Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (Fp&A)

Hi, I am Priti from , and I am the VP of Finance and Planning. I joined the company 5 years ago and it has been an incredible experience so far. The company is heart led, with creativity at the centre. We have experienced accelerated growth over the last 5 years which has really changed and scaled the way we do business. It has become crucial for us to invest time and space to be as forward-looking as possible. We are looking for a Sr. Manager, FP&A to be the champion of this by providing insightful predictions and analytics that directly influence the company’s future direction. The Sr. Manager, FP&A will be a strategic business partner to the entire organization, alongside partnering with myself and our COO in the financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes at the company.

We are a fast moving, complicated business with direct to consumer, wholesale and major department sales channels with customer experience at the core. We are inspired by our consumers, and consciously strategize how we can exceed our five star shopping experience. Our teams include sales, marketing, design, creative services, production, operations and finance, with a global partnership network. Our staff are award-winning visionaries, led by an all-woman executive team.

We’d love to hear from you if you see yourself as the right person to join our team!

The opportunity

The Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis will work closely with department leaders across the organization to drive financial analysis, planning and providing insight to business leaders to drive strategic and data-driven decision making.

Budget and Forecast

• Partner with VP, Finance & Planning and Manager, Financial Reporting to translate forecasting results to cash flow forecast
• Lead quarterly (op-ex), monthly and weekly (sales to contribution margin) re-forecasting activities, monitoring progress and changes, and keeping senior leadership abreast of the organization’s financial status.
• Play a lead role in our annual budgeting cycle, including its extension into the company’s rolling three-year financial model

Reporting and Insights

• Liaise with cost centre owners (Ecommerce, Wholesale, Brand, Brand Creative, Product Development) to provide comprehensive overviews of their monthly op ex. spend, highlighting risks and opportunities
• Prepare and report on Consolidated Weekly Sales results in partnership with our Junior Planner; analyze and report on key insights to contextualize performance
• Develop reports for product category, sales channel & customer profitability
• Partner with our Manager, Financial Reporting at month-end and quarter-end to review financial output for reasonableness, understanding key drivers of costs and variances. Provide commentary around op. ex and balance sheet variances for our reporting packages (including key drivers of variance).
• Maintain and update the company’s consolidated Sales to Contribution Margin Forecast by Sales Channel; work closely with sales channel leads to translate/reflect changes based on promotions, product launches, delivery delays, warehouse delays, ad spend etc.

Analytics

• Support decision making on capital expenditure projects, product category expansion, new initiative discussions by developing ROI and Break Even Analysis
• Prepare Ad Hoc Analyses that may arise to help contextualize performance of various business initiatives
• Extract, analyze, and use data to build analysis, metrics, and business cases to support decision making using various sources.

Improvements

• Collaborate with the Digital Marketing and VP Finance & Planning team to develop and implement a system that tracks and integrates our customer cohort, LTV, digital ad spend, CAC, repeat rate, metrics with our short-term and long-term sales forecast.
• Partner with key stakeholders to improve how we share company analytics; be a key partner in developing and implementing a new management reporting tool (metrics & dashboards) and new analytics solutions, including reports, dashboards, and other items as required by the business unit(s).

This list is not inclusive of the total scope of job functions to be performed. Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or modified at any time.

What you bring to the table

• Retail industry, specifically D2C experience is a plus;
• Bachelor's degree is required, CPA, and/or CFA are a plus;
• Build partnerships and prioritize collaboration across the JENNY BIRD team;
• Demonstrated outstanding financial leadership skills and expertise with an emphasis on translating financial insights into operational recommendations; proven success in presenting information in an concise and easy to digest format
• Challenge the status quo by contributing impactful ideas and solutions;
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment through self-prioritization; can quickly adapt to changing priorities
• A go-getter with strong attention to detail.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; the ability to communicate effectively at all levels throughout the organization.
• 3+ years (preferred) in Forecasting, Financial Analytics, Budgeting, Financial Modeling;

Perks at Jenny Bird:

• A comprehensive benefits program + health care spending account
• Access to Group RRSP Plan
• Parental leave top-up
• Your birthday off!
• Professional development budget to use towards courses and/or certificates
• 3-weeks vacation + 3 floating days + summer Fridays (we close the office early at 1pm!)
• Perks on JENNY BIRD products!

Location:

• Our office is located in downtown Toronto at 507 King Street East.
• We have flexible working arrangements for the team. This role requires you to be in the office 1-2 days a week.

JENNY BIRD does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, ancestry, colour, place of origin, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, family status or marital status, or any other protected category recognized by provincial or federal laws.

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