Financial Planning Manager – Stores Finance

Are you a strategic finance professional who thrives at the intersection of data, operations, and retail strategy?

As our Financial Planning Manager, Stores Finance
, you will serve as the lead strategic finance partner to our national Stores organization across our multi-brand portfolio. In this highly visible role, you will deliver the critical financial planning, performance insights, and decision support necessary to drive store sales, maximize profitability, and optimize operational productivity. Reporting directly to the Director of Stores Finance Operations, you will lead a dedicated team and partner with cross-functional leaders (up to the EVP level) to shape the financial future of our physical retail footprint.

• Drive Performance Insights: Develop proactive, data-driven financial analyses and actionable insights to improve store-level performance and support critical executive business decisions.
• Lead Budgeting & Forecasting: Spearhead store-level annual planning, forecasting, and in-season variance analysis to ensure robust fiscal management.
• Capital Allocation & ROI Modeling: Build comprehensive business cases and detailed ROI models for proposed store investments, remodels, and strategic initiatives.
• Reporting & KPIs: Architect, streamline, and scale reporting tools and KPI dashboards to increase leadership visibility into store performance and key operational drivers.
• Accounting Partnership: Support monthly close activities, including accruals, journal entries, variance analysis, and general ledger reviews.

• Influence Business Strategy:Partner closely with Store Operations and cross-functional leadership to provide tactical financial guidance, act as a trusted advisor, and drive change through fact-based recommendations.

• Team Development:Manage, mentor, and develop finance professionals, establishing work priorities and ensuring the delivery of highly accurate and timely deliverables.

• Executive Presentations:Formulate and deliver clear, "executive-ready" financial presentations, analyses, and recommendations to division leaders and executive staff.

• Special Projects:Lead high-priority financial work streams and special corporate projects supporting store performance and enterprise-wide priorities.

Experience:5+ years of progressive finance, accounting, or retail operations management experience (retail, hospitality, or multi-unit brand experience is highly preferred).

Technical Finance

Skills:

Deep expertise in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and core corporate accounting processes (working knowledge of US GAAP).

Advanced Analytical Modeling:Exceptional analytical skills and financial modeling capabilities. Advanced proficiency in Excel (complex formulas, pivot tables, modeling, and automation) and intermediate-to-advanced PowerPoint skills.

Communication & Influence:Proven capability to translate complex operational metrics into financial outcomes and business stories. Excellent communication skills with a track record of influencing cross-functional partners and senior leadership.

Project Management:High degree of self-motivation, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to independently manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines in a dynamic retail environment.

If eligible, we offer a competitive benefits package including medical/dental/vision, term life insurance, paid vacation/holidays*, and 401(k) with Company match. All associates are eligible for an associate discount on Catalyst Brands merchandise. For paid holidays, associates who are eligible for paid vacation (MTO) are also eligible for eight paid holidays during the…