Director of FP&A

Perks & Benefits

• Remote-First Workplace
• Flexible Fridays
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council
• Monthly Remote Stipend
• Professional Development Stipend (up to $500 annually)
• 1 Wellness/Mental Health Paid Day Off
• 1 Volunteer Paid Day Off
• Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• HDHP with HSA plan (annual employer contribution to HSA)
• Employer-Paid Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
• Employer-Paid Short- and Long-term Disability
• Employer-Paid Wellness Reward Program
• Employer-Paid Mental Health Benefit
• Employer-Paid Employee Assistance Program
• Employer-Paid Out of State Medical Travel Benefit
• 401(k) Safe-Harbor Matching
• Ancillary Benefits (pet insurance, legal coverage, identity theft protection, accident, hospital, and critical illness coverages)
• Paid Time Off (increases with tenure)
• Paid Parental, Adoption, and Foster Leave
• Out of State Medical Travel Benefit

About the Role

This role works cross-functionally and within Finance to provide analytic and strategic decision support and to develop recommended courses of action for all operational areas of the business. This role is also responsible for the oversight, development and maintenance of the methodologies used for organizational reporting to ensure the overall integrity of data. This role is closely aligned with the accounting department with respect to information required in support of EWC's financial budgets and forecasts.

A Day in the Life

• Coordinates and maintains financial planning processes including annual operating plan, the 5-year strategic plan, and monthly and quarterly forecasts.
• Lead the preparation of monthly financial reports and variance analysis against budget and prior periods.
• Generate reporting around key performance indicators and influence business leaders to continually optimize the metrics.
• Develop, standardize, and automate FP&A reports, metrics, and dashboards for monthly/quarterly management reporting.
• Prepares and maintains EWC's forecasting and reporting tools.
• Reviews data on historical and future trends in performance; develops reports and provides advice & counsel to management for development of appropriate actions.
• Supports Supply Chain and Store Operations with financial analysis and business cases.
• Provides leadership in the creation, implementation, and communication of financial information to the organization.
• Analyze financial information to determine present and future financial performance. Identify trends and cost savings and recommend improvements accordingly.
• Provides financial and strategic leadership and support to senior management and the owners, including preparing investor presentations, financial presentations, and other projects.
• Able to develop and refine bottoms-up financial growth plans and associated KPIs required to hit goals; able to translate financial growth into presentation materials required to effectively communicate to internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactively looks for ways to improve the accuracy and speed of the current forecasting process for both revenue and expenses.
• Provides ad-hoc reporting and analysis as required by senior management.
• Directs work and ensures appropriate performance levels of all staff reporting to the position, working together with senior leadership team to create a customer oriented, performance-based culture.

What Sets You Apart

• Ability to ruthlessly prioritize and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Analytic skills necessary to understand key drivers of the EWC long range strategy and business model, and ability to align internal financial models with analyst and investor valuation models.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills and judgment regarding communication content are required in order to interact independently with various levels of management across the company.
• Strong collaboration and cross-functional skills to enable working across functions and at multiple levels.
• Proven track record developing, planning, and forecasting models as well as managing the budget and forecasting process.
• Demonstrated ability to present analysis and insight to senior leadership and influence decision making.
• Solid knowledge of retail and/or 4-wall services industry (preferred) and the specific accounting requirements associated with it.
• Strong computer and advanced analytical skills with working knowledge of relational databases.
• Expert understanding and application of financial and accounting terms and practices.
• Expert ability to build and maintain financial models as well as complete understanding and knowledge of financial projections, ROI, comps, budgeting, sales projections and long-range planning.
• Strict attention to detail and intensity around consistently delivering a high-quality work product is essential.
• Proven ability to recruit, coach, and manage an analytic team.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics or related preferred
• MBA highly preferred
• 8+ years progressive experience in a finance environment with exposure to general accounting, budgeting & forecasting, financial analysis, and corporate reporting
• Minimum of 3 years in a finance leadership role required
• Must have prior experience leading a publicly traded FP&A team
• Retail or consumer products industry experience is highly preferred
• Prior roles in FP&A

European Wax Center is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This job description is a general description of essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All employees of EWC and operating subsidiaries are expected to perform tasks as assigned by supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties.