Director FP&A - Retail

Carter's/OshKosh • Atlanta, GA • 2h ago

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter's Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter's, OshKosh B'gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's.

How you'll make an impact:

As the Director U.S. Retail FP&A you will be a senior financial leader responsible for driving strategic financial planning, analysis, and performance management across the Retail organization. This role partners with cross-functional leadership to deliver actionable insights, support data-driven decision-making, and ensure the alignment of financial strategies with business objectives. The Director oversees budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, while identifying opportunities to optimize financial performance, enhance profitability, and mitigate risks.

This role typical reports to VP FP&A - Retail, has two direct reports and is based in our Atlanta, GA office in our on-site work environment

US Retail Financial Planning & Analysis (60%)

Lead forecasting and budgeting processes by partnering with all functional leaders on sales, margin, and spending plans, as well as investments for total U.S. Retail

Own and drive value-added analytics for weekly, monthly and quarterly results and outlook to support managing the business along with other Retail leaders

Prepare and present Monthly Financial Results to Retail and Corporate Leadership with analysis of sales, margin and detailed SG&A by department

Develop the five-year long-range plan in partnership with the Retail team, helping to establish long-term goals for the business and to identify and quantify the initiatives to achieve them.

Work effectively across the organization to research variances, understand trends and incorporate new information into future forecasts.

Monitor and review S,G&A spending, identify trends / issues and lead resolution of problems

Define the needed business cases with project teams and process owners including business outcomes and implementation plans

Facilitate cross-functional discussions; bring together key stakeholders and drive decisions

Prioritize overall company initiatives to create path forward on value creation, removing roadblocks and managing change

Strategic Finance Partner (40%)

Build strong relationships and partner with cross-functional partners to ensure value delivery for productivity initiatives

Owning financial modeling of key initiatives, investments, and projects impacting the U.S. Retail business

Develop and evaluate metrics to measure process improvement outcomes and their alignment with objectives

Partner with broader Financial Planning & Analysis teams on capturing P&L impacts in consolidated company forecasts and budgets

Responsible for the tactical deployment of productivity initiatives

Leverage data to evaluate the progress of workstreams and overall project success, identify trends to anticipate issues, develop alternative solutions and escalate risks

Prepare materials for key meeting updates with the Leadership Team including budgets, forecasts, earnings call preparation and Board of Directors presentations.

Coordinating and directing external project consultants as needed

Work closely with Finance leaders on all business development activities (e.g. M&A, new business proposals, etc.)

We'd Love to hear from you if:

Must have:

7 - 10 years of business analysis experience, including detailed P&L budgeting and forecasting in Retail or related business

Driven, able to balance multiple priorities. Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization

Highly effective communication and presentation skills

Strong expertise with accounting principles and financial statements

General business sense, accounting / finance background, possess mastery level Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint knowledge and ability to apply this knowledge to business problems

Proficiency with Tableau, Power BI, or other similar data analysis tools, advanced Excel skills with expertise in financial modeling and ability to build business cases

Preferred skills and experience:

Advanced analytical skills

Self-motivated and resourceful

Master's degree preferred

Make a career at Carter's:

Career Development: Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carter's University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more, we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or reassigned at the discretion of management, and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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