Associate Director in Corporate Finance Advisory managing M&A transactions and driving growth in Birmingham and Nottingham. Leading deal management and client relationships while coaching junior members.
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Hybrid Director, Financial Planning – Analysis
Posted last month
About the role
- Director of FP&A leading financial planning, forecasting, performance reporting, and strategic analytics for RAA’s Accessories Division. Collaborating with various divisions to drive profitable growth and optimize working capital.
Responsibilities
- Lead the division’s annual budget, monthly forecast, and long-range plan processes.
- Develop and maintain financial models for revenue, margin, operating expenses, and working capital.
- Drive forecasting cadence and accuracy by aligning assumptions with commercial and operational teams.
- Own and deliver monthly financial reporting packages, including Actuals vs. Budget/Forecast variance analysis, KPI dashboards, and trend insights.
- Partner with Accounting to ensure timely close, accurate accruals, and clean reporting alignment.
- Analyze gross margin performance across product categories, channels, customers, and programs.
- Support business decisions including New program/customer proposals, Pricing and deal analysis, Capital and investment evaluations, Inventory and working capital optimization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including strong FP&A leadership.
- Experience supporting a product-based business (consumer goods, apparel, accessories, wholesale/retail preferred).
- Working knowledge of GAAP and core accounting principles to support accurate financial analysis and reporting.
- Advanced financial modeling skills and strong understanding of P&L drivers.
- Expert proficiency in Excel and financial reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Hyperion, Anaplan, Oracle, etc.).
- Strong communication skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- MBA or CPA strongly preferred.
- Experience in accessories/apparel, licensing, wholesale, or large customer program management.
- Experience working with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Dynamics, etc.).
- Demonstrated ability to scale reporting and planning processes in a fast-growth environment.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary.
- Hybrid work schedule.
- Three weeks of paid time off within the first year of employment.
- The company provides life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid parental leave.
- Health, vision, and dental insurance options with low employee contributions.
- Commuter benefit plan.
- Optional supplemental life insurance, pet insurance, and accident & critical illness insurance offered at a group discount rate.
- 401(k).
- Unlimited access to our award-winning online fitness and wellness program.
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