• Senior Director, FP&A

    Wellness Pet Company (Burlington, MA)


    Senior Director, FP&A

     

    Department:Accounting

     

    About the Wellness Pet Company

     

    The Wellness Pet Company crafts and produces premium natural pet food, treats, dental chews, and supplements. We believe that natural, premium nutrition focused on proven health outcomes is the foundation of creating mutual wellbeing for pets and their families. As a community of people, Wellies are positively obsessed with how to win for pets and their parents. We believe in the difference we make every single day, and we know that when we work collaboratively, Wellies are unstoppable -- Not only in providing the best nutrition to pets, but in building a better tomorrow for pets, their parents, and the world.

     

    Your Life at Wellness Pet

     

    When you join Wellness Pet, you join a team whose aligned values and purpose create a unique and exciting place to work every day. Join us on our adventure to fulfill a life of wellbeing together with pets and their parents. Come for a walk with us today!

     

    This position is based out of our Burlington, MA headquarters location, where we work a required hybrid schedule of in-office on Monday - Thursday and remote on Fridays

     

    What You will Accomplish

     

    Our Senior Director, FP&A, will serve as the Chief Financial Officer-s right-hand person, leading strategic initiatives as well as leading financial planning and forecasting activities. As a true business partner, this individual will solve real business problems by forming and maintaining solid relationships within the business and using strategic analyses to understand and impact key business drivers:

     

    + Performance Measurement and Optimization

    + Define, develop, implement, and improve total company key performance indicators and methods for measurement, evaluation, and reporting on the key drivers of the business

    + Implement financial and business review processes, systems and capabilities to improve the financial performance of the Company including business review cadence, scorecards, strategy and planning cadence

    + Lead and coordinate preparation of Board and management presentations related to strategy, state of business and initiatives as needed.

    + Lead and manage all aspects of company-wide financial planning, including strategic planning, the annual budgeting process, and in-year forecasting

    + Implement best practices as it relates to financial planning and analyses including processes, systems, tools, and techniques

    + Play an active role in modelling, scenario analysis, diligence requests and general support during exit planning and execution process

    + Lead development of materials to support CEO/CFO in Lender calls

    + Measurement and improvement of Commercial Spend Effectiveness

    + Financial leader in annual customer joint business planning process. Lead financial assessment of Wellness Pet-s performance at retailer, spend effectiveness and devise strategies to improve spend effectiveness. Ensure spend and JBP goals are consistent with growth algorithm

    + Responsibility for driving analysis and formulation of a plan to improve commercial spend effectiveness including RD&A. Terms, Allowances

    + Implement and oversee strong financial controls over accounting month, quarter and year-end accruals and expense management related to commercial spending, including monthly reviews, reconciliations, tracking and forecasting

    + Strategy development, Building critical capabilities to support deployment

    + Lead development and implementation of Wellness Pet-s growth algorithm by category, including sufficiency analysis of initiatives and investments to deliver on growth and EBITDA objectives

    + Lead the financial evaluation of marketing initiatives, connecting them to revenue generation and profitability. Use scenario-based modeling to optimize initiative size and profitability

    + Develop profitability models at the brand, customer, and product level by working with commercial organizations and operations

    + Lead financial analysis of initiatives, coordinating with Sales, Marketing, Consumer insights and other stakeholders, including development of KPIs, milestones and tracking methodologies

    + Understand the key drivers of our business and be the subject matter expert, coaching your business partners in the areas of costing, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting

    + Own and develop models used for pricing analysis, elasticity, including refreshing the data, enhancing the models to better predict elasticity

    + Work directly with business unit leaders to solve business problems using the tools of financial analysis, forecasting and ad-hoc data analysis

    + Organizational Leadership

    + Develop and manage a team of two finance professionals

    + Work across the director community to effectively solve problems, scope, and drive corporate initiatives to successful completion

    + Effectively present and work with the senior leadership team on financial planning priorities. Manage portfolio of FP&A projects including reporting and analysis projects, systems, process and capability building projects

    + Lead ad-hoc Company-wide and multi-functional projects including process improvement as needed

     

    Who We are Looking For

     

    Team Wellie is a group of people who are truly obsessed with all the best ways about winning for the consumer and the pets they love. And so, we are seeking an individual who:

     

    + Is consumer focused in all they do

    + Continually challenge themselves to go the extra mile to get the job done, and ensure it-s done the right way as opposed to the easy way

    + Hold themselves and others accountable

    + Embraces continual development through the sharing of feedback and investment in learning opportunities.

    + Is a true collaborator, sharing resources, and engages in healthy debate

    + Celebrates differences and strives to learn from others who are different from themselves

    + Gives back to their community and supports sustainable practices

    In addition, for this specific role, we need someone who possesses:

    + A bachelor-s degree in finance, math, economics or a related field (MBA or Masters of Finance preferred)

    + 8+ years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility within the FP&A function of an organization,

    + A minimum of 5 years of experience within a strategic commercial partnership role in a CPG company

    + Proven experience developing a high performing team

    + Expert in financial planning and analysis, modeling, systems, accounting, reporting and controls

    + Business acumen that drives decisions at both strategic and tactical levels

    + Ability to manage and work effectively on multiple projects simultaneously with minimal oversight

    + Ability to direct the work of others in gathering, analyzing, and reporting of various types of financial information

    + Well-developed written and oral presentation skills

     

    Why Work for Wellness Pet

     

    We care about the wellbeing of our people, their families, and their pets. We treat every Wellie to a comprehensive benefits package full of extras to support their health, pets, passions, and Professional Development. More information about our benefits can be found on our website. The Wellness Pet Company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

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