BU Controller – Dance

Varsity Brands

Finance Business Partner guiding the Dance business unit at Varsity Spirit. Leading financial planning, team management, and strategic insights for impactful operations.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeMemphis • Tennessee, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, engage, and motivate the newly-formed Dance finance team, to provide financial transparency, improve operational efficiency, and drive profitable growth, through partnership with the Dance business unit leaders.
Manage team’s performance to consistently encourage retention growth and productivity.
Partner with Dance business unit leaders, and Varsity Spirit cross functional partners, to drive the integration of newly acquired dance businesses into the Varsity Spirit ecosystem, from definition to execution of the integration strategy.
Partner with Dance leadership team in continuing to harmonize the Dance go-to-market strategy, with KPI’s designed to measure and drive optimal outcomes.
Establish and implement robust accounting controls including account reconciliations and systematic review processes, to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial data.
Support and coordinate due diligence processes associated with future potential acquisitions, as well as integration of any completed acquisitions.
Champion and oversee the continuous improvement of the dance budgeting and planning methodology, aligning business and financial planning efforts and making them more consistently structured and proactive, between the various types of training and events.
Provide leadership and structure in the regular reviews of planned capacity, registration, pricing, and cost of sales to help inform active business decision making, throughout each planning and execution cycle.
Lead monthly/quarterly/annual budgeting and forecasting of all training and event offerings, from sales to execution, including all critical support functions, in partnership with FP&A.
Partner with the Dance leadership teams to develop appropriate performance scorecards, standardizing KPI’s where possible, to drive focus and best outcomes.
Provide leadership and support to the broader Dance business unit Finance teams, taking full responsibility for a clean and timely monthly financial close process of all businesses in the Dance portfolio, including audit support.
Serve as a key decision support and commercial partner for the Dance teams, evaluating and approving all key contracts and commercial proposals for the business units.
Provide direction to the Dance teams in support of continued improvement in their use of Net Working Capital, methodically improving deposit, AP, and AR performance.
Drive the adoption and proficient use of technology to manipulate data from multiple sources into meaningful analysis and insights for sales and operations leadership to act upon.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in a Finance, Accounting, or related field
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance, or other business discipline
Experience leading people and teams
Leadership experience in a dynamic event, services, or project business is preferred
MBA, CMA, CPA certification highly preferred
ERP enhancement or implementation experience a plus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong analytical skills
Ability to work independently and multi-task
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Knowledge of GAAP Financial Analytical Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office products, specifically Excel.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Health Care Benefits
HSA Employer Contribution/ FSA Opportunities
Wellbeing Program
401(k) plan with company matching
Company paid Life, AD&D, and Short-Term Disability
Generous My Time Off & Paid Holidays
Varsity Brands Ownership Program
Employee Resource Groups
St. Jude Partnership & Volunteer Opportunities
Employee Perks including discounts on personal apparel and equipment!

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial analysisbudgetingforecastingaccount reconciliationsGAAPfinancial planningperformance scorecardsNet Working Capital managementdata analysisERP implementation

Soft Skills

leadershipteam managementcommunicationanalytical skillsorganizational skillsattention to detailindependencemulti-taskingmotivationcollaboration

Certifications

MBACMACPA