Vans: Director, FP&A

Vans • Costa Mesa, CA

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About The Position

Vans is the original brand rooted in the authentic lifestyle of skateboarding, driven by a mission to inspire and empower everyone to live “Off The Wall” by embracing freedom, non-conformity, and relentless progression. The company believes in constantly outdoing itself and pushing culture forward with its global communities, inspired by the future generation of positive catalysts. As the Financial Planning & Analysis Director, you will serve as a critical partner to the Americas executive leadership team within the brand, providing strategic financial leadership and overseeing all financial operations with full P&L responsibility. This role is responsible for driving brand decisions through actionable insights and analytics, holding the executive team accountable for financial impact, and steering brand choices towards initiatives with the highest return on investment. The Director will also ensure a balanced approach to drive profitability across multiple channels and different countries in the Americas region. Reporting to the Region Finance Leader (Americas), this role will lead and mentor a team supporting all areas of the P&L and across channels, leveraging a deep understanding of the business and exceptional abilities to partner across all functions of the organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience and professional achievements.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or Economics.
• Strong financial background with in-depth understanding of business dynamics across different channels: wholesale, retail and outlet stores, digital marketplaces and owned e-com platforms
• Strategic thinker and excellent problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Strong interpersonal capabilities with ability to effectively work across functions/countries and influence all levels of the organization.
• Drive a results-oriented culture and accountability
• Exceptional analytical and modelling skills
• Superior oral and written communication skills
• Solid PC and systems capabilities
• Solid understanding of GAAP and internal controls
• Ability to travel up to 5%-10% of the time on an as needed basis

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred
• CPA a plus

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership to the brand executive team to drive choices aligned with the brand strategy that maximize the return on the investments and minimize risks.
• Provide operational financial leadership to the brand executive team through insights and analytics to ensure optimal business results and financial return.
• Serve as the primary financial partner to the brand regional GM support, providing financial insights and driving accountability behind financial objectives related to goals and strategies.
• Lead all financial analytics in support to all brand choices ensuring the approach is aligned and in support of the global brand strategy. This can include, but not limited to wholesale marketplace choices, new store openings, e-commerce front-end and back-end, marketing investments and all other spending.
• Lead pricing and open-to-buy (inventory) processes, supporting merchandising (global and regional) through the go-to-market process and supply and demand planning in identifying opportunities to maximize at the same time the financial impact and the business potential.
• Lead the FP&A function in the brand and the development of operating plans, financial objectives and key metrics for the Forecast, Plan and Long-Range Planning (3 year rolling plan), translating business strategies and merchandising plans into financial goals and outcomes.
• Ensure all budget information is in a systematic format that all functions can understand, through financial reporting which includes dynamic dashboards, business analysis, financial statements, KPI reporting, analysis of key business trends and comprehensive executive level explanations of differences, and query to ensure comprehensive and internal consistency.
• Create a culture of FP&A excellence where the function plays as a strategic partner on financial matters, providing guidance and assistance to all functional groups as needed, in full collaboration with the Brand Regional GM.
• Direct the preparation of Quarterly Business Reviews with VF’s senior executive leadership team.
• Lead, coach, inspire and drive efficiency in a team of finance professionals maintaining an environment of continual improvement, ensuring excellent business partnership across all levels of the organization and a high degree of forecast accuracy.
• Work as a key point of contact between Corporate – Region – Brand to ensure actual and forecasting requirements and deadlines are met.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential.
• You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.MyVFbenefits.com
• Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees