About the Role
As a Manager of Finance at Banana Republic, you will drive strategic financial planning and business performance. Operating in a fast-paced and complex environment, you will provide financial guidance, modeling, and analytical insights to inform key decision-making across multiple stakeholders. This role is responsible for long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, and optimizing profitabilitycollaborating closely with Central Finance, Brand FP&A, Real Estate, Store Development, Inventory Management, and Data Science teams to ensure financial accuracy, profitability and effectiveness.What You'll Do
Develop and implement multi-year financial plans covering sales, margin, discounting, inventory management, and overall business KPIs across market channels.
Oversee pre- and in-season media profitability, ensuring financial rigor and detailed metric assessments .
Act as a key liaison to Central Finance for strategic planningevaluating and improving planning processes to enhance organizational effectiveness.
Lead monthly top-down forecasting, creating lever-driven forecast ranges (low/mid/high scenarios).
Partner with Data Science to integrate consumer insights and demand forecasts into financial planning.
Deliver accurate financial close processes, reporting, and analysis for internal and external stakeholders.
Prepare and present insightful financial reviews and executive presentations that drive strategic action.
Identify and research variances across forecast, budget, and prior-year data, proactively surfacing opportunities for improvement.
Cultivate strong cross-functional relationships across finance, marketing analytics, merchandising, and store operations.
Who You Are
Highly analytical with expertise in financial modeling, forecasting principles, and advanced mathematics.
Strong business acumen with knowledge of profitability drivers, media principles, and P&L management.
Skilled in managing complex data requests and applying research methodologies to financial analysis.
Action-oriented mindset with the ability to drive strategic initiatives.
Exceptional Excel , PowerPoint, AI proficiency and presentation skills.
Finance , Accounting, Business, Economics, Mathematics or equivalent experience.
35 years of experience in Finance, Marketing Analytics, Merchandise Planning, or related fields.