Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Bollé’ Brands, is seeking an exceptional Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, (FP&A), at the Company’s Carlsbad, CA., location. Reporting to the Vice President of Finance this role has a direct impact on the financial performance of the Company by providing timely business information to the senior management team and department heads to make informed business decisions. This position is accountable for the annual, monthly and quarterly financial planning and reporting process for the NAM group. Including all revenue, brand, subsidiary, division, segment, and or department analysis. In addition, this role provides valuable decision support, identifies, and implements operational improvement opportunities, and develops. This role offers high visibility both globally and throughout the North American Group.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned finance professional with demonstrated expertise in implementing comprehensive business reporting, financial modeling, and analytics.

This position reports to the Vice President Finance of Bollé Brands North America and is based at our Carlsbad, California headquarters.

Primary Responsibilities:

Requirements:

• Lead the annual operating plan and monthly forecasting processes in a matrixed financial environment
• Maintain and develop driver-based financial models and corporate templates for key business leaders to utilize in the attainment of corporate key performance Indicators and strategic goals. Including revenue, costs of sales, gross margin, SKU profitability, inventory, operating expenses, and EBITDA
• Partner and build relationships with the senior management team and department heads to evaluate and analyze business performance
• Evaluate financial implications of specific business opportunities and advise management accordingly
• Generate, maintain, and analyze business information and performance results for monthly corporate and business department reviews and business process improvements. Including performance against historical, budgeted, forecasted and strategic planning results to facilitate decision-making in the attainment of budget and the strategic plan
• Ensure quality, accuracy, integrity, and efficiency in all financial modeling
• Perform cost benefit analysis related to capital expenditure projects
• Streamline and efficiently integrate complex sets of data into concise and easy to understand reports for management review
• Anticipate tight deadlines and competing priorities to prioritize workload and succeed within a fast-paced, dynamic, deadline-driven environment
• Understand and deploy the best tools / methods to effectively communicate complex data and topics
• Identify, communicate, and lead risk & opportunities for the business
• Performs ad-hoc financial analysis to support business decisions as required.

Qualifications:

• An undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience of demonstrating progressive responsibilities in business and Finance
• Superior knowledge of financial analysis theory, quantitative methods used to analyze business performance and relational database correlations
• Experience with Tier I or Tier II ERP systems, preferably NetSuite
• Highly proficient with systems including Advanced Excel, nested, "If" logic, lookups, VBA, slicers, and pivot tables as well as the Microsoft Office Suite of products
• Experience with Power BI and Data Warehouse or similar data visualization tools is highly desirable
• Prior experience in a large global company and highly matrixed organization
• Highly adept at understanding and proactively communicating the financial implications of business decisions and dynamics to senior leadership
• Utilize exceptional problem-solving skills to perform root cause analysis for variance to plans
• Proven business partner and influencer with strong business acumen
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to summarize information and present it in a concise and effective manner
• Big picture thinker capable of translating strategy into actionable and measurable initiatives
• A self-starter with a proven track record of driving projects through to implementation
• Experience within co-manufactured, consumer goods and/or action sport industry or related industry

Bollé Brands consists of two functions – global headquarters for SPY Optic, a world leader in premium eyewear, goggles and snow helmets, and North American sales and operations for our portfolio of brands – SPY , Serengeti, Bollé and Bollé Safety.

Bollé Brands is a leading eyewear and head protection group that designs, markets and distributes sunglasses, safety glasses, goggles and helmets. The company has developed a particular strength in the specialty markets of safety eyewear, snow sports, water sports, cycling, golf, tennis, running, premium fashion and sport lifestyle. Today, Bollé Brands’ products are distributed and worn all over the world. The company constantly refines its trademark combination of fit, fashion and comfort, resulting in some of the most advanced products in the industry. Excellence in product innovation and creativity is at the heart of Bollé Brands’ strategy.

The fine print: We’re looking for positive team-oriented people who want to make an impact on a dynamic and growing organization and have a lot of fun doing it. Our brands make incredible and innovative products that enhance quality of life, and we’re looking for people who can be as passionate about this, and our brands, as we are. If this is you, we want to hear from you!