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Converse Director North America Wholesale
Fashion Industry Company
Boston, MA, United States
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Description
At our Global headquarters, located in downtown Boston, we are looking for a Director, North America Finance. In this role you will lead the team to prepare Annual & Quarterly Operating plans, optimize a profit & growth agenda with our key Strategic Accounts, actively manage our Wholesale business, and own the consolidated North America P&L. You will report into the CFO, North America.
Responsibilities:
• Leads a small & talented team (2-3 individuals), setting individual and team goals aligned with department and functional goals.
• Coaches’ staff, creates opportunities for development, makes hiring decisions, and drives performance management, recognition and rewards.
• Develops and drives achievement of short/long term goals critical to the company’s success.
• Participates in cross-functional discussions and initiatives and utilizes internal and/or external partnerships to leverage resources and enhance business group effectiveness.
• Works with Customer teams to establish key financial measures and business strategies that will be tracked on a monthly basis
• Manages the preparation of timely and insightful financial analysis to determine progress against both long and short-term strategic plans.
• Actively interprets and reviews financial results with senior leaders, including trends/issues and opportunities, to drive actionable responses.
• Ensure business leaders are educated on use and interpretation of financial reports, metrics, and other key performance indicators.
• Oversees and/or leads analysis that aids in the decision making process and helps drive increased profitability and cash flow for Converse.
• Drive improvement in metrics focused on P&L, Balance sheet, and free cash flow (such as CACC, ROIC).
Qualifications
Requirements for the position include:
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a business-related field with an emphasis in finance and/or accounting
• CPA or MBA will be an asset for future progression
• 8 years' extensive experience in financial analysis, financial/strategic planning, costing/product specific analytics, accounting and/or budgeting
• 3 years' proven people management experience
• Excellent knowledge of strategic planning, budgeting, investment analysis and economic profit analysis and knowledge of GAAP is strongly preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentations
• Strong ability to develop high profile, influential and collaborative relationships across teams, functions and layers
• Demonstrated leadership in building an effective learning environment, creating empowering processes and leading major change implementation efforts
• Ability to pass a 7 year background check