2K
Manager, FP&A
Novato, California, United States · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$100k-$148kDetected 7 days ago
Project ManagementFinancial ModelingFinancial AnalysisAccountingForecastingBudgetingExcelFP&ALeadershipCommunicationPublic SpeakingMicrosoft OfficeVariance Analysis
About the role
- We believe the best ideas come from teams that feel empowered, supported, and inspired.
- You will be comfortable in presenting findings and analysis to leaders, explaining narrative and drivers associated with variances to help influence business decision making.
Responsibilities
- Operational Decision Support: Provide Studio leadership decision modeling and scenario planning across lifetime P&Ls and initiatives, such as technology upgrades, studio expansions, or changes in staffing models.
- Workforce & Capacity Consultation: Partner with HR and Studio leads to model resource utilization. Help leaders understand the financial impact of their talent strategy, including capitalization rates and "staff-up" vs. vendor-model scenarios.
- Performance Insight: Identify and track KPIs that matter to the business units. Deliver monthly variance analysis that doesn't just explain the "what," but explains the "why" to the stakeholders who managed the spend.
- Process Implementation: Use practical project management skills to implement financial workflows that integrate seamlessly with studio operations, minimizing friction for creative and technical teams.
- Studio Business Partnership: Act as the primary financial point of contact for 1-2 Studio Leaders and Operational partners.
- Project Management: Practical knowledge of project management to lead cross-functional financial improvements across various business units.
- Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills; ability to build trust with diverse stakeholders and navigate the unique cultural nuances of a studio environment.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills; ability to build trust with diverse stakeholders and navigate the unique cultural nuances of a studio environment.
Requirements
- You will operate with limited supervision, conferring with senior managers only where required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- You have mastered all standard FP&A duties (forecasting, variance analysis, modeling) and have a strong grasp of the broad principles governing the gaming or creative services industry.
- Proven ability to "frame" financials for non-finance audiences, particularly creative or technical leadership.
- Mastery of Function: You have mastered all standard FP&A duties (forecasting, variance analysis, modeling) and have a strong grasp of the broad principles governing the gaming or creative services industry.
- Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint is essential for building the models and presentations that drive business decisions.
Skills
- The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $100,200.00 - $148,320.00 per Year.
- Details of participation in compensation and benefit plans (if applicable) will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
- Our portfolio is brought to life by some of the most influential game development studios in the world.
- But what truly powers 2K is our people.
- What We Need
Compensation
- Collaborative Budgeting & Planning: Drive the Annual Operating Budget process by partnering deeply with Studio management. Ensure that resource assumptions and project plans are grounded in both studio reality and corporate financial targets.
- The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $100,200.00 - $148,320.00 per Year.
- If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Benefits
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
Company info
- At 2K, we create some of the most iconic and culture-shaping video games in entertainment, including NBA® 2K, one of the top-selling franchises in the world, and legendary titles like BioShock®, Borderlands®, Mafia, Sid Meier's Civilization ®, and XCOM®, as well as fan favorites WWE® 2K, TopSpin®, and PGA TOUR® 2K. We build unforgettable experiences by pushing the boundaries of creativity, authenticity and innovation across every genre.
- Our portfolio is brought to life by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games, 31st Union, Cloud Chamber, Gearbox, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab create world-class experiences across platforms.
- We believe the best ideas come from teams that feel empowered, supported, and inspired. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace where people are encouraged to come as they are and do their best work.
- At 2K, we create some of the most iconic and culture-shaping video games in entertainment, including NBA® 2K, one of the top-selling franchises in the world, and legendary titles like BioShock®, Borderlands®, Mafia, Sid Meier's Civilization ®, and XCOM®, as well as fan favorites WWE® 2K, TopSpin®, and PGA TOUR® 2K.
- We build unforgettable experiences by pushing the boundaries of creativity, authenticity and innovation across every genre.
- Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games, 31st Union, Cloud Chamber, Gearbox, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab create world-class experiences across platforms.
- As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace where people are encouraged to come as they are and do their best work.
- The Manager, FP&A serves as the critical financial bridge between the Studio, Publishing and other operational partners.
- Rather than just reporting numbers, you will act as a Business Partner, working side-by-side with Studio Heads and Operational Partners.
- You will support 1-2 Studios and be responsible for ensuring that financial models reflect the unique "personality" and requirements of each business line while maintaining the rigor of our global financial standards.
- You will be comfortable operating with limited supervision, conferring with senior managers only on highly complex or unusual items outside the day-to-day.
Equal opportunity
- Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
This listing is sourced directly from 2K's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.