Senior Manager, FP&A

About us:

vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.

vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that Every day should feel this good.

You don’t need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to have Every day should feel this good moments. It’s a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don’t just live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks—we bring it to work with us, too.

In our stores, at our Harbor Drive headquarters or working remotely, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.

Our team is our family, and we’d never have grown to where we are today without them. We’re committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you’ll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about.

Overview:

Vineyard Vines is seeking a Senior Manager of FP&A who will support the development and execution of the Wholesale growth strategy. This position supports the Wholesale leadership team in developing the long range plan, budget and P&L forecasts to achieve the business goals. This is also the key finance support for Corporate payroll and for the HR and Legal teams.

You Will:

• Partner with the Wholesale Leadership team to develop the Long Range Plan and Annual Budgets to deliver significant market share growth and profit expansion
• Lead the Financial Planning and Analysis process for the Wholesale channel including accurate sales and margin projections, managing expenses, and delivering the full year sales and earnings budget.
• Create monthly sales & margin budgets and forecasts that are activity based, informed by customer insights, marketing initiatives and product assortment and availability
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to drive profitable sales growth
• Develop and analyze P&L results and projections, identifying financial risks and mitigation plans as well as insights for opportunities
• Ensure that an effective Financial process is in place to support and maximize new initiatives
• Work closely with the HR team to provide accurate corporate headcount forecasts
• Partner with cross-functional teams to highlight changes to headcount and payroll, with quantification of the various building blocks (headcount change, avg pay change, taxes & incentives, etc, while quantifying and highlighting the offsetting benefit
• Lead the FP&A process with the HR and Legal teams to manage their expenses
• Provide consistent feedback and keep senior management updated through proactive monitoring of data, KPIs and key issues
• Provide insightful consolidated full Company financial reporting
• Provide oversight for one direct report, Senior Financial Analyst
• Deliver the Wholesale P&L sales and earnings budget
• Identify opportunities to drive profitable sales growth
• Identify opportunities to drive improved profitability leverage
• Support the HR team to monitor HQ payroll trends and accurately forecast the expense

What You Bring:

• Able to deliver results through cross functional partnership and influence
• Demonstrated ability to develop insights by combining data analytical skills with business knowledge
• Ability to work with large amounts of data and translate key takeaways to leadership and partners
• BS/BA in Accounting or Finance
• Highly motivated, entrepreneurial, able to multi task and take initiative
• Must be very proficient in Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups, etc)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross functionally in a dynamic environment
• 5-7 years of experience in Retail, CPG, Corporate Finance, or related fields

Every day will feel this good because:

• We have a fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly “good” people
• We have flexible working hours and work from home days to accommodate your personal life
• We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
• We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings , flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
• We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
• We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar