Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As the Vice President, Global FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis), you are
responsible for leading the Global FP&A function at Arc’teryx. You, along with
your team, will drive business planning and overall performance management
through ownership of the brand financial planning cycle, including the
long-range planning process, annual operating plan, margin and supply chain
finance, inventory and capital planning, quarterly forecasting, and corporate
SG&A management. You are a key partner to the Executive team in providing a
global perspective on our business trends, financial performance, and in shaping
our annual outlook and long-range plans.
This role is based in North Vancouver, BC, and is open to the right candidate
based in the US who is willing to relocate and/or travel to North Vancouver once
a month for a week.
Meet Your Future Team:
You are a key leader amongst the Finance Leadership team and drive financial
stewardship throughout the organization. As the VP, Global FP&A, you lead a team
responsible for the following areas: Strategic Finance, Corporate FP&A, HQ
Business Partnership and Expense planning, Capital Planning, Product & Supply
Chain Finance, Planning Systems and Indirect Procurement. In addition to
providing financial stewardship for our Brand HQ functions, your team will
provide structure and guidance to our Regional Finance teams to ensure a well
co-ordinated and transparent planning and reporting process.
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If you were the Vice President, Global FP&A now, here are some of the core
activities you would be doing:
- Drive and transform the annual and quarterly planning cycle, including the
LRP, Budget and forecast process, in-quarter performance management and
monthly and weekly reporting to key stakeholders
- Leading the overall Budget process across the Brand including target setting,
regional and HQ function co-ordination, Budget reviews and investment
prioritization
- Preparing the monthly and quarterly finance reviews (MFR/QFR) for Group and
Board Reporting including drafting related Amer / Board communications and
presentations
- Preparing, analyzing and distributing internal financial reports to track
performance globally, by region and across key functions
- Leading and presenting at key review discussions with senior leadership
(Budget, Forecast reviews, QBRs, etc), delivering quantitative analytic work
that unlocks business insights and drives decision making
- Developing and maintaining the long-range financial plan, ensuring it is
aligned with our overall strategic plan.
- Build finance business partnership capability over new emerging business
units (ie: Footwear, Veilance)
- Ensuring our long-range plans connect with our supply and raw materials
planning
- Lead and set accurate margin forecasts and inventory projections, and helping
to steer the Open to Buy process and management of our inventory posture
- Partner with Brand CFO to set overall expense posture and ensure FP&A
provides high quality business partnership to all Global Functions in expense
planning/management, decision support and investment analysis. Set the
appropriate framework and review cadence to ensure expense discipline and
ownership
- Building a robust capital planning and steering framework to be applied at HQ
and across all regions that improves our assessment, approval and evaluation
of key capital projects
- Engaging and providing guidance and structure to our Regional Finance Heads
and their respective teams on planning and reporting process, KPI and
performance tracking, ensuring consistent application across regions and
leveraging technology to drive efficiency
- Facilitating knowledge-sharing and best practices across region finance teams
to drive process improvements and enhance region capabilities
- Organizing and leading regional finance reviews to discuss forecasts,
understand performance drivers and identify key risks
- Organizing materials in preparation for the Group Quarterly Earnings Call,
including pulling together financial results, key KPIs and data points.
Assist in framing expectations on guidance setting, and addressing key
investor focus areas with respect to the Technical Apparel Segment
- Leading the Indirect Procurement function to drive expense leverage across
our controllable cost base and implementation of best practices in sourcing,
evaluating, and negotiating with suppliers and vendors
- Partnering closely with peers in the Finance Leadership team to drive overall
Finance Transformation across our key functional strategic priorities
- Liaising with Amer Group FP&A teams in ensuring brand processes are well
synchronized with Group calendar timelines and overall deliverables
- Developing relationships with other FP&A leaders across the Amer Group
portfolio in sharing best practices and opportunities for improvement
- Supporting Brand CFO on key strategic projects and initiatives
- You bring industry insights to senior leadership, benchmarking Arc’teryx
performance with public comparable companies and across the global retail
space
- Leading a high performing team, developing future leaders at Arc’teryx and
recognizing and building your leaders area of expertise
Are you our next Vice President, Global FP&A?
- You have 15+ years of experience within FP&A, and 10+ years of corporate
leadership
- You have a university degree in Commerce or Business Administration coupled
with CPA or MBA
- You have exceptional analytical and modeling skills and expert knowledge of
financial statements
- You ideally have international business experience, and/or worked in a
matrixed organizational structure
- You have demonstrated ability to drive projects across an organization
- You can step in and lead with minimal instruction, while bringing
stakeholders alongside you
- You can prioritize and manage multiple tasks within tight deadlines
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- You have exceptional leadership skills, providing inspiration, clarity and
direction to your teams and ability to influence across functional peers in
the organization
- You have experience with enterprise financial planning applications (ie:
Oracle, OneStream, etc) and have led/sponsored implementations
- You have experience working with BI tools and multi-platform, multi-currency
environments
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$224,000 - $308,000 a year
A reasonable estimate of the pay range is CAD$224,000 - CAD$308,000 at the time
of this posting. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors such
as job-related skills, relevant experience, education and/or training. The upper
end of the range is typically reserved for candidates with demonstrated
expertise that is above job requirements or who bring exceptional directly
transferable experience.
Please note that the range details above reflect the base pay only and does not
include our competitive bonus program and benefits that we offer.
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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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