Director, Corporate FP&A

Caleres•Clayton, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role assures alignment between company-wide financial objectives and business partner strategic and operations goals to drive the company toward its short and long-term objectives. It ensures all financial implications of potential decisions are considered in directing the thought process and actions of key business leaders/partners. The position is responsible for the development of company operating plans, forecasts, and budgets, connecting investments with future returns and aligning with company capital allocation objectives. It also drives the evolution of the consolidated FP&A function, including providing proactive analyses of business issues and opportunities, developing corporate level dashboards with operational metrics, and incorporating external market data into financial processes.

Requirements

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with a variety of business functions and levels.

Nice To Haves

Finance or Economics Degree; MBA preferred
7+ years of experience in financial planning, consulting, strategy

Responsibilities

Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Company’s businesses.
Routinely communicate business, financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics.
Suggest trends, resulting implications, key actions, and strategic implications.
Develop processes, metrics, etc. to manage all aspects of financial support for the marketing team company-wide, including cost management, ensuring financial return on investment, etc.
Lead scenario modeling efforts for the development and growth of the company.
Prepare presentations in support of Board of Director and other executive meetings.
Develop and execute processes to allow for routine analytical reviews of company financial and operational performance, leveraging analytical resources and tools.
Monitor performance and competitive dynamics of companies that are strategic partners & competitors.
Analyze internal forecasts and estimates compared to analyst expectations and provide insight into potential discrepancies.
Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures.
Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance.
Provide support as needed to the executive leadership team.