Director, Wholesale Finance
Job Posting for Director, Wholesale Finance at Designer Brands
General Summary
The Director Wholesale Finance leads the vision and strategy for financial responsibilities for the Brands Wholesale businesses. Along with the VP of Brand Finance, the position drives and influences the leadership team as the primary strategist for the brands wholesale business.
Reports to: VP – Brand Finance
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the Sales and Margin wholesale forecasts and budgets to achieve strategic objectives, working closely with the VP of Brands Planning
- Lead through financial perspective in interactions with Segment business partners, steers the business to stronger performance, and clearly, concisely, and directly engages in a dialog to highlight emerging problem areas bringing proposed solutions and actions to the discussion.
- Strategic partner to Planning, Finance, Design and Sales teams to drive assortment architecture that delivers the company financial objectives.
- Influence planning and allocation strategies, processes, and procedures to achieve the financial objectives of the company; update and improve as needed to accommodate increased complexities.
- Develop strong relationships across the organization to facilitate efficient and effective information flows and develop a keen understanding of the business to provide proactive insight; identify and recommend resolution for critical issues, opportunities, and risks.
Required Skills:
- Strategic/Forward thinker, with the functional expertise and experience to manage both a broad scope of responsibility and a high level of complexity.
- Effective leadership presence and persuasive communication/influencing skills with the ability to be empathetic, aware of team needs and gain the confidence and respect of the team.
- Strong interpersonal skills. Strong communicator capable of interacting with the Brands business partners and the President of Brands.
- Solid control orientation and financial planning & analysis background. Experience enhancing management reporting and budgeting/forecasting processes is critical.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and think outside the box to provide a continuous flow of new ideas and process improvements.
- Results oriented, proactive and focused with strong work ethic.
- Ability to get to the root cause of issues quickly and act decisively while seeing the “bigger picture” and communicating clear messages to the business as a whole.
- A track record of successfully managing several disciplines within the finance function and adding value in the growth and development of a business.
- Create strong morale with team, share wins and successes, foster open dialogue. Team player with the ability to build deep relationships with customers and respect among other functional teams.
- Energetic, innovative, and resourceful in overcoming barriers and ensuring solutions; high performance standards.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- A genuine passion for customer service and quality.
Competencies
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP – Deliberately communicates overall business strategy and connects it to the work of the functional team. Anticipates future trends and implications accurately. Leverages market knowledge to anticipate, capitalize on and drive change. Articulate credible pictures and visions of possibilities that will create sustainable value. Creates competitive and breakthrough strategies that show a clear connection between vision and action. Is willing to champion an idea or position despite dissent or political risk. Tackles tough issues, sharing sensitive messages or unpopular points of view effectively. Influences inside and outside of functional area for positive impact on business performance. Owns the development of successors and individuals who have potential for further development.
LEADING & MOTIVATING – Serves as a champion and driver of DSW Values and culture. Attracts and selects the best talent to meet current and future business needs. Motivates and inspires others through rewards, authentic connections and meaningful recognition. Fosters diversity and an inclusive workplace where individual differences are valued and leveraged. Seeks new ways to evolve and challenge self. Develops team through delegation, challenges outside of the comfort zone and effective coaching and feedback. Shares ideas in a compelling manor that gains commitment. Champions change for positive impact on business results.
MANAGING FOR RESULTS – Establishes models and enforces accountability. Gets the most out of available resources and secures rare resources others cannot get. Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders. Persists in accomplishing objectives. Pushes the team to elevate goals as results are achieved. Transforms functional area to achieve maximum results. Seizes opportunities and connects business insights to increase profit and revenue.
Experience:
- A minimum of 10 years of finance experience in wholesale, brand or other multi-unit consumer business.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA and/or CPA a plus.
Education:
- BS/BA required in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics or Economics or similar analytical field
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