Director, Production Accounting
About the role
UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 700 million fans and approximately 300 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world while broadcasting to over 950 million households across more than 170 countries. UFC’s athlete roster features the world’s best MMA athletes representing more than 80 countries.
The organization’s digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world’s leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.
com and follow UFC at Facebook. com/UFC and @UFC on X, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok: @UFC. TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans.
TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality. The Role and What You’ll Do: The Director of Production is responsible for leading all aspects of UFC’s production planning, budgeting, and financial oversight while ensuring productions are executed on time, on budget, and at the highest quality. This role partners closely with internal production teams, accounting, finance, and external vendors to align creative and operational needs with accurate forecasting, resource allocation, and cost control.
The Director oversees production staff and ensures financial and operational workflows scale effectively with UFC’s expanding live event and media footprint. Production Budgeting & Forecasting Lead the creation, management, and monitoring of production budgets for live events, studio shows, and media productions. Develop rolling forecasts and financial models to reflect production costs, cash flow, and resource needs.
budget, conduct variance analysis, and recommend corrective action to stay within financial parameters. Partner with producers and creative leads to build production plans in line with approved budgets. Ensure timely and accurate cost reports are generated, reviewed, and communicated to senior leadership.
Production Management & Oversight Oversee day-to-day production operations across multiple events and projects. Ensure production schedules, workflows, staffing, and equipment needs align with approved plans. Coordinate cross-functionally with Creative, Business Affairs, Legal, HR, Marketing, and Finance.
Build and manage internal production timelines to guarantee timely delivery of live and recorded content. Maintain strong vendor relationships and oversee contract negotiations, invoice approvals, and reconciliations. Risk Management, Compliance & Controls Ensure compliance with UFC policies and financial controls, as well as GAAP accounting standards.
Monitor union/guild requirements, tax incentives, and regulatory obligations relevant to productions. Identify financial and operational risks; implement mitigation strategies to protect budgets and production quality. Partner with Finance and Legal on audit, insurance, and risk management matters.
What you'll do
- Who We Are: UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 700 million fans and approximately 300 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world while broadcasting to over 950 million households across more than 170 countries. UFC’s athlete roster features the world’s best MMA athletes representing more than 80 countries. The organization’s digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world’s leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC and @UFC on X, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok: @UFC. TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization
- WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment
- and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency
- and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality. The Role and What You’ll Do: The Director of Production is responsible for leading all aspects of UFC’s production planning, budgeting, and financial oversight while ensuring productions are executed on time, on budget, and at the highest quality. This role partners closely with internal production teams, accounting, finance, and external vendors to align creative and operational needs with accurate forecasting, resource allocation, and cost control. The Director oversees production staff and ensures financial and operational workflows scale effectively with UFC’s expanding live event and media footprint. Production Budgeting & Forecasting Lead the creation, management, and monitoring of production budgets for live events, studio shows, and media productions. Develop rolling forecasts and financial models to reflect production costs, cash flow, and resource needs. Track actuals vs. budget, conduct variance analysis, and recommend corrective action to stay within financial parameters. Partner with producers and creative leads to build production plans in line with approved budgets. Ensure timely and accurate cost reports are generated, reviewed, and communicated to senior leadership. Production Management & Oversight Oversee day-to-day production operations across multiple events and projects. Ensure production schedules, workflows, staffing, and equipment needs align with approved plans. Coordinate cross-functionally with Creative, Business Affairs, Legal, HR, Marketing, and Finance. Build and manage internal production timelines to guarantee timely delivery of live and recorded content. Maintain strong vendor relationships and oversee contract negotiations, invoice approvals, and reconciliations. Risk Management, Compliance & Controls Ensure compliance with UFC policies and financial controls, as well as GAAP accounting standards. Monitor union/guild requirements, tax incentives, and regulatory obligations relevant to productions. Identify financial and operational risks
- implement mitigation strategies to protect budgets and production quality. Partner with Finance and Legal on audit, insurance, and risk management matters. Leadership & Communication Manage, mentor, and develop production finance and operations staff. Communicate clearly and consistently with senior executives, production personnel, and external stakeholders. Serve as a key liaison between creative, operations, and finance teams to ensure alignment across the organization. You Have These: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Production Management, or related field. Minimum 10 years’ experience in production management and finance roles, ideally within live events, sports, or media. Demonstrated experience in production budgeting, forecasting, cost reporting, and variance analysis. Strong understanding of live event/studio production processes, workflows, and cost drivers. Proficiency in financial modeling and Excel
- experience with ERP and production budgeting tools (e.g., Movie Magic, EP, SAP, Oracle). Proven leadership experience, with ability to manage multiple concurrent productions under tight deadlines. Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills across creative and financial stakeholders. CPA, CMA, or FP&A certification. Experience working with sports organizations, live event broadcasting, or large-scale touring productions. Familiarity with tax credits, co-productions, and union/guild agreements. Experience scaling financial and operational systems in a fast-growing production environment. TKO EEO Statement: TKO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non-discrimination in employment. TKO makes employment decisions based on merit and qualifications, without considering an employee’s or applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under federal, state or local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities. TKO also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state or local laws. For information about Privacy and Information Security for TKO employment candidates, please review our Privacy Policy. For information regarding Terms of Use for this and other TKO websites, please review our Terms of Use. TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization
- WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment
- and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency
- and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality. About WWE WWE® is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion households worldwide in more than 20 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, The CW and Netflix. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to all premium live events, a variety of original programming and a massive video-on-demand library. Netflix is the exclusive home for WWE programming around the world, other than select international markets. WWE is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO). Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. About UFC UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 700 million fans and approximately 290 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world while broadcasting to over 975 million households across more than 170 countries. UFC’s athlete roster features the world’s best MMA athletes representing more than 80 countries. The organization’s digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world’s leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC and @UFC on X, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok: @UFC. About IMG IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and events management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 200 federations, associations, events, and teams, including the National Football League, English Premier League, International Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, ATP and WTA Tours, the AELTC (Wimbledon), Euroleague Basketball, CONMEBOL, DP World Tour, and The R&A, as well as UFC, WWE, and PBR. IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. About PBR PBR is the world’s premier bull riding organization. More than 1,000 bull riders compete in more than 200 events annually across the televised PBR Unleash The Beast tour (UTB), which features the top bull riders in the world
- the PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT)
- the PBR Touring Pro Division (TPD)
- and the PBR’s international circuits in Australia, Brazil, and Canada. In 2022, PBR launched the nationally televised PBR Teams league—eight teams of the world’s best bull riders competing for a new championship expanding to 10 teams in 2024—as well as the PBR Challenger Series with more than 60 annual events nationwide. The organization’s digital assets include PBR RidePass on Pluto TV, which is home to Western sports. PBR is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. For more information, visit PBR.com, or follow on Facebook at Facebook.com/PBR, X at X.com/PBR, and YouTube at YouTube.com/PBR. About On Location On Location is a global leader in premium experiential hospitality, offering ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production and travel management across sports, entertainment, fashion and culture. On Location provides unrivaled access for corporate clients and fans looking for official, immersive experiences at marquee events, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games, FIFA World Cup 2026, Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, and more. An official partner and/or service provider to over 150 iconic rights holders, such as the IOC (the Milano Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games), FIFA, NFL, NCAA, UFC, WWE, and PGA of America, the company also owns and operates a number of its own unique experiences. On Location is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. About Zuffa Boxing Zuffa Boxing is a joint venture between TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (“TKO”) (NYSE: TKO) and Sela, the entertainment conglomerate. TKO serves as managing partner, providing day-to-day operational expertise, management, and oversight of the promotion, with executive leadership anchored by UFC President and CEO Dana White and WWE President and TKO Board Member Nick Khan. The promotion aims to reimagine the sport of boxing by evolving the current model to restore the sport’s rightful place in the forefront of the global sports ecosystem. For more information, follow @Zuffa_Boxing on X
- and @ZuffaBoxing on Snapchat, Instagram, Threads, and TikTok.
What you'll bring
- Monitor union/guild requirements, tax incentives, and regulatory obligations relevant to productions.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in production management and finance roles, ideally within live events, sports, or media.
- Demonstrated experience in production budgeting, forecasting, cost reporting, and variance analysis.
- Proficiency in financial modeling and Excel
- experience with ERP and production budgeting tools (e.g., Movie Magic, EP, SAP, Oracle).
- Proven leadership experience, with ability to manage multiple concurrent productions under tight deadlines.
- Experience working with sports organizations, live event broadcasting, or large-scale touring productions.
- Experience scaling financial and operational systems in a fast-growing production environment.
- About On Location On Location is a global leader in premium experiential hospitality, offering ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production and travel management across sports, entertainment, fashion and culture.
About the employer
UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 700 million fans and approximately 300 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world while broadcasting to over 950 million households across more than 170 countries. UFC’s athlete roster features the world’s best MMA athletes representing more than 80 countries.
The organization’s digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world’s leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.
com and follow UFC at Facebook. com/UFC and @UFC on X, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok: @UFC. TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans.
TKO is an
Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non-discrimination in employment. TKO makes employment decisions based on merit and qualifications, without considering an employee’s or applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under federal, state or local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities. TKO also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state or local laws.
For information about Privacy and Information Security for TKO employment candidates, please review our Privacy Policy. For information regarding Terms of Use for this and other TKO websites, please review our Terms of Use. TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
What to confirm before applying
- Benefits, perks, and paid time off.
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