What are the responsibilities and job description for the FP&A Operations Analyst, G/FORE position at G/FORE?
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We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
The Analyst will play a critical role in overseeing and managing the corporate operational expenses and capital investment plan and assisting in financial reporting processes. The ideal candidate for this role will understand operational expense management, have a strong attention to detail, and be able to collaborate cross-functionally with our IT, Operations, and Procurement team to gather and forecast our operational and capital costs. A candidate for this role will have strong communications skills, the ability to connect disparate pieces of information, and identify where opportunities and risks may exist to the business.
Essential Functions
Operational Expense Management:
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
The Analyst will play a critical role in overseeing and managing the corporate operational expenses and capital investment plan and assisting in financial reporting processes. The ideal candidate for this role will understand operational expense management, have a strong attention to detail, and be able to collaborate cross-functionally with our IT, Operations, and Procurement team to gather and forecast our operational and capital costs. A candidate for this role will have strong communications skills, the ability to connect disparate pieces of information, and identify where opportunities and risks may exist to the business.
Essential Functions
Operational Expense Management:
- Partner with our distribution team to forecast operational expenses associated with managing our owned distribution center and our 3PL partner.
- Work with IT organization to manage and forecast all systems and IT infrastructure-related costs at a vendor level.
- Partner with creative and e-commerce teams to forecast spend by vendor. This will include a monthly forecast vs. actual review to ensure teams are aligned.
- Work closely with FP&A leadership on ad hoc projects covering a wide range of topics.
- Serve as FP&A liaison with Human Resources to review and vet G/FORE personnel forecast and strategy using Adaptive Planning suite.
- Directly support the Procurement department in analyzing existing and future partnerships to drive efficiency with our operating structure.
- Support the Procurement department in the modeling of changes to contractual terms of existing partners’ cost structures for the G/FORE brand.
- Support the RFP process from a financial and analytics perspective of new potential vendors.
- Communicate to G/FORE and Corporate FP&A teams the cost impacts of changes to contracts within the commercial business and incorporate those changes into working forecast models.
- Manage the development of our yearly capital expense investment plan and work cross-functionally to develop and track our multi-year capital investment plans across business units.
- Continually update and manage our capital expense plan forecast throughout the year and partner with the Procurement department to ensure all incoming investments are vetted and reviewed, in partnership with Project Management Office.
- Take ownership of IT-related reporting for G/FORE to the global Richemont IT organization.
- Assist with mandated and / or ad hoc reporting related to income statement, balance sheet and cash flow analysis related to G/FORE operating expenses and capital investments.
- Participate in monthly financial meetings with other business units including IT, creative, marketing, human resource, distribution and e-commerce teams. Ensure reporting accuracy and compliance with internal and external policies, including monitoring forecast accuracy, understanding drivers of variances, and providing insightful commentary & analysis for both current period and future periods.
- Present finding of ongoing analyses and ad hoc projects to senior management with clear and actionable insight.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and within a team environment
- Analytical with high attention to detail
- Leadership/Pro-activeness/Innovation ability
- Must be proficient in Excel
- Experience with a forecasting software (such as Adaptive Planning or Vena), SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics a plus
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
- 2-3 years professional experience in corporate finance, accounting or financial planning
- Strong analytical, prioritization and communication skills
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally and with senior business leaders in a fast paced and entrepreneurial environment
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerBI, and PowerPoint