Senior FP&A Leader - IBP, Global Product Finance

BoF Careers; Nutley (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation in Nutley, NJ is seeking a strategic FP&A leader to drive financial planning and analytics across IBP, inventory, and multi-year revenue planning. You will partner with senior leadership to shape financial strategy and optimize working capital while guiding a team of finance professionals.

The role emphasizes global coordination, integration of AI analytics into processes, and transformation initiatives to support sustainable profitable growth across the brand portfolio.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Track record of building and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Understanding of IBP processes and systems.
• Experience in supply chain finance and operations.
• Experience in leading transformation initiatives.
• Advanced financial planning and analytics expertise.
• Proven ability to influence at senior leadership levels.
• Experience with SAP, BI tools, Planning tools and financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the enterprise financial partner for the IBP process, provide strategic oversight and executive decision support.
• Establish and own financial governance for IBP with escalation mechanisms.
• Lead financial alignment of IBP outputs with targets and enterprise plans.
• Drive integration between financial forecasts and multi-year demand plans.
• Own the financial integrity of the Long-Range Revenue Plan and risk assessments.
• Oversee global inventory financial performance and forecasting accuracy.
• Guide trade-offs across service, growth, margin and cash objectives.
• Provide senior-level oversight of working capital through the IBP cycle.
• Support advanced modeling and analytics for Demand and Inventory Planning.
• Lead cost center management for Product/Merchandising teams and cost optimization strategies.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Financial governance

Executive communication

Stakeholder influence

Team building

Tools

SAP

BI tools

Planning tools

Financial systems

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation in Nutley, NJ is seeking a strategic FP&A leader to drive financial planning and analytics across IBP, inventory, and multi-year revenue planning. You will partner with senior leadership to shape financial strategy and optimize working capital while guiding a team of finance professionals.

The role emphasizes global coordination, integration of AI analytics into processes, and transformation initiatives to support sustainable profitable growth across the brand portfolio.