Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

The Sr. Director of FP&A will report directly to the CFO and actively partner with the Leadership Team and cross-functionally to drive strategic decision-making and profitable growth for Buff City Soap, primarily by providing accurate and timely financial forecasting, reporting, and analysis. The Sr. Director will have responsibility for developing and delivering a sound financial plan to achieve the company’s overall strategic vision. Importantly, she/he will lead the team’s efforts to extract valuable insights from financial analyses, which will help the company optimize its business.

Scope of Responsibilities

• Leadership:
  • Manage and develop the FP&A team to achieve excellence in short- and long-term planning and analysis to support a rapidly growing company's increasingly complex planning function.
  • Monitor and use data to dynamically advise senior leadership on critical business decisions
  • Help develop organizational priorities and goals
  • Exercise leadership of the FP&A team through a combination of empowerment and coaching to encourage staff development and elevate team performance.; maintaining a highly motivated and engaged team is a crucial success factor
• Store Performance:
  • Create monthly and quarterly financial business reviews, including reviewing results vs. plan, creating future output guidance to leadership, and explanations to address variances between actuals, last year's results, and plan
  • Present a weekly business reporting package and insights to the Leadership team
  • Manage the daily sales reporting and monitoring process, derive and present insights, and continuously enhance the reporting to include key business performance metrics
  • Build and analyze detailed Store P&Ls to determine opportunities for improvements
  • Manage and continually refine labor forecasting analytics and tools
• Budgeting and Forecasting:
  • Lead the sales forecasting process, including developing critical assumptions based on market trends and strategic plans
  • Develop annual financial budgets and manage the regular reporting process
  • Create and manage regular forecasts based on actual performance against budget
  • Build and maintain financial models to produce pro-forma financial statements (income statement, cash flow, and balance sheet)
  • Identify and quantify risks or opportunities to plan due to the current business environment and provide insights and recommendations to mitigate risks or benefit from opportunities
• Company Strategy/Board Support:
  • Work with the Leadership Team to identify other special projects and other ad hoc analysis areas, including proforma P&Ls and performance models
  • Work with the Leadership Team to provide analysis and regular reporting of financial and other business performance metrics for quarterly Board meetings and monthly updates
  • Support the development and presentation of business cases for various strategic initiatives, including those presented to the Board
• Financial Reporting and Treasury Support: 
  • Work with the CFO and Accounting to support periodic financial statements, including SEC-styled reporting such as 10-Qs and 10-Ks
  • Work with the CFO and Controller to support treasury functions such as cash forecasting

Basic and Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or master's degree in economics/finance preferred
• 7-10 years of relevant business experience (e.g., consulting, investment banking, or function-specific roles in financial planning and analysis, financial modeling, accounting)
• Superior analytical and modeling skills; ability to summarize detailed analyses/data into executive-level presentations
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to influence various business stakeholders including franchise partners
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced Excel skills required, knowledge and experience with Domo a plus
• Prior public company experience and working knowledge of GAAP accounting preferred

About Buff City Soap

Founded in 2013 and franchising since 2018, Buff City Soap continues its rapid growth trajectory across 200  locations in 25  states. Buff City Soap’s delightfully smelling and uniquely handmade plant-based soaps, laundry, bath and body products are disrupting the retail beauty and consumer goods categories, and Buff City Soap was recognized in Entrepreneur’s Top 100 “Best of the New” franchise rankings. For more information visit the Buff City Soap website: www.buffcitysoap.com