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Job Location:
Glenview, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
3STEP Sports Background
3STEP Sports has an exciting opportunity for you to join a growing and leading organization in youth sport club and event management. 3STEP Sports is the largest youth sport event and club operator in the nation providing brands with the ability to impact more athletes than ever in a unique and authentic way. The 3STEP reach spans 40 states and currently serves more than 1.5 million athletes. We deliver a premier inspiring and authentic experience dedicated to perfecting every aspect of the athlete funnel. Encompassing industry-leading tournaments nationally spanning club programs premier media content and more 3STEP is the standard of the youth sports experience.
Position Overview
We are seeking an Accountant/Financial Analyst to serve as a national revenue and brand finance business partner. Beyond financial execution this role will act as a business partner helping leadership understand their financials optimize resources and make data-driven decisions to drive performance.
If you excel at translating financial data into clear actions and confidently communicate with both finance and non-finance stakeholders this role is for you.
This is a hybrid position based in our Glenview Illinois office.
Essential Job Responsibilities & Duties
Financial Execution
- Support accruals and transaction-level analysis during the month-end close process.
- Maintain an understanding of the reporting structure to ensure transactions are recorded by accounting to the proper general ledger account and class codes.
- Assist in the management of customer accounts receivable specifically the tracking of aged balances monthly and communicating those insights to regional leadership to drive collection.
- Identify inefficiencies in financial processes and recommend improvements.
Financial Planning & Analysis / Business Partnership
- Support corporate/regional leadership and brands in understanding their financials and optimizing budgets and resources.
- Assist in preparing and analyzing regional forecasts budgets and performance metrics.
- Identify financial trends risks and opportunities to help leadership make informed decisions.
- Provide variance analysis against budgets trends and historical periods to explain business performance.
Who You Are:
- You have a strong financial background but dont want to be a traditional accountantyou want to drive business decisions not just report numbers.
- Youre a strong communicator who can translate financial data into clear simple insights for non-finance leaders.
- You build partnerships cross-functionally communicating with leadership and accounting to ensure financial clarity and execution.
- You thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment where you can take ownership of financial insights and influence key business outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or a related field.
- 4-6 years of experience in accounting and financial analysis ideally within the service industry and across multiple units or brands.
- Strong analytical skills with a background in budgeting forecasting and financial modeling.
- Experience working cross-functionally with both finance and non-finance teams.
- Excellent communication skills translates financials into business terms and explain changes to both leadership and accounting.
- Advanced Excel skills experience with financial systems like NetSuite PBCS or Vensure preferred.
- A proactive mindset anticipating challenges and finding solutions.
3STEP Sports Benefits Package includes:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision FSA accounts life insurance paid holidays and a generous PTO plan as well as other elective insurance option
- 401K retirement savings plan with 50% company match
- Paid Parental Leave
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation age disability gender identity marital or veteran status or any other protected class.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- SRP systems
- Financial Statement Preparation
- Accounting Software
- Hyperion
- Financial Report Writing
- GAAP
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounting
- Regulatory Reporting
- Account Reconciliation
- SOX
- Financial Analysis
About Company
3STEP Sports is the nation’s largest and most impactful youth sports club and event operator. With more than 2,500 events, 157 brands and 1.1+ million participants in nine sports each year, 3STEP has an indelible impact on athletes and families in all 50 states.
