Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Working at Stella McCartney is a truly rewarding experience. As a luxury fashion company with a strong ethical standpoint we are leaders and innovators in our industry.

About the Team:

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Inventory Management, and Internal Control (IC) team is responsible for worldwide consolidation and regional oversight in the UK, France, and Spain. Our main objectives are:

Key Business Partner: Collaborate across all departments and regions. Strategic Financial

Analysis: Provide insightful financial analysis (actual, budget/forecast) to support strategic decision-making, optimize resource allocation, enhance operational efficiency, and drive growth. Coordinated

Processes: Oversee actual, budget, and forecast processes, challenging operational departments to achieve their targets.

Internal Controls: Implement key internal controls and procedures to maintain business integrity, perform audits, and mitigate risks including fraud, non-compliance, inefficiencies, and data breaches.

Awareness: Increase finance, inventory management, and internal control awareness across the company.

Overview

As the Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, you will report directly to the FP&A, Inventory Management, and Internal Control Director, working closely with the FP&A Manager. You will collaborate with regional finance teams and departments across various missions.

Your Mission:

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Supervise FP&A Deliverables: Ensure accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery of analysis and reports, working closely with the FP&A Manager.

• Drive Budgeting and Forecasting: Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting processes globally, aligning financial goals with business objectives.

• Year-End Landing Simulation: Highlight risks and opportunities, and identify key business decisions for the annual closing process.

• Margin Analysis: Conduct detailed margin analysis by channel, product category, and collection, enhancing forecast processes and actual analysis working closely with the Finance Director Operations and the Italian finance team.

• Performance Visibility: Increase visibility on actual performance, variance analysis, and risks & opportunities to support leadership decision-making.

• Regional Reviews: Lead discussions with regions, challenging performance when necessary.

• Balance Sheet and Indirect Cash Process: Develop and implement processes for actual and forecast balance sheets and indirect cash, providing training, clear analysis and defined targets.

• Process Improvements and Cost Savings: Identify and drive improvements and cost-saving projects.

• Cross-Functional Projects: Provide financial simulations and recommendations for project go-lives, and follow up as the finance expert.

• Insightful Analysis: Proactively provide analysis to enhance understanding of business performance, including ROI for key projects/events.

• Ad Hoc Analysis: Develop and prepare analysis based on business needs and challenges.

• Support Internal Control: Assist the Internal Control Manager and Group Reporting Manager in maintaining the SMC Business Core Model and harmonizing processes across regions.

• Financial Systems Implementation: Aid in the implementation and enhancement of financial systems, ensuring data integrity and automation.

Your Talent:

• Experience: Sufficient experience in a fast-paced, consumer-focused retail environment.

• Self-Starter & pro-active: Bring passion, resilience, enthusiasm, and focus to your work with high accuracy standards.

• Attention to Detail: Possess a strong attention to detail.

• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Delegation and Prioritization: Skilled in delegating, balancing priorities, and identifying quick wins.

• Relationship Building: Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills, managing various organizational levels and teams based abroad.

• Confidentiality: Handle confidential information with tact, diplomacy, and discretion.

Systems and Essentials

• Qualifications: Qualified CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent.

• Excel Skills: Advanced proficiency in Excel.

• System Knowledge: Experience with multi-dimensional systems, SAP/BOARD is a plus.

• Retail Experience: Previous experience in a large retail group.

• Language Skills: English is mandatory; Italian/French is a plus.

Reward

Our philosophy is to go beyond monetary return and consider ourselves responsible for your wellbeing, your family, your health, your time and the community.

• Up to 50% discount on Stella McCartney products

• Matched pension contribution up to 6%

• Extensive private medical and critical illness insurance, as well as life assurance

• Annual Health Screening

• Annual Leave Shop where employees can buy or sell annual leave

• Flexible working/core hours

• Enhanced Maternity/paternity packages

• Matched Give as You Earn charity scheme

• Fitness membership (Classpass credits)

• Volunteer and Birthday leave

• Health cash plan

• Financial wellbeing program

• Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support Services

• Employee referral bonus

Optional/ Paid Benefits

Season ticket loan, cycle to work and tech schemes, travel and dental insurance and much more.

We welcome people with disabilities and endeavour to make reasonable adjustments, if you do require such adjustments please let us know within 48 hours of your interview.

At Stella McCartney, we like to be bold. For us this means challenging ourselves and the wider industry in which we operate. As part of our commitments to inclusive fashion, we have an ambitious strategy to put diversity, equity and inclusion at the centre of everything we do. Our starting point is to create a workplace where different voices are respected, heard and empowered in equal measure regardless of factors such as culture and backgrounds, and to influence and disrupt fashion and other industries by providing opportunities for global diverse talent to shine.