Manager, FP&A - Retail

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter’s Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter’s, Osh Kosh B’gosh, Skip
* Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's.

This role is responsible for the planning and analysis of the U.S. Retail eCommerce business and admin functional areas. In addition, this role monitors variances to plan and partners with key retail leaders to monitor spending in their respective functional areas.

This role reports to the Senior Director, FP&A, has one direct report and is based in our Buckhead office.

• Responsible for planning of the annual budget and quarterly forecast for the US eCommerce business.
• Works with key stakeholders on the eCommerce and marketing teams to plan and track KPI performance of the channel
• Identify variance drivers; update reporting and provide insights into variance.
• Provide eCommerce leadership with a monthly review of their full P&L explaining variances to budget
• Work closely with supply chain partners to communicate forecast changes and determine financial impact of those changes on profitability

• Work with retail leaders to create annual budgets for their areas.
• Create and present monthly review packages to update leaders on spending variances, how they are tracking to spending targets, and incorporate any spending plan changes into quarterly forecast updates
• Work with human resources to track headcount spending for retail admin
• Simplify processes and automate standard reporting

• Lead the preparation of U.S. Retail materials including monthly/quarterly business reviews and earnings preparation materials
• Lead the preparation of quarterly forecast decks that are used to explain the forecast and trends of the business to the leadership team
• Lead the preparation of weekly reporting that summarizes the most recent business performance
  
  Assist in the preparation of weekly forecast estimates for the overall retail business
• Support the preparation of Board of Director's presentations related to U.S. Retail

WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:

• 5+ years of experience of financial planning and analysis (i.e., building and forecasting financial models).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or a related field.
• General business sense, accounting/finance background and ability to apply this knowledge to business problems
• Driven, able to balance multiple priorities. Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Possess advanced skills in excel and Power Point
• Self‑motivated and organized with high attention to detail.
• Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgement.
• Proven ability to develop new processes and be creative/innovative in approach.
• Ability to be persuasive with details, facts and supporting data, and recommend appropriate actions based upon conclusions of that data.

• Executive presentation skills and the ability to influence at all levels.
• Strong expertise with accounting principles and financial statements

• Career Development:
  Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carter’s University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more, we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess.

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.