VP Finance – France & Belgium

Are you an experienced finance professional keen to get involved with an exciting sports streaming service? We have already changed the way fans consume sport. DAZN broadcasts the World’s leading sports content, including Ligue 1, Belgian Pro League, Bundesliga, Premier League, Champions League, NFL, La Liga, Serie A, Boxing and much more.

We have an exciting opportunity for a commercial and passionate individual with a background in commercial finance to play a critical role in the continued expansion of DAZN. Based in our Paris office, the role will be to lead finance for France and Belgium, partnering with DAZN’s senior management team and working with external stakeholders at sports leagues and distribution partners. You will be responsible for managing financial and commercial performance delivering targets and enabling effective decision making.

Key Responsibilities:

• P&L ownership, including managing opportunities, risks & trade offs to ensure the business remains within the parameters of its long-term plan
• Be a key member of the management team in understanding the financial results and suite of business KPIs and using them to play a leading role in driving performance and maximising opportunities across all areas of the P&L (including subscription, betting, advertising, marketing and content)
• Prepare quarterly forecasts and annual budgets across the P&L and operating cash flows (including challenging / obtaining buy-in from non-finance teams on the forecast inputs & KPIs that drive financial outputs) and managing the business against those barometers & reporting / interpreting actual results
• Be the Finance owner & expert on all commercial contracts, large scale Distribution deals & Rights agreements
• Develop and maintain relationships with external partners, including distributors and rightsholders
• Prepare & present monthly financial reviews for divisional and central stakeholders, analysing financial performance against benchmarks and highlighting risks, opportunities and insights
• Prepare board and management presentations that include a holistic overview of financial performance
• Influence and assist divisional management with respect to evaluating, negotiating and contracting new opportunities and contracts, including financial modelling in alignment with best practice from the central financial modelling team
• Play a lead role in the establishment and maintenance of a strong culture of governance and control across the business
• Collaborate with senior leadership in modelling pricing, proposition and offers
• Work closely with Group Finance in order to drive continuous improvements in the delivery of finance services to key finance / other management stakeholders impacting the P&L including cash-flow management and provision of monthly management accounts (including balance sheet)

You’ll have:

• Senior level experience with experience operating in senior finance positions
• Experience partnering with senior executives on key strategic decisions, for example influencing major partner deal negotiations or product pricing recommendations
• Proven ability to thrive in multifaceted environment under short timelines & changing priorities
• Proven experience of managing & motivating a hardworking group of ambitious finance analysts / business partners to deliver effective business partnering to multiple stakeholders
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross functionally & establish strong relationships
• Experience in a subscription business with a detailed understanding of acquisition, churn and ARPU metrics
• Strong commercial awareness and strategic/business acumen
• Pro-active and have an ability to operate in ambiguous and changing situations with multiple (at times conflicting) stakeholders to deliver results to meet deadlines
• Entrepreneurial mindset with great leadership skills
• Awareness & understanding of off and on-line marketing methodologies
• Excellent financial modelling, quantitative & data analysis skills

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.

As part of our team,you’ll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We’re doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We’re using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we’re not going to stop.

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:

AMBITIOUS – people who want to make a big impact and drive DAZN forward.

INVENTIVE – people with bright ideas who deliver great new experiences for our customers – and improvements for our business. People who come up with better, simpler ways of doing things.

PASSIONATE – people who are proud of our product, our content and our business – and love to shout about it. People who love what they do and show commitment every day.

BRAVE – people who take difficult decisions to help us focus on improving DAZN, our performance and our results.

SUPPORTIVE – people who know that we achieve more as a team than as individuals. People value inclusion and look out for each other, helping their colleagues enjoy their work and develop their careers. People who consider others before making decisions.

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.

Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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