Senior Manager - Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis; FP&A)

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Blue Nile is entering an exciting new chapter, evolving its legacy as a digital fine jewelry pioneer into an elevated luxury brand with an increasingly personalized omnichannel experience. By combining innovative digital experiences with an expanding network of premium showrooms, we're transforming how customers discover, purchase and experience fine jewelry. As we continue investing in technology, merchandising, and customer experience, we're looking for leaders who are energized by solving complex business problems, influencing enterprise strategy, and driving measurable commercial impact.

The Senior Manager of FP&A will play a critical role in shaping the financial and commercial narrative of the business. This position is designed for a highly analytical and collaborative finance leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about driving clarity through data. The role demands a strong command of financial modeling, business case development, and performance analysis, particularly considering our merchandising and retail teams.

You will be instrumental in translating financial and product data into strategic insights that inform executive decision-making and operational execution.

• Serve as a financial advisor to department heads, primarily partnering with key merchandising stakeholders, helping them understand budget performance and financial implications of various decisions
• Analyze product and financial performance against plans and forecasts, identifying gaps and providing actionable insights
• Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes across all departments, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, alongside monthly rolling forecast process for all P&L inputs
• Develop and maintain driver-based financial models to support scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and long-range forecasting, including 3-statement, discounted cash flow, and ROI/NPV frameworks
• Evaluate financial impact, profitability, and payback periods for proposed investments and potential merchandising plans, providing clear recommendations to senior leadership
• Own the development and automation of financial dashboards and reporting tools using Tableau or similar platforms
• Align on revenue recognition and potential, expense categorization and optimization, and forecasting treatment to ensure planning accuracy
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and timeliness in reporting across departments and systems
• Oversee key aspects of various functional budgets tracking actual costs versus forecasts and proactively flagging deviations, presenting findings to key stakeholders
• Assess both quantitative and qualitative performance metrics for key leadership teams, delivering streamlined reports with actionable commentary
• Drive topline growth initiatives to help drive commercial capabilities, alongside cost efficiency initiatives by identifying opportunities for savings and monitoring the impact of cost optimization efforts
• Prepare and deliver presentations to key stakeholders, including the Blue Nile Leadership Team, providing in-depth performance analysis
• Support data transformation initiatives, including data management, reporting improvements, and detailed report generation for analysis
• Support ad hoc projects as needed

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Business, Merchandising, or any Technical Field. MBA/MS a plus
• 5-8 years of experience in advisory/consulting, investment banking, FP&A, strategy, merchandising, CPG planning, or a technical field (i.e engineering, analytics, etc) with a strong analytical and data-driven approach and ability to drive executive communication
• Proficiency in analysis, systems and data tools for organizing and deploying financial insights
• Strong financial and business…