WORK OPTION: The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week.
Position Summary
This position will support the NBA’s Team Finance Department. This role’s primary job responsibility is to assist with ticket and financial reporting procedures. An ideal candidate is a current accounting, finance, or sports management upperclassman graduate student, or recent graduate. This role is 10-month assignment. The time requirement will be approximately 32-40 hours a week.
Major Responsibilities
- Assist with gate and season ticket reporting processes for the NBA, WNBA, and NBA G League including acting as the point of contact for team and league personnel.
- Review ticket reports and team reported data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to League reporting standards.
- Coordinate with IT and Data Strategy & Analytics (DSA) group to build, enhance, and review the various League gate and season ticket reports.
- Collaborate on cross-departmental projects incorporating information from the League Finance group.
- Manage the ongoing communications with teams related to various financial matters.
- Create presentations and assist with logistical planning as needed.
- Perform ad-hoc analysis as required.
Required Education/Professional Experience
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Economics or related business field
- Experience in an accounting, finance or related business role
- Experience in the professional sports, entertainment, media or service industry preferred
- Graduate education or professional certification in a related field is a plus
Required Skills/Knowledge Attributes
- High proficiency with Excel and Word
- Extremely detail-oriented, sensitive to numbers, and be able to read behind the numbers
- Ability to multi-task while meeting strict deadlines
- Highly organized, able to be an effective project manager
- Strong teamwork, task prioritization, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Proactive willingness to help
Salary Range
$28.00 - $30.00/hr
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About The NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness.
