Strategic FP&A Director - Corporate Finance & Planning

Caleres Inc.; Clayton (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Caleres Inc. seeks a seasoned FP&A leader to align financial objectives with business strategy across the company. You will develop planning analyses, budgets, and forecasts; provide proactive insights to executive leadership and the Board.

You will build dashboards, monitor performance, and support strategic decisions with scenario modeling. Ideal candidates have 7+ years in FP&A or strategy, an economics or finance degree (MBA preferred), and strong analytical capabilities to drive ROI in a

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability to provide senior leadership with analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance.
• Routinely communicate business, financial and operational performance trends, using appropriate metrics and suggest actions.
• Develop processes and metrics to manage financial support for the marketing team, including cost management and ROI.
• Lead scenario modeling efforts for development and growth of the company.
• Prepare presentations in support of Board and executive meetings.
• Develop processes for routine analytical reviews of company performance using analytics resources and tools.
• Monitor performance and competitive dynamics of strategic partners & competitors.
• Analyze forecasts vs analyst expectations and identify discrepancies.
• Analyze trends in revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capex.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Executive reporting

Scenario modeling

Variance analysis

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Finance or Economics degree

MBA preferred

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Caleres Inc. seeks a seasoned FP&A leader to align financial objectives with business strategy across the company. You will develop planning analyses, budgets, and forecasts; provide proactive insights to executive leadership and the Board.

You will build dashboards, monitor performance, and support strategic decisions with scenario modeling. Ideal candidates have 7+ years in FP&A or strategy, an economics or finance degree (MBA preferred), and strong analytical capabilities to drive ROI in a