Director, FP&A - NA

Who We Are

Elevate Outdoor Collective is an alliance of iconic outdoor and winter sports brands focused on skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, skating and outdoor equipment. Our portfolio includes K2 Skis, K2 Snowboards, Marker, Dalbello, Völkl, RIDE Snowboards, LINE Skis, Backcountry Access, Atlas Snow Shoe Co., Tubbs Snowshoes and K2 Skates.

As “One Team,” Elevate Outdoor Collective combines world-class product development, global distribution, talented athletes and ambassadors, and employees who share a passion for the outdoor industry.

Position Purpose

The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis – North America will lead Commercial FP&A for the US and Canada and serve as a key Finance business partner to Commercial, Brand, Product, R&D, Supply Chain and Finance leadership. The role owns sales and margin planning, forecasting, performance management and management reporting across North America, as well as the OPEX and CAPEX processes for the Bellevue HQ entity.

The Director will also partner throughout the product development cycle to support product cost management for the US brands. The successful candidate combines strong analytical and commercial skills with a hands-on mindset, challenges assumptions, identifies risks and opportunities, and develops the North American FP&A team.

Essential Job Duties

Commercial FP&A & Business Partnering

• Lead Commercial FP&A for the US and Canada across Net Sales, Gross Margin, pricing, discounts, product and channel mix, inventory and profitability.
• Serve as the primary Finance partner to North American leadership, Brand GMs, Sales, Product, R&D and Supply Chain.
• Translate performance into clear insights, risks, opportunities and recommended actions.
• Challenge assumptions and support decisions on pricing, discounts, inventory, customer opportunities, product launches and profitable growth.
• Lead regular performance reviews and ensure clear accountability for financial targets.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead North American sales planning, Budget, Forecast and risks-and-opportunities processes.
• Coordinate planning across Brands, Sales teams and regions, ensuring that assumptions are complete, realistic and aligned with company targets.
• Review volume, price, discounts, margin, channels and sales programs and connect financial plans with demand and inventory assumptions.
• Communicate the expected landing, key risks and opportunities to regional and global leadership.

Product Costing, R&D & Margin Management

• Partner with R&D, Product, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Accounting and Finance throughout the product development process for the US brands.
• Support and challenge target costs, preliminary costs and final product costs for new and existing products.
• Review sourcing, FX, freight, duty, standard cost, transfer pricing and expected product margin assumptions; identify risks early and drive corrective actions.
• Ensure final costs and margins are accurately reflected in Budget, Forecast, sales planning and management reporting.
• Lead gross-margin analysis across pricing, discounts, product/customer/channel mix, freight and duty, FX, transfer pricing, and purchase-price or manufacturing variances.

Bellevue HQ OPEX & CAPEX

• Own OPEX planning, forecasting and performance management for the Bellevue HQ entity.
• Coordinate inputs with functional leaders, challenge assumptions and provide visibility into spending trends, risks, opportunities and potential savings.
• Lead CAPEX planning and reporting, including review of business cases and tracking against approved investments.

Reporting & Performance Management

• Lead monthly North American financial reviews and prepare executive commentary covering Sales, Margin, OPEX, CAPEX, risks and opportunities.
• Develop and improve KPIs, dashboards and analytical tools.
• Respond to executive requests concerning sales, margin, inventory, pricing, tariffs, costs and profitability.
• Partner with Global FP&A and Accounting to maintain consistent planning and reporting methods, data quality and reliable consolidated results.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach and develop the North American FP&A team, establishing clear ownership, priorities and development plans.
• Build a culture focused on business partnering, analytical quality, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Ensure documentation and continuity of key FP&A processes and institutional knowledge.

Process & Systems Improvement

• Simplify and automate planning and reporting using Tableau, HFM, NetSuite, Excel and AI-enabled workflows.
• Reduce manual data preparation and increase FP&A capacity for analysis, business partnering and decision support.
• Partner cross-functionally to improve reporting consistency, planning efficiency and end-to-end process ownership.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the direct supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive FP&A, Commercial Finance or related experience, including meaningful leadership responsibility.
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, P&L management, financial modeling and commercial business partnering.
• Demonstrated understanding of sales, gross margin, pricing, discounts, product cost and profitability drivers.
• Experience managing and developing Finance professionals.
• Strong Excel and financial-modeling capabilities, with the ability to work strategically and hands-on in the underlying detail.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex financial topics into clear business messages.
• Ability to operate effectively in a lean, fast-moving and changing organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in sporting goods, outdoor, consumer goods, retail or another product-driven business.
• Experience supporting R&D, product development, product costing, inventory, sourcing and supply chain finance.
• Experience with Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) or comparable planning and consolidation systems.
• Experience with Tableau or comparable BI platforms.
• Experience with NetSuite or another Tier 1 or Tier 2 ERP system.
• Experience with US and Canadian operations and within a global, multi-currency organization.
• Exposure to transfer pricing, intercompany margins, standard costing, FX, freight and duty.
• Experience simplifying or automating FP&A processes.

What Success Looks Like

• Establish Finance as a strong, trusted and appropriately challenging partner to the North American commercial organization.
• Improve proactive management of Sales, Margin, OPEX, CAPEX, risks and opportunities.
• Strengthen Finance involvement in product development so new products meet cost and margin targets.
• Build a capable North American FP&A team that combines reliable execution with proactive business steering.
• Simplify planning and reporting to free capacity for analysis and decision support.

Physical Requirements

• Sitting or standing for long periods of time.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information to different audiences effectively.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.

Additional Details

Full-Time employees at Elevate Outdoor Collective are also eligible for the below benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance first of the month following 30 days of employment
• 401(k) Employer Match
• Company Discount
• 10–12 Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick and Vacation Time

Elevate Outdoor Collective and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status and other protected characteristics.