Timberland: Senior Analyst, FP&A (Global)

At Timberland, we’re a force of nature. We’re a team that steps outside, works hard together, and moves the world forward. The brand is widely recognized as the arbiter of boot culture. With a rich heritage of craftsmanship and an eye toward the future, Timberland has a decades-long commitment to make products responsibly, protect the outdoors, and build 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 fun, adventure-loving people, Timberland just may be the place for you. 

To learn more about our values and our culture, visit Timberland Careers or www.timberland.com.

Timberland: Senior Analyst, FP&A (Global)

What will you do?

A day in the life of a Senior Financial Analyst at Timberland looks a little like this.

The Senior Financial Analyst, Global Timberland will report to the Director of FP&A, Global Timberland. The global brands financial planning and analysis team serves as the critical partner for the brand’s global leadership team. The team is responsible for creating and analyzing all short term and long-term strategic planning, financial, and operational aspects of the brand’s Global business. You will partner with The Director to play a critical role in the financial planning process of the strategic future year plans, model new growth vectors and opportunities for continuous improvement, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to monitor progress against these growth initiatives.  This will include financial checkpoints throughout the product creation process with a key focus on margin expansion, product KPI’s, and financial gaps versus the strategic outlook.  This individual will work closely and collaboratively with global brand leaders, global Merchandising Planning & Operations, Strategy, Supply Chain and regional finance teams.    

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

• Develop an understanding of Timberland global business and provide financial and decision-support analytics to the Global Leadership team to support key business initiatives and decisions.
• Alongside the Director, support the 3Yr rolling financial plan (LRP) partnering with the global strategy, global merch planning & Ops, product, supply chain and regional finance teams. Understand the brand strategy and support in drawing conclusions through financial analysis.
• Support in the preparation of presentations for executive leadership teams, Board of Directors, and ad hoc requests and analysis through earnings and monthly/quarterly meeting cadence.  
• Support in the financial modeling and draw financial insights on product margin, including developing an understanding of the global pricing architecture and global cost framework.
• Support global Go-to-Market (GTM) process and global leadership team in identifying gaps versus the 3YP assumptions and updating rolling models based on adjustments to growth initiatives and assortment.
• Create and maintain standardized tools that enable the team to execute the consolidation of the brand’s global financials.  This will include aggregating commentary on key financial variances with a focus on consumer/marketing, product, and marketplace.
• Partner with the global functions to ensure adherence to operating budgets and achieve annual SG&A savings goals to fuel further brand investment.
• Monitor global brand costs and support the monthly close and reporting for the global cost centers by maintaining ownership of the monthly forecast and the annual plan process for these areas with a strong attention to detail.
• Support the consolidation of product-level revenue reporting, supporting Global brand leaders and various GTM, GSM, and other commercial planning processes.
• Support business partners with key strategic initiatives and ad hoc requests through data gathering, analytics and by being a critical team member in pulling together business cases for review by Senior Management.
• Analyze short term (actual and forecast) and long term (annual plan and strategic plan) business trends in various channels utilizing KPIs from multiple sources across the business.

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 3-5 years of experience and professional achievements. 

The foundation skills you will need in t