Finance Manager

Founded by Santa Barbara-born sisters, Margaret and Katherine Kleveland, and a Collective of partners, DÔEN was launched in 2016 and is a digitally-led, multi-channel fashion and lifestyle brand. Our mission is to create lasting, beautiful collections while supporting individuals in all aspects of the organization, supply chain, and community. We work with domestic and international partners who share our values and commitment to gender and social equality, and we give back by partnering with foundations that directly benefit our employees, value chain, and surrounding communities.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Finance Manager

Exempt

Van Nuys, CA

Hybrid, Monday through Friday 9:00AM-6:00PM (in office a minimum of 3 days/week). May require extended hours during close or audit periods.

We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our team and play a key role in financial planning, forecasting, and business performance analysis. This position will report to the CFO and partner closely with cross-functional business leaders and Accounting to provide financial insight, improve visibility into performance, and support thoughtful decision-making across the organization.

The ideal candidate has strong apparel industry experience, including an understanding of store-level economics, operating expenses, budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance analysis. This is a hands-on role for someone who is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable moving between company-level financial planning and detailed store and expense analysis.

• Lead and support the annual budgeting process and ongoing financial forecasts.
• Develop and maintain financial models for revenue, operating expenses, and other key business drivers.
• Partner with department leaders to develop budgets, understand spending needs, and maintain accurate forecasts.
• Analyze actual performance against budget and forecast, identify key variances, and communicate drivers and risks.
• Support long-range financial planning and scenario analysis.

• Analyze financial performance across the retail store portfolio, including sales, payroll, occupancy, operating expenses, and store-level profitability.
• Develop and maintain store P&Ls and performance reporting.
• Evaluate store performance against budget, forecast, prior year, and relevant operating metrics.
• Partner with Retail leadership to identify trends, risks, and opportunities to improve store productivity and profitability.
• Support financial analysis for new stores, relocations, remodels, and other retail investments.
• Develop business cases and post-opening analyses to evaluate store performance and investment returns.

• Partner closely with the Accounting team throughout the month-end close process and lead the accrual process for key expense areas.
• Review monthly financial results for completeness and accuracy and investigate unusual trends or variances.
• Provide variance analysis and commentary on actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Support management reporting and monthly financial performance reviews.
• Help ensure Finance and Accounting maintain consistent views of actual results and forward-looking expectations.

• Perform detailed operating expense analysis across departments.
• Identify spending trends, efficiencies, risks, and opportunities for cost management.
• Partner with functional leaders to understand expense drivers and improve financial accountability.
• Develop recurring and ad hoc financial analyses to support business decisions.
• Translate financial data into clear,…