The Cornerstone brands deliver inspirations that help customers enjoy, enhance and celebrate life. Cornerstone comprises four interactive, aspirational home and apparel lifestyle brands: Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Grandin Road® and Garnet Hill®.
Your Opportunity, Your Team
- The Director of Finance will be responsible for acting as a strategic partner to Chief Marketing Officer and Marketing functional team to oversee financial planning, ROI analysis, budgeting, and performance management to drive revenue growth.
- This role will be responsible for translating complex Marketing KPIs and Metrics into actionable insights for senior leadership that enable the team to optimize marketing investments, and ensure financial targets are achieved.
- You will report to the Chief Financial Officer and will support the Cornerstone Brands.
Where you will Work
- This role is remote, with preferred locations of Cincinnati OH, Atlanta GA or Boston MA. Will consider other "East Coast" states only.
What You'll Do
- Communicating with the Marketing teams to obtain an understanding of services being procured from our vendors and understanding the status/timeline of delivery of services.
- Act as a day-to-day finance partner providing proactive insights and decision support.
- Analyze and project the financial performance of marketing initiatives in comparison to established goals. Identify, assess, and communicate issues affecting sales and profitability
- Perform financial analysis of key marketing campaigns to influence strategic seasonal planning process and in-season optimization. Prepare executive-ready materials and narratives to support senior-level discussions and reviews.
- Manage performance management routines, including variance analysis, trend reporting, and forecast accuracy tracking.
- Monitor marketing KPIs, such as customer acquisition costs (CAC) and marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) to optimize return on marketing spend.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting (preferred) or Finance
- 10+ years of applicable Accounting experience
- MBA or CPA candidate preferred
- Experience with reviewing a Profit & Loss Statement.
- Experience working with Marketing and Merchandising teams.
- Experience supporting marketing spend, brand investment, or similar commercial areas strongly preferred.
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Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.
QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.
If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
- 10+ years of applicable Accounting experience
- MBA or CPA candidate preferred
- Experience with reviewing a Profit & Loss Statement
- Experience working with Marketing and Merchandising teams
- Experience supporting marketing spend or brand investment
QVC Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about QVC Group and has not been reviewed or approved by QVC Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as broad, including medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, and company-paid life insurance and AD&D. Additional wellness supports like confidential counseling and condition-management programs are also part of the offering.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work arrangements such as remote work, flextime, and compressed schedules are available in parts of the organization. Spending-account options like HSA and FSA are included within the benefits mix.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes access to a 401(k) plan with company matching, and some sources also reference a pension plan. Performance bonuses are also described as available for some employees.
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What We Do
Curated Experiences. Infinite Possibilities.® We believe in a Third Way to Shop® – beyond transactional ecommerce or traditional brick-and-mortar stores – for customers who crave engaging shopping experiences. We're a select group of diverse businesses that provide customers with curated collections of unique products, made personal and relevant by the power of storytelling. We combine the best of retail, media, and social to curate experiences, conversations, and communities for millions of highly discerning shoppers. We bring joy, inspiration, and humanity to shopping. We also curate large audiences, across our many platforms, for our thousands of brand vendors. Qurate Retail Group comprises seven leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill®, and Grandin Road®. We reach approximately 218 million homes worldwide via 14 television networks and reach millions more via multiple streaming services, social pages, mobile apps, websites, print catalogs, and in-store destinations. We're a world leader in video commerce globally, among the top ecommerce retailers in North America (according to Digital Commerce 360), and a leader in mobile commerce and social commerce.
