Analyst, FP&A

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Primary Purpose: The FP&A Analyst role will support Stuart Weitzman brand leaders in achieving their business initiatives and financial targets in the areas of Capital Planning, Depreciation, and HQ overhead expense. Analyst will also support domestic and international wholesale teams as their financial business partner. This person will report to the Sr. Manager, FP&A.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in FP&A to analyze month-end results, support corporate reporting requirements and managing the monthly and quarterly forecast, annual operating plan and long range planning process.

• Forecast / AOP / LRP
  • Assist with the development of monthly and quarterly forecast, annual operating plan and long range planning processes for Global Capital & HQ
  • Build and consolidate the monthly forecast for Capital & Depreciation through partnerships with business leaders and collaboration with FP&A team members
  • Collaborate with wholesale sales and operations teams to build out gross shipment plan
  • Partner with various teams to forecast design and consulting fees based on contracts and payment schedules
  • Setup PO's and process invoices for payment as required.
  • Compile backup documentation and detailed bridges to help influence decision making and inform leadership of underlying trends
  • Partner with FP&A peers to assist with the consolidation of the Global Stuart Weitzman AOP and LRP to deliver an integrated financial business plan according to corporate deadlines
• Month End Close
  • Liaison with Accounting / Control to reconcile components of financial results, analyze variances vs. plan / LY and report consolidated financial results
  • Conduct monthly and cumulative variance analysis; incorporate actual results into financial forecast
  • Provide business insight to Tapestry business partners as needed
• Reporting
  • Responsible for reporting Capital and HQ spend to drive business decisions
  • Review project level spend with business leaders on a monthly basis
  • Develop and distribute reporting for all HQ Spend
  • Drive initiatives to streamline processes, maintain and improve upon existing reporting
  • Support monthly and quarterly reporting packages for SW and Tapestry leadership

The accomplished individual will possess:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting or quantitative area preferred
• 1+ years of experience in Financial Planning, Analysis or related field preferred
• Advanced financial modelling and Microsoft Excel skills
• P&L Budgeting/Forecasting experience, with an emphasis on building driver-based forecasts
• Outstanding organizational skills, with the ability to communicate across multiple levels of the business
• Ability to develop strong financial partnerships across the business and be a team player
• Strong attention to detail
• SAP experience is a plus

An outstanding professional will have:

• Ability to identify business needs and process improvements based on trends, propose solutions and manage cross-functional projects to completion
• Outstanding analytical skills and proven track record of utilizing insights from data collection to create strategic initiatives and action plans
• Ability to clearly communicate ideas, build and maintain effective working relationships with team members and peers across the organization

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Stuart Weitzman is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
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Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or [email protected]
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BASE PAY RANGE $65,000.00 TO $80,000.00 Annually
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