Financial Analyst, FP&A - Product & Supply Chain

Department: Finance

Reports to: TBD

Location: North Vancouver, BC

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

As the Financial Analyst, FP&A - Product & Supply Chain, you will play a key role in building out the FP&A function. You will be supporting our Product and Supply Chain cross-functional business partners, with a focus supporting our Product and Supply Chain-dedicated teams in optimizing operations and scaling for growth, through enhanced KPI and reporting visibility, and cross-functional partnership. You will work closely with senior leadership and other internal stakeholders to drive brand performance through analytical insights and financial support and will play a key role in enhancing the financial performance management of these major drivers of our future profitability.

This role is based out of our North Vancouver office. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Meet Your Future Team:

The Product & Supply Chain Financial Planning & Analysis team at Arc’teryx is responsible for providing leadership with the information they need to review past performance, understand business trends, and anticipate future performance and financial position. Through review of historic financials, variance analysis and KPI tracking, the team advises leadership on key investment decisions and performance improvement.

If you were the FA, FP&A - Product and Supply Chain, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Maintaining weekly and monthly product margin reporting for key stakeholders using PowerBI, Oracle and data analysis tools
• Reviewing month-end financial results within gross margin, particularly warehousing, freight and owned manufacturing costs, partnering closely with Accounting and Amer/Group partners to investigate variances
• Delivering channel forecasts to Amer/Group managed global warehousing and analyzing variances and impacts on allocated costs
• Assisting our Canada based manufacturing plant with cost variances, scenario analysis and performance reporting
• Supporting with inventory forecasting and month end analysis in partnership with Global Planning team
• Supporting with cost of sales variance forecasting, partnering with the Accounting team and cross functional partners to improve forecast accuracy
• Standardizing team deliverables for the Product & Supply Chain FP&A team to enhance consistency and predictability of deliverables and expectations for our cross-functional partners
• Supporting with decision analysis projects or initiatives that impact gross margin
• Leading improvements to month end review process and reporting
• Leading high level reforecasts and rolling forecast capabilities
• Performing ad-hoc analysis, reporting and project work as required 

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

• Leading monthly inventory reporting and working closely with cross functional teams to drive to targets
• Helping support the overall seasonal buy strategy from an inventory perspective, providing targets and guidelines to teams involved 
• Building improved reporting and visibility for senior stakeholders related to gross margin and distribution & transport
• Working with business partners to review and understand freight cost variances and other related KPIs
• Being a key stakeholder in decision analysis for strategic priorities, providing insights particularly as it pertains to gross margin and product costing

Are you our next FA, FP&A – Product & Supply Chain?

• You have 3+ years proven experience in Finance, Accounting and/or Financial Planning & Analysis role
• You have a bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting or equivalent and ideally have your CPA, CMA, CA, CFA, or MBA
• You have exceptional attention to detail
• You have advanced analytical skills with a strong aptitude for MS Excel and data analysis tools, including Power BI
• You can prioritize and manage multiple tasks within tight deadlines
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and can collaborate with individuals across departments, organizations, and countries
• You can coordinate and lead projects to completion
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
• You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• You can balance autonomy and collaboration
• You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
• You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it

Equal Opportunity

Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance. 

Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.

All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.

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