Vans: Director, FP&A

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.

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

As the Financial Planning & Analysis Director, you serve as a critical partner to the Americas executive leadership team within the brand, providing strategic financial leadership to the executive team and overseeing all financial operations with full P&L responsibility. The role is responsible to drive brand decisions through actionable insights/analytics, holding the executive team accountable for the financial impact of the decision, and steering brand choices towards initiatives with the highest return of investments for the brand, as well as ensuring a balanced approach to drive profitability across multiple channels and different countries in the Americas region.

This role will report to brand finance leader and will lead and mentor a team of individuals with roles supporting all areas of the P&L and across channels. In order to succeed this individual will leverage deep understanding of the business and exceptional abilities to partner across all functions of the organization.

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

Provide strategic financial leadership to the brand executive team to drive choices aligned with the brand strategy that maximize the return on the investments and minimize risks.

Provide operational financial leadership to the brand executive team through insights and analytics to ensure optimal business results and financial return.

Serve as the primary financial partner to the brand regional GM support, providing financial insights and driving accountability behind financial objectives related to goals and strategies.

Lead all financial analytics in support to all brand choices ensuring the approach is aligned and in support of the global brand strategy. This can include, but not limited to wholesale marketplace choices, new store openings, e-commerce front-end and back-end, marketing investments and all other spending.

Lead pricing and open-to-buy (inventory) processes, supporting merchandising (global and regional) through the go-to-market process and supply and demand planning in identifying opportunities to maximize at the same time the financial impact and the business potential.

Lead the FP&A function in the brand and the development of operating plans, financial objectives and key metrics for the Forecast, Plan and Long-Range Planning (3 year rolling plan), translating business strategies and merchandising plans into financial goals and outcomes.

Ensure all budget information is in a systematic format that all functions can understand, through financial reporting which includes dynamic dashboards, business analysis, financial statements, KPI reporting, analysis of key business trends and comprehensive executive level explanations of differences,…