Associate Director, FP&A

Studs•York, NY

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director, FP&A owns financial planning and analysis at Studs, focusing on improving studio profitability, supporting disciplined expansion, and managing cash. Reporting to the CFO, this hands-on individual contributor builds and runs the annual budget, rolling forecast, and long-term financial plan, translating financial and operational results into clear recommendations. The role has no direct reports initially, though the planning function may report into it as the finance team grows. The position partners with Retail, Operations, Marketing, Merchandising, and Accounting to connect business decisions to revenue, EBITDA, cash flow, and investment returns. It supports leadership in setting studio-level performance goals, allocating capital, and identifying risks and opportunities early enough to act. The successful candidate has four-wall retail finance experience, builds models directly, works through imperfect data, constructively challenges assumptions, and follows through with business partners to improve results. The role is based at Studs’ New York, NY headquarters in a hybrid arrangement, with three days per week in the office. The salary range is $155,000–$175,000 plus equity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
6+ years of relevant experience in FP&A or strategic finance, including hands-on ownership of budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning.
Four-wall retail experience: finance work in a multi-unit retail business with direct responsibility for store or studio-level P&L, labor, and unit economics.
Strong financial modeling skills, including building integrated financial forecasts and studio-level investment models from scratch and translating results into business recommendations.
Sound financial judgment, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and close attention to detail.
Experience partnering with senior leaders, constructively challenging assumptions, and influencing decisions across teams.
Clear, direct written and verbal communication skills; comfort explaining financial performance and recommendations to executive and board audiences.
Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with financial planning and reporting tools.
Experience working with ERP, point-of-sale, and operational data to build consistent performance reporting.
Comfort building analyses directly, working through imperfect data, and holding business partners accountable for agreed actions; acts with integrity and responds openly to feedback.
Ability to set priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment while staying hands-on and keeping the big picture in view.
Based in New York, NY and able to work in the office three days per week.

Nice To Haves

AI fluency: comfort using AI tools in daily work and building practical automations, scripts, or internal applications that improve the finance team’s speed and effectiveness.

Responsibilities

Own the annual budget and rolling forecast across departments, including timelines, assumptions, and reviews with business leaders.
Own an integrated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow forecast; partner with Accounting to assess liquidity, inventory and other working capital needs, and funding requirements.
Connect studio and e-commerce revenue plans, operating expenses, and capital investments to company profitability and cash targets; identify gaps and recommend adjustments.
Build scenarios that test growth, profitability, and cash assumptions and clarify trade-offs and downside risks.
Improve planning tools and processes to strengthen forecast accuracy and consistency; use AI, automation, and lightweight software development to streamline recurring work, strengthen reporting, and enable higher-value analysis with appropriate data safeguards and validation.
Review company, channel, and studio performance against plan and prior periods, explain results, and surface risks and opportunities.
Partner with Retail to set and track studio-level targets for revenue, EBITDA dollars and margin, labor productivity, and utilization; analyze studio and cohort performance to identify opportunities across the fleet.
Partner with Marketing and Retail to analyze traffic, conversion, customer acquisition and retention, and marketing returns; recommend investments that connect demand generation to studio capacity and profitable growth.
Constructively challenge plans, agree on actions and owners with business partners, and track whether actions improve results.
Build the long-term financial plan and capital allocation analysis to help leadership prioritize investment across new studios, existing studio improvements, marketing, and other growth initiatives.
Underwrite new studio investments with Real Estate and Retail, including buildout costs, sales ramp, operating profitability, cash requirements, and payback; compare actual results with the original investment case.
Evaluate pricing, assortment, new services, and other strategic initiatives; establish financial success measures and compare actual results with expectations.
Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting, forecasts, and performance analysis for leadership and the board; partner with Accounting to ensure consistent and reliable reporting while Accounting owns the close and financial statements.
Support the CFO in communicating the outlook, key risks, and recommended actions to senior stakeholders; contribute to financing analysis, lender reporting, and fundraising or transaction diligence as needed.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, including a plan option with $0 in-network mental health visits.
Access to mental health and work/life resources, including online therapy, gender affirmation support services, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Voluntary life insurance.
Health and commuter tax-advantaged accounts.
Stock options in connection with the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan.
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.
Paid time off, paid safe and sick leave, and paid parental leave.
Paid sabbatical after 4 years of service.
Exclusive employee discounts on piercings and jewelry.
Access to PerkSpot and additional benefits such as pet insurance, discounted tickets, personal finance coaching, and healthy rewards.
Flexible work environment: three days in office and two days working from home.