What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Finance, Forecast & Close position at Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.?
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At Bed Bath & Beyond, we believe that everyone should “Be You!”. Bed Bath & Beyond is a community that upholds a culture of understanding, acceptance, and respect. We believe a person’s individuality, traits, beliefs, and characteristics should be valued and embraced. Living by this ethos is essential to the success of our business. Our goal is to foster a more inclusive environment where every employee visibly demonstrates inclusive behaviors and respect for individuals.
What You’ll Do
Forecast & Outlook
This position requires you to sit, stand and perform general office functions. You may also be required to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally. Bending, stooping and reaching are also frequently required.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and associates. This policy includes our commitment to ensure that all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status (including Vietnam era veterans), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other non-job-related characteristic protected by law.
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At Bed Bath & Beyond, we believe that everyone should “Be You!”. Bed Bath & Beyond is a community that upholds a culture of understanding, acceptance, and respect. We believe a person’s individuality, traits, beliefs, and characteristics should be valued and embraced. Living by this ethos is essential to the success of our business. Our goal is to foster a more inclusive environment where every employee visibly demonstrates inclusive behaviors and respect for individuals.
What You’ll Do
Forecast & Outlook
- Own the monthly forecast and full-year outlook across all lines of business: establish the calendar, develop templates, understand and pressure test assumptions, and lead consolidation.
- Build a driver-based forecast that links channel, cost, and SG&A inputs to consolidated Revenue, EBITDA, and Cash Flow.
- Lead gap-closure and task-back exercises when the outlook falls short of plan, assigning owners and tracking delivery.
- Partner with the Controller and Accounting team on the month-end close calendar, flash results, accruals, and reconciliation of management reporting to GAAP results.
- Establish clear handoffs, definitions, and controls between FP&A and Accounting so the business works from one version of the truth.
- Support quarterly reporting and investor-relations materials in partnership with Control, Legal, and the FP&A Lead.
- Run a monthly business review cadence that ends in decisions, built on rigorous KPI and variance analysis.
- Prepare and present executive-ready materials for the CFO, CEO, and Executive Leadership Team, distilling complex results into a clear narrative and recommended actions.
- Proactively surface risks and opportunities to senior leaders before they show up in results.
- Design and document scalable forecast and close processes; automate where possible and reduce cycle time.
- Partner on planning-system and reporting-tool improvements.
- Lead and develop the Senior Forecast Analyst and coordinate forecast contributors across the Finance organization.
- 10 years of FP&A experience, including 3 years owning a forecast and/or monthly close review process at the manager or director level.
- Proven track record of building finance processes from the ground up — calendars, templates, controls, and governance.
- Strong working knowledge of accounting and close mechanics (accruals, reserves, GAAP vs. management reporting) and a history of close partnership with Controllership.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication, with demonstrated experience presenting to and advising senior executives.
- Advanced financial modeling skills; experience with EPM / planning systems (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive, OneStream, Hyperion).
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- CPA, or a public accounting / controllership background combined with FP&A.
- Public company experience, including earnings preparation and guidance.
- Retail or consumer products experience.
- Experience in a transformation or high-change environment.
- A documented, on-time monthly forecast and close calendar adopted across Finance and Accounting.
- Measurable improvement in forecast accuracy and reduced close-to-review cycle time.
- A monthly business review that consistently ends in decisions and owned actions.
- Recognition by the CFO and executive team as the trusted source on where the business will land.
This position requires you to sit, stand and perform general office functions. You may also be required to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally. Bending, stooping and reaching are also frequently required.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and associates. This policy includes our commitment to ensure that all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status (including Vietnam era veterans), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other non-job-related characteristic protected by law.
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