Director, FP&A Global (Vans)

Vans is the original brand rooted in the authentic lifestyle of skateboarding. We are driven by our mission to inspire and empower everyone to live Off The Wall embracing the youthful spirit of freedom non-conformity and relentless progression. Yesterdays Off The Wall moment is todays new normal and at Vans we believe in constantly outdoing ourselves. Together with our communities across the globe our vision is to push culture forward because we believe that the pursuit of progression never ends. We are constantly inspired by the future generation of positive catalysts within our community.

So before we get to the job details take a minute to learn a little more about us our values and our culture. If you can see yourself working side-by-side with a team of people who think and live Off the Wall Vans just may be the place for you.

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What will you do

A day in the life of a Director Global FP&A at Vans looks a little like this.

The Vans global brands financial planning and analysis team serves as the critical partner for the brands global leadership team. The team is responsible for creating and analyzing all short-term and long-term strategic planning financial and operational aspects of the brands Global business.

The Director of FP&A will lead the financial planning process of the strategic future year plans model new growth vectors and opportunities for continuous improvement and collaborate with cross-functional teams to monitor progress against these growth initiatives. This will include financial checkpoints throughout the product creation process with a key focus on margin expansion product KPIs linked to the LRP and financial gaps versus the strategic outlook. This individual will work closely and collaboratively with global brand leaders global Merchandising Planning & Operations Strategy Supply chain and regional finance teams.

Lets break down that day-in-the-life a bit more.

• Establish 3Yr rolling financial plan (LRP) partnering with global strategy global merch planning & ops product supply chain and regional finance teams. Understand brand strategy and influence plans through a financial lens.
• Analyze short term (actual and forecast) and long term (annual plan and strategic plan) business trends in all channels utilizing KPIs from multiple sources across the business and provide creative and innovative solutions that impact the business.
• Understand all aspects and strategies of the brand and support global brand presidents with BOD ELT and ad hoc request/analysis through earnings and monthly/quarterly meeting cadence. Understand which channels and products could potentially accelerate and impact the business metrics.
• Establish key milestones where finance can influence or drive additional perspective on margin expansion. This will include monitoring KPIs which influence global pricing architecture design to value sourcing fabric buys price point adoption regional line adoption and checkpoints against growth initiatives.
• Monitor/control global brand costs global marketing spend product (design merch innovation sustainability etc.) and marketing teams. Define and align with HR hiring/promotion process to establish clear visibility/support for global brand President and leadership team.
• Support Global digital technology and supply chain on future investments needs (regional/global roll-up) to set brand driven expectations based on strategic initiatives and growth drivers.
• Support global initiatives and savings across product detail pages (PDP) fixtures and additional consolidation efforts to region/global P&Ls.
• Working across the entire organization establish standardized global cost framework to enable clear accountability and comparison of Global and regional cost structures within the brand.
• Support global Go-to-Market (GTM) process providing feedback and sharing gaps versus 3YP assumptions and updating rolling models based on adjustments to growth initiatives and assortment.
• Accountable for the consolidation of the brands global financials ensuring a holistic view of the brands current performance against prior year and financial plan. This will include building global commentary on key financial variances with a focus on consumer/marketing product and marketplace.
• Drive adherence to operating budgets and achieve annual SG&A savings goals to fuel further brand investment.
• Accountable for the consolidation of product-level revenue reporting supporting Global brand leaders and various GTM GSM and other commercial planning processes.
• Perform people leadership responsibilities of the team. Actively participate in the development of team personnel through mentoring teaching support of department initiatives and exhibiting a positive attitude.
• Support business partners with key strategic initiatives and ad hoc requests through data gathering analytics and putting together a business case for review by Senior Management.
• Analyze short term (actual and forecast) and long term (annual plan and strategic plan) business trends in all channels utilizing KPIs from multiple sources across the business.

What do you need to succeed

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role there are foundation skills youll need to succeed and excel. Additionally while formal education in a related field is great to have we are most interested in your 10 years of experience and professional achievements.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Bachelors degree in business finance or other related discipline and 10 years of related professional experience. Masters degree or CPA preferred.
• 5 years of people leadership experience
• Fortune 500 publicly traded company experience in a matrix organization performing Financial Analysis and Planning strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and convey data to different levels within the organization
• Strong financial modeling skills especially income statements and cash flow analysis
• Ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Outstanding PC skills in Microsoft environment including spreadsheet database word processing and presentation capabilities
• Ability to work closely with the Finance and Operations staff while driving a results-oriented culture and an atmosphere of accountability
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a dynamic environment & to be a team player
• Highly organized & achievement-oriented self-starter able to handle multiple demands & competing priorities
• Detail-oriented with exceptional analytical skills
• Ability to effectively present findings to management in a clear and concise manner

• Location requirement: Hybrid Office Arrangement - 4 days per week in office 1 day remote

Now WE have a question for YOU.

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Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan sales incentive orcommissionpotential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered including this years medical plan rates on and by clicking Looking to Join VF Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

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