Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As the Senior Manager, FP&A - Indirect NAM, you are responsible for building out and leading an FP&A team to support the indirect/enabling functions within the North America P&L covering both short and long-range financial planning and reporting, summarizing business performance through management reporting on monthly and quarterly results. You will partner closely with the North America Commercial team, the North America FP&A team as well as the broader global finance team within Arc’teryx to provide senior management with the analysis to understand business trends, make investment decisions, and track and monitor performance to enable both the ecom and broader North America commercial teams to deliver on their goals.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid remote work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet Your Future Team:
The Financial Planning & Analysis team at Arc’teryx is responsible for providing leadership with the information they need to review past performance, understand business trends, and anticipate future profitability and financial position. Through review of historic financials, variance analysis and KPI tracking, FP&A advises leadership on key investment decisions and performance improvement.
If you were in the Senior Manager, FP&A - Indirect NAM role now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
Leading financial planning process for enabling functions in North America, primarily Marketing, Guest Services and Rebird, including annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting, monthly variance analysis for headcount planning and controllable SG&A
Partnering closely with the corporate FP&A team to understand forecasts and monthly variance analysis for the P&C, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Finance functions for cost centers impacting the North America P&L
Being a key partner to the North America Marketing function, bringing together an integrated view of channel spend (digital, community) with indirect spend
Partnering with the Global Brand Awareness team, to understand guest sentiment, brand awareness and identify areas of opportunity to acquire market share
Providing strategic insights to North America Leadership team to support efficient investment strategies maximizing ROI
Acting as a key stakeholder in the North America long term strategic planning, supporting with deck preparation, modelling and presenting to senior leadership
Process & Systems Optimization: Driving improvements in financial processes, systems, and reporting capabilities to enhance efficiency and accuracy
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:
Working with direct to consumer channels
Bringing business cases for disruptive marketing evolution to senior leadership to support deeper investment
Partnering with global and regional marketing teams to enhance project tracking cost platforms
Deepening insights and reporting into guest service metrics, guest experience and explore business cases and ROI on expansion of guest call centre capabilities
Are you our next Senior Manager, FP&A - Indirect NAM
You have 10+ years proven experience in an Financial Planning & Analysis, or an equivalent role ideally within a commercial/direct-to-consumer organization
You have a bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent. A professional accounting designation is preferred
You have a passion for enabling teams to plan better, work with agility and communicate clearly and concisely
You have a strategic partnership mindset and enjoy acting as a thought partner to both finance and commercial leaders
You have advanced analytical skills with a strong aptitude for MS Excel and data analysis tools. Experience with SAP FICO, Oracle, and Power BI is an asset
You are highly proficient in accounting systems and business intelligence (BI) tools
You can prioritize and manage multiple tasks within tight deadlines
You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and can collaborate with individuals across departments, organizations, and countries
You can coordinate and lead projects to completion
You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment
Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it
Equal Opportunity
Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance.
Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.
All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.
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