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Location:

Secaucus, New Jersey

Job Summary:

The Senior Manager, FP&A Marketing & Digital will be responsible for the overall budgeting, forecasting, planning and analysis for The Children’s Place Marketing, Digital/ECOMM, Wholesale (Amazon) and International businesses. This leader will build, motivate and develop a team of finance professionals to efficiently provide sound financial analysis that will affect decision-making throughout the business.

Responsibilities:

Key Accountabilities:

+ Partner with key leaders of the business including VP’s of Marketing & Amazon, to deliver on company-wide strategic initiatives

+ Overall responsibility for annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, planning, analysis and internal business reporting

+ Manage marketing expenses to ensure the teams stay within the approved budget; identify any risk/opportunities to the business and communicate to management

+ Analyze business metrics related to the marketing department including ROAS

+ Consolidation and analysis of the full Amazon business P&L including components of Sales, Gross Margin, and Operating Income

+ Oversight of financial planning system implementation, maintenance, and enhancements to accurately consolidate, report, and provide meaningful analysis of multi-division results, forecasts, and business reviews

+ Serve as contact to Senior Leadership team regarding both the detail and overall context of these numbers with the ability to present information in an organized and confident fashion to executive management

+ Collaborate with other business functions to identify & execute on business enhancement opportunities

+ Lead a team of managers and analysts, delegating work & priorities and supporting career development

+ Proactively identify & execute on areas where process improvement is needed

+ Prepare weekly, monthly & quarterly reports and analyses

+ Prepare ad hoc reporting & analysis projects as needed

+ Responsible for strategic initiatives including:

+ Cost saving initiatives

+ Integrating acquisitions on a global basis

+ Creating business alignment between divisions

+ Personnel development, succession planning and the creation of an exceptional finance team are critical

+ Ability to streamline and reengineer existing processes to maximize efficiency

+ Identifying, scoping and delivering on special projects and ad-hoc requests

Education and Experience:

+ Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Economics

+ Masters and/or CPA preferred

+ 5+ years experience in both an operational/divisional finance leadership role in a multi-divisional company

+ Significant experience in an FP&A role within a publicly traded, multi-national dynamic business

+ Background or significant knowledge of accounting beneficial

+ Experience working in a matrix environment strongly preferred

+ FP&A experience in corporate retail preferred

+ Must be highly motivated & able to operate at a high level amid a fast-paced & dynamic work culture

+ Comfortable offering an open & objective perspective to executive leadership

+ Ability to synthesize information across different areas of the business in order to be a thought partner with business leaders

+ Excellent communication skills -- verbal, written, and financial exhibits

+ Servant-leadership mentality, both in regard to business partners as well as direct reports

+ Must be proactive, detail oriented and a problem-solver intent on offering process improvement solutions

Skills and Behaviors:

+ Excellent analytical skills; experience integrating acquisitions helpful

+ Exceptional leadership skills and desire to build and develop a succession plan that benefits employees and the company

+ Ability to uncover business problems/opportunities and to recommend effective solutions quickly

+ Excellent verbal and written skills and ability to communicate effectively, and gain respect of, executive management both in the finance and business operations groups

+ Results driven with an emphasis on innovation and effective change management

+ MS Office environment including Excel and Access and ability to translate and present reports effectively

+ Experience implementing and enhancing financial reporting systems such as Hyperion and/or Oracle

Hourly/Salary

$125,000.00 - $175,000.00 Salary

o Benefits include: Bonus eligible (depending on role), Paid Time Off, Employee Discount, 401(k) and company match, Wellness Reimbursement, Adoption Assistance, free backup care (for kids, pets & the elderly), choice of health insurance plans, company-paid life/AD&D, short and long term disability, a variety of voluntary benefits and an employee assistance program. Benefit offerings are subject to change and vary by role/level for each position. Respective waiting periods may apply to certain benefit offerings.

The Children's Place is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.