Finance Director, Osprey

Join our Finance team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brand Osprey. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere, every day. Look around your home, and you'll find us everywhere, in your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better. We are powered by knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and forward‑thinking people committed to developing a culture of inclusion.

Whether you are just starting your career or in need of a challenge, we recognize, develop, and empower talent!

Position:
Finance Director
- Osprey Department:
Finance
- Shared Services

Work Location:

Cortez, CO – Hybrid (work 3 days onsite) Hybrid

Schedule:

At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in‑office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations.

• Own complete business performance narrative across revenue, gross margin, operating margin, EBITDA, working capital, inventory, trade spend, marketing investments, and capital investments.
• Lead monthly and quarterly forecasts, annual operating plan, long‑range plan, scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, risks and opportunities, financial modeling, One Stream submissions, MBRs/QBRs, KPI dashboards, executive scorecards, variance/root‑cause analysis, and corrective action planning.

• Serve as primary financial advisor to the GM and business leadership team; translate strategy into financial objectives; develop long‑range growth plans; evaluate strategic investments, licensing opportunities, partnerships, and business cases; challenge commercial assumptions with data‑driven analysis.

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Category Management, and RGM on customer, SKU, channel, category, and brand profitability; pricing strategy; gross-to-net management; trade spend optimization; promotional ROI; elasticity; incrementality; mix optimization; customer negotiations; and customer investment allocation.

• Use POS, market share, household penetration, category growth, velocity, distribution, competitive intelligence, digital shelf, pricing gaps, and assortment insights to connect marketplace trends to financial performance and recommended actions.

• Drive gross margin improvement through cost inflation, commodity and tariff analysis, productivity, manufacturing efficiencies, freight, sourcing alternatives, portfolio simplification, inventory optimization, E&O management, service levels, S&OP, and forecast accuracy.

• Develop finance talent; build high‑performing teams; coach business partners; foster financial acumen across the business; lead cross‑functional initiatives; champion continuous improvement and stronger decision discipline.

• Executive presence with the ability to influence decision‑making at all levels of the organization.
• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights and compelling business stories.
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority and lead organizational change across cross‑functional teams.
• Strong commercial curiosity and the ability to connect consumer behavior, retailer economics, competitive dynamics, and operational drivers to financial outcomes.
• Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, scenario planning, and business analytics skills.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with Oracle, SAP, One Stream, and business intelligence/data visualization tools preferred.
• Experience leveraging retailer, POS, and syndicated data sources (Circana, Nielsen,…