VP, Finance - OXO & Supply Chain

Texas L P•New York, NY

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Join our Finance team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell , PUR , Braun , Vicks , Hot Tools, Drybar , Curlsmith , Revlon , and Olive & June . Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere, every day. Look around your home, and you'll find us everywhere, in your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better. We are powered by knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking people committed to developing a culture of inclusion. Whether you are just starting your career or in need of a challenge, we recognize, develop, and empower talent! Position: VP Finance – OXO & Supply Chain Department: Finance - Shared Services Work Location: NYC, NY, Hybrid (work 3 days onsite) Hybrid Schedule: At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in-office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
15+ years of experience in Accounting and Finance
7+ years of leadership experience in finance and/or supply chain department
5+ years of experience working for a housewares brand
Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
Excellent communication skills required as this position will interact with various levels within the organization including brand leadership
Advanced-level proficiency with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Must be highly organized, motivated and a proven self-starter with an extensive knowledge of all areas of Finance and Accounting.
Ability to create ad-hoc reports and present to the SVP, Finance / CFO
Experience working with Oracle and OneStream

Nice To Haves

Master's degree
CPA

Responsibilities

Lead creation of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts for OXO.
Work closely with the sales team and cost center managers to generate budget and forecast changes. This includes providing financial reports, drafting divisional and corporate presentations and completing the MD+A.
Lead strategic plan processes for the brand, working with the cross-functional teams to build out assumptions on base business, new products and investments needed to support initiatives.
Oversee monthly variance analysis process noting and explaining key drivers versus forecast, budget and prior year, including detailed understanding of changes in sales by customer, gross margin (volume, rate and mix analysis), and departmental spending. This includes preparing monthly brand-level commentary for divisional and corporate reporting and R+O.
Support strategic business decision-making through financial modeling and analysis including ad-hoc modeling and analysis.
Collaborate with other brand senior leadership, create and tactically implement the brand's strategic business plan to strengthen the brand in terms of productivity, quality, delivery timelines, total customer satisfaction and profitability.
Serve as key-member of the SI&OP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) process and identify any incompatibilities and add value to proposals, as needed
Handle special projects and/or analysis as assigned by the H&O Finance SVP and VP team
Oversee the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, monthly variance analysis for Supply Chain. This includes presenting financial reports (QBRs).
Support strategic business decision-making through financial modeling and analysis including ad-hoc modeling and analysis for Supply Chain.
Oversee financial aspect of strategic planning initiatives including warehouse consolidation and acquisition integration.
Oversee strategic analysis of global inventory including analysis of excess & obsolete inventories, rolling global inventory projections, facilitate actions to drive performance goals, and SKU rationalization.
Manage strategic analysis of activity-based cost drivers, COGS, inclusive of logistics / warehousing, supply chain overhead and other expense within COGS to ensure alignment regarding budget and forecast assumptions as well as monthly variance reporting vs. budget, forecast, and prior year results.
Delegate tasks to and develop managers/leads within the department while addressing any performance-related issues in a timely manner utilizing formal/informal performance improvement plan processes.
Cascade initiatives, priorities, and information to enhance organizational communication, minimize bottlenecks and prevent department silos.
Remove obstacles and barriers ensuring the department achieves key goals and milestones.
Oversee department spend vs. budget.