Vans: Senior Manager, FP&A (Retail AMER)

Vans Sr. FP&A Manager Americas

Now that you’ve found the job description, what’s next?

Vans is the original brand rooted in the authentic lifestyle of skateboarding. We are driven by our mission to inspire and empower everyone to live “Off The Wall” – embracing the youthful spirit of freedom, non-conformity, and relentless progression. Yesterday’s “Off The Wall” moment is today’s new normal, and at Vans, we believe in constantly outdoing ourselves. Together with our communities across the globe, our vision is to push culture forward because we believe that the pursuit of progression never ends. We are constantly inspired by the future generation of positive catalysts within our community.  

So, before we get to the job details, take a minute to learn a little more about us – our values and our culture. If you can see yourself working side-by-side with a team of people who think and live “Off the Wall,” Vans just may be the place for you.

To learn more about our values and our culture, visit Vans Careers or www.vans.com.

What will you do?

A day in the life of a Sr. Manager, FP&A at Vans looks a little like this.

Reporting to the Director, FP&A, the primary responsibilities of the Senior Manager, Retail FP&A are to lead the Americas Direct to Consumer (DTC) FP&A team while partnering with DTC leadership teams in the financial management of the DTC business, which includes brick-and-mortar stores as well as the ecommerce business. They will also lead the Americas Pricing & Costing financial process.

Let’s break down that day-in-the-life a bit more.

The Senior Manager, FP&A will help with the management, development, and implementation of key financial processes such as the annual budget, the monthly forecasts, the strategic plan, and the analysis/reporting of operating results. In addition, they will provide analytical insights to cross-functional teams to help drive the company’s financial performance. The Sr. Manager will also drive change management through process, systems, and reporting improvements to provide more transparency and visibility into current and future financial results.

How You Will Make a Difference:

• Own the monthly forecast, annual operating plan, and the strategic plan and have oversight of P&L management of the DTC channels.
• Build strategic partnerships with commercial business leaders to support strategic business objectives with financial and analytical support. Provide financial input to inform leaders in decision making to drive business performance.
• Act as the finance partner to reshape and optimize Vans Brick and Mortar store portfolio. Providing analytical data to support decision making on store operating decisions, including opening/closing, product margins, and purchasing decisions.
• Deliver accurate forecasts across various time horizons and analyze/explain variances to forecast/plan for the Operations, Planning & Merchandising teams.
• Lead the Americas Pricing & Costing process as critical component of GTM, enabling strategic and timely decision making.
• Act as the finance partner in the Open-to-buy seasonal processes, ensuring efficiency of working capital and consistency with the financial plans and forecasts.
• Drive growth initiatives by providing analytical support on capital investments. Develop and implement financial modeling and investment analysis to improve efficiency of business decisions, as well as ensure cost control, to maximize channel profitability.
• Partner with Enterprise Finance teams in the preparation and implementation of reporting & analysis requirements.
• Lead a team focusing on their continued growth and development to drive finance team performance while providing regular coaching and feedback.
• Lead special projects and process improvements for the Americas Finance region a needed.

What do you need to succeed?

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 10 years of experience in an FP&A function, preferably in the retail or consumer-related industries

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• 10 years of progressive experience in the FP&A function, preferably in the retail or consumer-related industries. 
• 3 years of experience managing a team.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or other q