À propos de ce poste Financial Analyst, FP&A – Gross Margin chez Arcteryx Com
Department: Finance
Reports to: Manager, FP&A – Gross Margin
Location: North Vancouver, BC
Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As the Financial Analyst, FP&A – Gross Margin, you will play a key role in building out the FP&A function. You will be supporting our cross-functional business partners, with a focus supporting our Gross Margin-dedicated teams in optimizing operations and scaling for growth, through enhanced KPI and reporting visibility, and cross-functional partnership. You will work closely with senior leadership and other internal stakeholders to drive brand performance through analytical insights and financial support and will play a key role in enhancing the financial performance management of these major drivers of our future profitability.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet Your Future Team:
The Gross Margin Financial Planning & Analysis team at Arc’teryx is responsible for providing leadership with the information they need to review past performance, understand business trends, and anticipate future performance and financial position. Through review of historic financials, variance analysis and KPI tracking, the team advises leadership on key investment decisions and performance improvement.
If you were the FA, FP&A – Gross Margin, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
- Maintaining weekly and monthly margin reporting for key stakeholders using Onestream, PowerBI, Oracle and data analysis tools
- Reviewing month-end financial results with emphasis on improving regional forecast accuracy, preparing variance analysis and delivering clear commentary on business performance
- Supporting gross margin forecasting and reporting, including FOB costs, freight, duties, fair trade and owned-manufacturing costs, while partnering closely with Accounting and Amer/Group partners to investigate variances
- Building working relationships with directors, cost owners, and functional teams, acting as a reliable and knowledgeable business partner for planning and reporting needs
- Assisting our Canada-based manufacturing plant with cost variances, scenario analysis and performance reporting
- Supporting with inventory forecasting and month end analysis in partnership with Global Planning team
- Standardizing team deliverables for the Gross Margin FP&A team to enhance consistency and predictability of deliverables and expectations for our cross-functional partners
- Supporting with decision analysis projects or initiatives that impact gross margin, including business cases, spend deep dives, and scenario modelling, while bringing analytical rigor and clear communication to every deliverable
- Leading improvements to month end review process and reporting
- Building and maintaining financial modelling related to product revenue, gross margin and inventory forecasts
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:
- Building improved reporting and visibility for senior stakeholders related to gross margin and distribution & transport
- Working with Directors and Senior Leadership to review and understand cost variances and other related KPIs
- Being a key stakeholder in decision analysis for strategic priorities, providing insights particularly as it pertains to costing and gross margin
- Building and maintaining financial models that drive the company’s long term strategic plan
- Helping support the overall seasonal buy strategy from an inventory perspective, providing targets and guidelines to teams involved
Are you our next FA, FP&A – Gross Margin?
- You have 3+ years proven experience in Finance, Accounting and/or Financial Planning & Analysis role with financial modelling and business partnership experience
- You have a bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting or equivalent and ideally have your CPA, CMA, CA, CFA, or MBA
- You have exceptional attention to detail
- You have advanced analytical skills with a strong aptitude for MS Excel and data analysis tools, including Power BI
- You can prioritize and manage multiple tasks within tight deadlines
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and can collaborate with individuals across departments, organizations, and countries
- You can coordinate and lead projects to completion
- You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
- You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
- You can balance autonomy and collaboration
- You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
- You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment
- Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it
