Financial Analyst – North America Omni

1001 Columbia Sportswear Comp; United States; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

EAP

Employee discounts

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Columbia Sportswear Company is seeking a Financial Analyst II for NA Omni to provide strategic and financial support to North America omni-channel teams, including US and CA wholesale and DTC. You will engage with cross-functional partners and leaders to drive planning, reporting, and analysis, contributing to growth and profitability.

You will build insightful reporting and financial models, forecast spending, and assist in long-range and quarterly planning.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in financial forecasting, budgeting, and analysis
• Strong Excel models and presentations
• Experience with visual analytics tools and planning systems

Responsibilities

• Create insightful reporting tools and ad hoc analyses for action-oriented decisions
• Develop financial justifications for investments (new stores ROI, capex, labor)
• Monitor and forecast spending across NA wholesale and DTC
• Support long-range plan, budget, and quarterly forecasts and guidance
• Prepare monthly/quarterly leadership reports with accuracy and timeliness
• Collaborate with finance and business partners to monitor deliverables

Skills

Excel modeling

Financial forecasting

Ad hoc analysis

Storytelling with data

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Finance

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

IBM Cognos TM1

Job description

This position is designated as a hybrid role based out of our headquarters near Portland, Oregon. The current expectation is for employees to work onsite four days per week, subject to change based on business needs. This in-office requirement may be adjusted at the discretion of the company. OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS. At Columbia, we’re as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide, we’re proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground. Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: “It’s perfect. Now make it better.” As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving. We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest. And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Columbia Sportswear Finance & Accounting teams oversee the financial health and forward strategy for a portfolio of four global brands. The 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. As the Financial Analyst II for NA Omni, you will provide strategic and financial support to the North America Omni Channel teams inclusive of both US and CA wholesale and direct-to-consumer businesses. Here you’ll play a crucial role in supporting the North America financial planning processes and analysis, including support of major projects. You will receive broad exposure to the North America leadership team across the omni-channel environment, as well as opportunities to work with a number of cross-functional partners and leaders.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Create insightful and accurate reporting tools, processes, and ad hoc analyses with a focus on clear storytelling and action-oriented output
• Develop financial justification for key investments (new stores ROI, capex, labor, vendor capabilities).
• Monitor and forecast keys areas of spending across the North America wholesale and direct-to-consumer businesses.
• Collaborate on the planning, execution, and analysis of North America forecasting processes, including the long-range plan, budget, and quarterly forecasts and guidance.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly reporting to leadership accurately and timely, demonstrating attention to detail and a commitment to the end-product.
• Interface with finance and business partners across the North America wholesale and DTC teams to articulate and monitor corporate deliverables.

YOU ARE

• Nimble and detail-oriented, 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, related field, or equivalent
• 2+ total years experience focused on financial forecasting, budgeting, and analysis with demonstrated organizational and communication abilities
• Advanced 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
• Experience with visual analytics tools, such as Power BI or Tableau, and prior experience with enterprise-level planning systems such as IBM Cognos TM1

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company, we’re proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community.

• Benefits that can protect your family’s financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match.
• Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services).
• In addition, Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services.
• We have extensive wellness benefits, employee discounts and a generous time off program available.

If you need an accommodation/adjustment to successfully complete and submit your application, please reach out to [e-mail] with the Subject: Applicant Assistance Requested.

Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company is a global leader in designing, sourcing, marketing, and distributing outdoor and active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment. Our four primary brands — Columbia®, Mountain Hardwear®, SOREL® and prAna® — complement each other to address the diverse needs of active consumers and their products have gained an international reputation for their innovation, quality and performance. Learn more about our family of brands here.