Director, Corporate FP&A

Caleres, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Caleres, Inc. in Missouri seeks a seasoned FP&A leader to drive planning, budgeting and forecasting across the enterprise. You will deliver senior‑level analyses, dashboards and actionable insights to guide strategic decisions and ensure financial alignment with company objectives.

You will collaborate with marketing, operations and finance to optimize ROI, manage investments and provide robust financial support for all business units and leadership teams.

Qualifications

• Analytical thinking and problem solving across business functions.
• Experience in financial planning, forecasting and budgeting.
• Strong communication of financial results to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain a planning and analysis capability for senior leadership; provide analytical tools to measure performance.
• Routinely communicate performance trends, forecasts, and strategic implications.
• Develop processes to manage financial support for marketing and company-wide initiatives.
• Lead scenario modeling for growth and investment decisions.
• Prepare executive-level presentations for Board and leadership meetings.
• Monitor KPIs across revenue, COGS, expenses and capital expenditures.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and support to executive leadership.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial planning

Education

Finance or Economics Degree

MBA preferred

7+ years experience in FP&A/consulting/strategy

Job description

Founded in 1878, Caleres, originally known as Brown Shoe Company, is a global footwear company comprised of some of the world’s most loved brands including Famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Naturalizer, Dr. Scholl's, and Allen Edmonds and many more. Caleres' legacy includes 145+ years of craftsmanship, a passion for fit with a mission to inspire people to feel great feet first.

What We Do – Accountabilities

• Assures alignment between company-wide financial objectives and business partner strategic and operations goals to drive the company toward its short and long-term objectives
• Assures all financial implications of potential decisions are considered in helping direct the thought process and actions of key business leaders/partners
• Assures the development of company operating plans, forecasts, and budgets, connecting the dots between investments and future returns and aligned with company capital allocation objectives
• Assures the evolution of the consolidated FP&A function of the company, including a) providing proactive analyses of business issues and opportunities, b) developing corporate level dashboards incorporating operational metrics, c) incorporating external market data into financial processes, d) among others

Essential Functions

• Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Company’s businesses.
• Routinely communicate business, financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics. Suggest trends, resulting implications, key actions, and strategic implications.
• Develop processes, metrics, etc. to manage all aspects of financial support for the marketing team company-wide, including cost management, ensuring financial return on investment, etc.
• Lead scenario modeling efforts for the development and growth of the company.
• Prepare presentations in support of Board of Director and other executive meetings.
• Develop and execute processes to allow for routine analytical reviews of company financial and operational performance, leveraging analytical resources and tools.
• Monitor performance and competitive dynamics of companies that are strategic partners & competitors.
• Analyze internal forecasts and estimates compared to analyst expectations and provide insight into potential discrepancies.
• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures
• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance
• Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis
• Provide support as needed to the executive leadership team

Preferred Qualifications & Education

• Finance or Economics Degree; MBA preferred
• 7+ years of experience in financial planning, consulting, strategy
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with a variety of business functions and levels

Physical Requirements And/or Environment

• Cubicle Office

Caleres is an Equal Opportunity Employer by choice. We believe our company should be as diverse as the consumers we serve. We seek and engage talented individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, lifestyles, and belief systems.

Caleres is invested in our Associates. We regularly review our pay matrices and update appropriately based on need. Starting pay is determined by several factors, including relevant skills, qualifications, and experience. The actual pay will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location. Please visit yourcaleres.com to review all associated benefits.