Job Description
The Finance department ensures the leadership team is provided with timely, high quality and accurate financial information and advice regarding actual, forecasted and budgeted results. This information is critical to support business decisions via identification and analysis of key business drivers and evaluation of cost/benefit analysis and business improvement options.
The Brand Finance Manager works directly with the Brand President, other business unit leaders, and internal Finance partners to shape the brand Finance function. The Manager analyzes all aspects of the Brand to provide critical insights to help drive strategic business decisions. The Brand Finance Manager uses data-driven analytical skills along with curiosity and drive to ask the right questions, understand results, and translate information into actionable intelligence.
Other responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Use initiative and ownership to pursue timely, high quality financial accounting, analysis and reporting, and provide advice to Brand and company management regarding actual, forecasted and budgeted results.
- Model, analyze, and evaluate operational and performance metrics to drive value-add conversations with brand leadership, ensuring key business drivers are utilized to implement corrective actions where necessary.
- Provide leadership and management with robust, thorough and timely financial analysis that facilitates business understanding and directly influences financial drivers and underpins strategic decision making.
- Champion and is involved in change initiatives (Continuous Improvement) across the Finance function and business, including bringing forward step-change opportunities for consideration
- Ensures systems, process and technology standards are compliant and complied with appropriately.
- Develop an effective team by providing specific, actionable expectations; building consensus to achieve expected outcomes; following up on assigned actions; and providing feedback and advice to ensure continuous development of the Brand Finance team.
Learn about existing and emerging technologies and their potential to impact our work, both now and in the future, to drive Finance functional transformation.
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 10 years of financial analysis experience
- Oracle experience
- Excellent MS Excel skills including use of pivot tables, lookups and charts/graphing
- Experience with budgeting processes
Strong business acumen
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- MBA degree
- CPA certification
- Engineering and Manufacturing Operations experience
People Management experience
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.