Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis at Clark

About The Role

MUST HAVE STRONG EXPERIENCE WITH ROI ANALYSIS, STRATEGIC CAPITAL BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL MODELING SKILLLS

RESPONSIBILITIES

Main responsibilities include analysis of ROI for new store and other major project spending, management of all aspects of consolidated store count reporting and projections and analysis of inventory projections versus sales trends. This position will be a key business partner to the brand finance teams as well as the accounting and treasury shared service teams and will provide management reporting to senior executives. Detailed responsibilities include:

· Capital Analysis -
o Provide in-depth analysis of the ROI and profitability of potential opportunities, as well as improved analytics for ROI of current and potential investments
o New Store Economics analysis – coordinate analysis across the brands and consolidate information to be used in support of capital investment decisions
o Establish recommendations on capital allocation and return targets across business segments and develop reports and presentations that provide senior management visibility into capital project portfolio
o Facilitate Capital Budgeting process across the brands and manage long-range capital forecast models and translate into long-range depreciation forecasts
o Ensure capital spending projections are aligned with the treasury management team for both short and long-term cash flow forecasting
o Work with Shared Services Accounting to improve capital spending reporting
· Inventory Reporting and Analysis -
o Consolidation of actuals, plans and projections by brand for inventory units and dollars
o Compile consolidated inventory metrics and complete comparison analyses across brands
o Analyze inventory for seasonal fluctuations and alignment with sales trends and projections
· Store Counts – responsible for all reporting, projections and analysis of store count and square footage reporting, including facilitating alignment of information across the brands
· Work to improve current processes and procedures
· Ad hoc projects as requested by Senior Management to understand business performance
Education: BS Degree in Accounting or Finance, MBA a plus
Experience: Minimum of 10 years progressive experience in a finance environment with demonstrated experience in forecasting, modeling and analysis
Retail Industry experience considered a plus
Strong knowledge of financial statements
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint is a must)
Excellent oral and written communication skills are required in order to interact independently with various levels of management across the company
Team player with strong, detail–oriented analytical abilities