Director, Finance - EMEA

at  Abercrombie and Fitch Co

JOB DESCRIPTION

A&F Co. is seeking an experienced Finance Director to lead our regional Finance team as well as to support the regional leadership team in delivering our strategies for sustainable & profitable growth.
This job is field based with connection to our EMEA Regional Home Office in London, UK.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Develop and implement financial strategies in alignment with the Managing Director, global Finance team in line with company objectives
• Drive the process to shape EMEA operating budget targets for all P&L sales, GM, and operating expenses, & report monthly on performance to budget
• Financial forecasting ana analysis for all channels sales, margin; set and manage regional inventory and Open to Buy targets
• Connect the dots and leverage financial insights to identify opportunities & drive accountabilities eg. for marketing effectiveness, channel performance, analyze promotional effectiveness & testing.
• Present financial summaries & insights at all levels of the organization to deliver insights as well as healthy challenge to the business teams.
• Real Estate fleet analytics by location that informs deals and renewals
• EMEA company inventory planning and forecasting, quarterly BOM analytics for operational compliance with the global company
• Create and develop modally of short term, mid-term and strategic horizon scenarios to underpin the strategic choices the EMEA region is prioritizing.

Financial Reporting

• Lead financial process for corporate spending, including analysis of actual spending and projections for future spending
• Present to Managing Director and Finance Leadership demonstrating a strong understanding of actual results and monthly forecast updates
• Partner with different areas of the business to assess and quantify risks and opportunities as the macro environment and company strategies change
• Make value added recommendations to improve regional brand performance, rooted in data-driven analytics of the financials and operations of the regional organization
• Prepare earnings release analysis on regional quarterly performance, explaining drivers of performance and variances in terms of sales, gross margin, operating expense, etc.
• Provide RE deal analytics that inform site selection, and also manage periodic financial performance reporting of four wall store profitability
• Assist with international statutory reporting
• Perform ad hoc analysis and special projects as needed

Cost management

• Collaborate with Managing Director and local Store Leadership on field expense management, especially payroll management, field structure optimization and UF SGA
• Evaluate financial impact of payroll changes (business case analysis) and work with Managing Director to approve necessary payroll updates within guidelines recommended by the GHO
• Provide recommendations on updates to complex models to accurately assign store payroll hours
• Track and manage all cost center management processes to ensure robust check and challenge as well as reliability and accuracy.

Marketing

• Collaborate with Marketing and Digital department leads to create operating strategy and analytics driven reporting
• Evaluate financial impact of proposed marketing initiatives (business case analysis)
• Provide visibility to Marketing initiative measurement, and provide regional reporting in a flexible, sustainable and consistent manner

Leadership

• Fostering a collaborative team-up approach to getting things done.Empowerment of your team as a coach and a leader, you will invest into building up your talent.