selling stories
  • Executive Communications
    • Develop executive presentations for League leadership, ownership meetings, and commercial reviews
    • Prepare briefing materials to inform and influence NFL leadership's strategic recommendations and approach
    • Present findings to Senior Leaders across the Global Partnerships team as needed
    • Support Leadership decision-making through concise storytelling and data visualization leveraging the complete Microsoft Suite including PowerPoint

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in strategy, consulting, or internal strategy/operations function
  • Experience working autonomously with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative environment
  • Experience supporting executive-level projects and priorities, including working with C-level executives and cross-functional leadership
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including advanced PowerPoint skills and ability to create compelling written communications for executive audiences
  • Business case modeling experience with solid understanding of financial concepts
  • Desire to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to deliver accurate work on tight deadlines

Preferred Qualifications:
  • MBA preferred
  • Solid understanding of the marketing, media, technology, and sports industries
  • Extensive background in strategy, banking, private equity, or management consulting working across various sectors
  • Management experience leading a team of direct reports
  • Experience with long-range planning and annual business planning processes
  • Superior PowerPoint and Excel modeling
  • Excellent attention-to-detail

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics
  • Proactive
  • Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
  • Superior problem-solving abilities and resilient nature
  • Must be highly resourceful and adaptable, with an intuitive understanding of how / where to get information and apply to project work
  • Ability to tell a meaningful story through data
  • Experience negotiating deals and/or managing strategic partnerships
  • Effective collaboration, interpersonal, communication and influencing skills
  • Diligent, persistent, and enthusiastic

Salary / Pay Range
This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly 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.
Terms / Expected Hours of Work
  • Work will exceed 40 hours per week
  • Some weekend/global travel work for hosting clients

Salary
$95,000-$110,000 USD
Benefits Information
To learn more about our comprehensive benefits offerings, please visit: NFL BENEFITS
At the NFL, in-person work at our offices is a top priority because it allows us to collaborate more effectively, build stronger connections, and maintain the culture that drives our success. This role requires onsite presence at an NFL office or stadium location, and remote and/or hybrid working options are not offered.
NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED.
The NFL is committed to building an inclusive work environment that reflects our incredible fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.
WHO WE ARE:
NFL Core Values:
  • Respect: Everyone matters. We celebrate diverse opinions, honor hard work, and value every contribution.
  • Integrity: We do what's right, even when it's tough. We hold ourselves accountable and always follow through.
  • Team Responsibility: We support each other and our communities. No one is bigger than the game, and every action impacts others.
  • Resiliency: We set high standards, overcome adversity, and adapt to challenges, always striving for excellence.

NFL Leadership Attributes:
  • Build Talent: We develop and nurture potential, empowering individuals to grow and succeed.
  • Execute: We take action with precision, delivering results that drive our goals forward.
  • Inspire: We motivate others through vision, energy, and a commitment to excellence.
  • Live Our Values: We embody our core principles in every decision and action.
  • Know the Business: We stay informed, understand our industry, and make decisions that strengthen our position.
  • Think Big: We challenge the status quo, envision bold possibilities, and strive for transformative impact

WHO YOU ARE:
Talent Attributes: What we expect for our employees:
  • Embody an enthusiastic, proactive can-do attitude
  • Embrace grit, free from ego or entitlement
  • Excel as a relationship builder, with the ability to influence
  • Eager learner, driven by passion rather than just ambition
  • Encompasses an incredible work ethic with an agile mindset

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