Director, Finance North America

NEW ERA CAP LLC • Buffalo, NY

13h • $125,000 - $190,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Finance North America is a strategic financial leadership role for New Era’s largest region responsible for providing financial support and strategic guidance in a effort to drive revenue and profitability growth. This role leads a team of financial professionals supporting Sales Channel Revenue and Gross Margin optimization, Marketing efficiency and tracking, Royalty compliance and achievement vs license expectations, and Organizational expenses (headcount and non-headcount related). This person will serve as a key member of the North American leadership team, providing comprehensive support to the General Management North America and the North American commercial sales team.

Requirements

• Extensive experience supporting a divisional/business unit General Manager or Finance Executive.
• “Business partnering” experience with a reporting relationship (direct or matrix) to operating management. Experience with supporting commercial sales leaders, particularly in the Ecommerce space, a plus.
• Budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, projections, accounting, and finance preferably in an apparel or consumer goods environment
• Understanding of GAAP
• Deep financial modeling and analytical capabilities.
• Ability to extract, analyze, and summarize complex data; excellent Excel skills.
• Strong working knowledge of an ERP system, preferably SAP and BPC.
• Resourcefulness, innovative and creative thinking
• Ability to positively and pro-actively manage change with urgency and persistence
• Demonstrates a professional and compelling communication and interpersonal style
• Ability to influence senior leadership
• Demonstrates executive presence, authenticity, competence, urgency, persistence, and compassion
• History of personal growth and strong career progression
• Demonstrated interest in and ability to continue to grow and progress within New Era
• Minimum of ten (10) years of financial management experience
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA in Finance/Financial Analysis is preferred

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Power BI and Tableau a plus.
• Treasury and/or Public Accounting experience would be an added asset.
• International experience or working in a multi-national setting would also be an added asset
• An accounting qualification (e.g., CPA) is a plus

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive financial and business analysis, support and advice to the GM North America and his/her leadership team
• Partner with senior leaders to shape planning models that drive growth and profitability for the Region
• Lead financial planning, forecasting and budgeting process for the North American region
• With VP, Finance Americas guidance, support the development of long-term financial strategy aligned with Corporate financial targets
• Drive profitable growth and efficiencies for the New Era North America Region
• Establish and implement annual targets for Sales Channels, pricing and gross margins, marketing budgets, royalty metrics, and organizational expenses (people and administrative)
• Develop Sales Channel quarterly Revenue targets and detailed seasonal program targets and track performance vs Plan quarterly for sales incentive purposes and strategic direction
• Provide support for Board presentations with a focus on key variances and risks/opportunities vs Plan/Forecast and Prior Year
• Lead reviews of Customer and product profitability with a focus on improving gross margins on headwear and apparel
• Review Customer trade terms and Go-to-Market strategies on an ongoing basis providing recommendations to the commercial sales teams as to how optimize market share and preserve profitability targets
• Help drive strategy to assess inventory levels and optimizing DSI
• Analyze licensing contracts and royalties and provide financial recommendations and support for new licenses, and the renewal of existing licenses
• Lead and mentor a high performing finance team that delivers targeted business objectives
• Continue to review staffing levels to make sure that the commercial team has proper and optimal financial support
• Partner with ’47 Finance Director to drive synergies as it relates to our Go-to-Market approach with key strategic retail partners
• Keep all sensitive matters confidential
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Our casual work environment celebrates individuality and encourages employees to showcase their personal style.
• We pride ourselves on offering competitive compensation, a generous PTO policy, along with world-class benefits designed to promote health, financial stability, and personal growth.
• As an employee, you'll enjoy a range of perks, including paid parking, exclusive discounts on apparel and headwear, and professional development opportunities right here on-site.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director