What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis position at Skechers?
Who We Are
Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers—the Comfort Technology Company®—has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.
About The Role
As a Financial Analyst on the Skechers Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team, you will be responsible for analyzing metrics and trends to understand results and support business decisions. In collaboration with operations leaders and partners, you will prepare annual financial plans, on-going financial forecasts, and long-term strategic plans. You will also provide key input on business models and initiatives, designed to drive growth and profitability.
What You'll Do
About Skechers
Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing benefits@skechers.com.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily. The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.
Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers—the Comfort Technology Company®—has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.
About The Role
As a Financial Analyst on the Skechers Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team, you will be responsible for analyzing metrics and trends to understand results and support business decisions. In collaboration with operations leaders and partners, you will prepare annual financial plans, on-going financial forecasts, and long-term strategic plans. You will also provide key input on business models and initiatives, designed to drive growth and profitability.
What You'll Do
- Prepare accurate and timely analytics, reports, and insightful observations for business leaders to increase operational effectiveness and efficiency
- Help develop an annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and a long-range plan
- Support various business leaders with ad hoc operational and strategic analyses and projects
- Assist with the development of meaningful reports and analytics to support the needs of business leaders and executives, the board, and external stakeholders
- Excellent oral and written communication skills across all levels of an organization, and especially with senior management.
- Able to quickly understand and explain complex data/issues and distill complex and voluminous data into understandable information for a wide audience.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills.
- Strong initiative with a proven ability to follow-through on projects and bring them to a timely completion.
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate forward looking changes required for shifts in business operations.
- Ability to support organizational shifts.
- Strong systems aptitude and business focus.
- Solid understanding of accounting principles and procedures.
- Highly proficient PC skills, especially in Excel, Word and Power Point.
- Comfortable working under tight deadlines.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to gain trust at the highest levels of an organization.
- Ability to work collaboratively and in group situations.
- Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in finance, accounting or a related field.
- Minimum of two (2) years of work experience in financial planning and analysis or in an adjacent field of finance, investment banking, consulting, business intelligence or accounting.
- Oracle and / or Hyperion Planning experience preferred.
About Skechers
Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing benefits@skechers.com.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily. The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.
Salary : $71,000 - $85,000