Director, Stadium Finance

At the Tennessee Titans, we’re dedicated to a winning culture, making a meaningful impact in our community, and creating moments that bring people together. We pursue excellence in everything we do and foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, and relentless commitment because we are dedicated to being a part of something bigger than ourselves.

The Director of Stadium Finance is a key member of the Tennessee Titans Finance team, responsible for the financial leadership of stadium operations across Titans home games and a year-round calendar of non-NFL events, including concerts, private events, and other sporting events. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Finance, this role owns stadium capital expenditures, contract analysis, treasury management, and reporting that keep the venue compliant and well controlled. The ideal candidate is a CPA with deep technical accounting expertise who is comfortable advising leadership on the strategic decisions that shape the stadium's financial performance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Contract Review Vendor Relationship Management: Review and analyze complex agreements, including event and promoter agreements, venue license and rental agreements, sponsorship, premium seating, concessions and third-party vendor contracts, to identify financial terms, risks and accounting implications in partnership with Legal while maintaining relationships with each vendor.
• Event Settlements: Support financial settlements with promoters, tours and event partners, including review of box office statements, ticket revenue, show expenses and deal terms, ensuring every settlement is accurate, timely and well-documented.
• Capital Expenditures: Manage the stadium CAPEX program, including capital budgeting, project tracking, capitalization decisions, fixed asset accounting and reporting against approved plans and any capital reserve or lease requirements.
• Reconciliations and Reporting: Review stadium account reconciliations and journal entries, including ticketing, food and beverage, merchandise, parking, premium and third-party operator activity, to support an accurate and timely month-end close.
• Technical Accounting: Research, document and apply technical accounting guidance (including ASC 606, ASC 842 and ASC 360) to stadium transactions and prepare accounting position memos for complex or non-routine matters.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Lead the annual stadium operating and capital budgets and rolling forecasts in partnership with stadium operations and business leadership.
• Lease and Partner Reporting: Support financial reporting and compliance obligations under the stadium lease and related agreements, including required reporting to public and private partners.
• Audit: Serve as the primary point of contact for stadium-related requests from external auditors, the NFL and contractual partners.
• Business Partnership: Act as a trusted finance advisor to stadium operations, event booking, premium and partnerships teams, translating financial results into clear, actionable insight.
• Leadership: Mentor and develop stadium finance staff as the function grows, setting clear expectations and building scalable processes.
• Other duties to support management and the finance team as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

• Active CPA license.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including technical accounting, financial reporting and people leadership.
• BA/BS in Accounting or Finance; MBA or MAcc a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to read, interpret and translate complex contracts into financial and accounting outcomes.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to build clear, decision-ready analysis.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting matters to non-finance partners and senior leadership.
• Highly organized and detail oriented, comfortable managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• The ability to act responsibly and ethically when working with sensitive financial information.

Preferred:

• Public accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in stadium, arena, live entertainment or professional sports finance strongly preferred.

Core Competencies

• Accountability: Takes ownership of results; follows through on commitments.
• Technical Judgment: Applies sound, well-documented judgment to complex accounting and contractual matters.
• Problem Solving: Identifies root causes; develops practical, data-driven solutions.
• Communication: Clearly conveys ideas in writing and verbally; adapts style to audience.
• Collaboration: Works effectively across teams and functions; builds trust with stakeholders.
• Business Partnership: Keeps operational and commercial needs central to financial guidance and decisions.
• Adaptability: Thrives in ambiguous or fast-changing environments.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Work Environment: In office, with regular on-site presence at the stadium
• Physical Requirements: Ability to sit for extended periods and to walk the stadium during events
• Schedule: Monday through Friday business hours with flexibility to work non-traditional hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as determined by stadium event calendar