Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

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Job description

Ariat International, founded in 1993, is a rapidly growing worldwide leader in high performance footwear and apparel for equestrian enthusiasts. Ariat is driven by world class design, innovation and technology all focused on delivering the highest quality, authentic Western, English, and Work footwear and apparel to our customers. We are a highly profitable company, dedicated to finding and developing the best people to grow with our company. In return, we aim to make sure that our employees are happy and motivated by offering them a challenging, fun and financially rewarding working environment. We currently have an opening for a:

MANAGER, RETAIL FINANCE

Working in the company's finance department and reporting directly to the Director, Financial Planning and Analysis, the FP&A manager will be a key business partner supporting the retail, ecommerce, and brand marketing groups with financial analytics and ad-hoc reporting. The manager will develop a direct report and be a key partner to division managers and cost centers.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the preparation of the Annual Operating Plan, developing monthly division reports, historical expense trend analysis, and maintaining financial model assumptions.
• Own the reporting and partnership with our retail business segment, producing 4-Wall contribution P&Ls and researching variances.
• Produce our forward-looking retail store forecasts, including inventory, open-to-buy, and sales analytics to support decisions and manage expenses.
• Produce quarterly deep dive sales analytics, highlighting store performance, discount analysis, top store sellers, and other ad-hoc analysis.
• Support bi-monthly Sales, Operations, and Planning (S&OP) business review meetings with store performance and forecasts.
• Own and develop multiple cost center budgets, lead review meetings, and provide variance analysis to business partners.
• Help prepare board of director presentations, providing financial analytics, business insights, and variance analysis.

Knowledge, Experience, Skills:

• Advanced to expert Excel skills - highly efficient, lookup & reference functions, if statements, data importing and linking.
• Must be able to retrieve and interpret complex data, develop reports, draw conclusions and make recommendations.
• Experience with Outlook, Word, and Power Point. Cognos and SAP experience highly preferred; or adept with other comparable ERP and reporting software.
• Experience with Adaptive Insights is highly preferable.
• Experience with TeamWorks Commerce is highly desirable.
• Must have strong communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills with the ability to build relationships with senior leaders as well as work with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to lead division reviews, highlight variances, and recommend actions with very strong attention to detail, while still seeing the big picture.
• Bachelor's degree from a 4-year accredited college - preferably in business, accounting, or finance. MBA a plus.
• 5-7 years of related work experience in a medium to large size corporation, preferably in a retail, manufacturing, or consumer products.
• Must be flexible and able to work in fast-paced, dynamic environment.