Sr. Manager of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis

Company Overview:

Zenni pioneered the online eyewear industry in 2003 with a mission to make prescription eyewear affordable and accessible to everyone. Based in Marin County, California, Zenni offers men, women, and children the freedom to express their personal style and individuality through high-quality prescription and protective eyewear curated with a sense of fashion and an incredible selection. With over 50 million frames sold worldwide, a pair of Zenni’s is owned in every country across the globe. Zenni is proud to be the Official Eyewear Partner of the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Bulls, and San Francisco 49ers. For more information, visit www.zenni.com or connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest. 

Position Overview:

Zenni is looking to hire a Sr. Manager of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A). The role will report to the Head of FP&A and work closely with the Zenni leadership team. The leader in this role will have responsibility for leading budgeting and forecasting processes for the company and for providing real-time, actionable business insights. The ideal candidate will have a strong experience set in high-growth e-commerce companies, in consolidated financial planning and analysis, and an ability to leverage data analytics to drive predictive modeling and forecasting decisions. This role is highly visible and will interact frequently with business leaders across the company.

Why is Zenni the right choice for your next career move?

It’s a perfect blend of both worlds, a startup mindset with the stability of a big organization. The FP&A Team is in high growth mode, looking to double in size. It’s a very exciting time at Zenni!

What we want you to own in this role:

• Own the financial model for Zenni, including forecasting, budgeting and long-range planning
• Build out consolidated financial forecasting, budgeting and planning processes across teams for increased accountability
• Maintain real-time forecasting and planning tools to raise visibility to near term business performance and to allow for timely decision making in a fast-paced business environment
• Upgrade reporting, including monthly financial packages and key metric reporting for presentation to the leadership team, department heads and the organization as a whole
• Partner with business leaders and executives across Technology, Customer Experience, Operations, and other G&A functions to manage spend, guide investment decisions and provide analytical support
• Investigate financial and operational performance variance issues and assist business leaders in taking appropriate corrective actions
• Partner with the Data Analytics team to ensure alignment with financial reporting and to upgrade our understanding of key business drivers
• Partner with IT and Accounting to fully operationalize FP&A business systems including budgeting and planning tools, and to streamline reporting off systems like NetSuite ERP. Experience building systems that can handle multi-product, multi-geo, and multi-entity business lines at scale is preferred.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and decision support leveraging deep, data-driven insights to add value
• Lead, mentor, and grow our Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team. Recruit and manage high-performing finance professionals that also take a data-first approach.

What skills do you need?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. An advanced degree is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investing roles (VC or PE), investment banking, or other similar roles.
• Expertise in building financial models to support multiple business needs and facilitate company growth
• Experience in a high-growth e-commerce environment; capable of prioritizing and executing many projects at once
• Proven ability to develop collaborative business relationships at all levels in the organization; ability to summarize information and effectively communicate to both financial and non-financial audiences.
• Thrives on making a difference in a fast-paced environment and a strong desire to contribute to the growth of the company
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, accuracy, and accountability with sound business judgment
• Experience with financial planning tools (e.g. Planful), Tableau/Power BI, and ERPs (e.g. NetSuite) and an advanced knowledge of Excel required. Experience with SQL preferred. Power BI is a big plus!

Benefits

• Competitive hourly salary and medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Mac or PC hardware and accessories