Sr Financial Analyst - Columbia Brand na Columbia Sportswear Company

ABOUT THE POSITION  

Columbia Sportswear Finance & Accounting teams oversee the financial health and forward strategy for a portfolio of four global brands. These teams exercise expertise across Compliance, Credit, Financial Planning and Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, and Strategy. Advancing traditional Finance & Accounting functions, the organization is also driving exciting innovation in the application of advanced analytics and automated intelligence.  

Columbia Sportswear Financial Planning and Analysis teams drive value by helping create sustainable, profitable growth through robust business partnership and delivering insightful analysis to support strategic decision making.  

The Sr Financial Planning Analyst plays a crucial role in supporting the financial planning and product creation process for the Columbia brand engine.  Within this role you’ll compile, analyze, and present financial performance and financial outlook to finance leadership.  You will be relied upon for critical analytic support to shape profitable product line development.   

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE  

• Prepare accurate and timely reporting, demonstrating attention to detail and a commitment to the end product 

• Perform standardized and ad hoc analysis of product line productivity.  Identify and offer remedies for drivers of reduced profitability 

• Create insightful and accurate reporting tools, processes, and ad hoc analyses with a focus on clear storytelling and action-oriented output. Develop analytic tools to help business partners understand and make informed decisions about their business 

• Relentlessly drive continuous improvement. Look for the next opportunity for efficiency and improved outcomes.  

• Work with brand finance director to plan, execute, and analyze financial forecasting processes, including the long-range plan, budget, and quarterly forecasts and guidance, as well as product profitability waypoints, including target setting, margin reviews, and pricing reviews. 

• Interface with finance and business partners, including senior leadership.  Communicate complex ideas and findings across varied stakeholders and leverages data and communication skills to influence behavior.  

• Become an expert in finding, manipulating, reconciling, and drawing conclusions from data coming from multiple sources and systems. 

YOU ARE  

• Detail-oriented and able to work in a fast-paced environment with accuracy 

• Able to build rapport and effective relationships with a large number of partners while serving as a challenger in the development of sound financial/business plans 

• Curious, going beyond the surface to find opportunity and harvest it 

• Collaborative, works well as part of a team but able to drive and contribute individually as needed 

• Customer-focused and influencing, capable of emphasizing information to enable and guide cross-functional Senior Management decision-making processes aimed at growth and profitability 

YOU HAVE  

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or a related field, or equivalent combination of skill and experience 

• 5+ years of experience focused on financial forecasting and analysis 

• Demonstrated problem-solving skills with the ability to identify potential and/or existing financial issues, evaluate available options and recommend corrective action  

• Demonstrated ability to create effective excel models and presentations  

• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)  

• Prior experience with enterprise-level planning systems such as IBM Cognos TM1, experience with visual analytics tools, such as Power BI or Tableau, a plus   

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