Director - Financial Planning and Analysis - The Children's Place - Secaucus

Job description
Position Summary:
The Director, Financial Planning & analysis will be responsible for the overall budgeting, forecasting, planning and financial analysis for The Children’s Place. This leader will motivate and develop a team of finance professionals to efficiently provide sound financial analysis that will affect decision-making throughout the business.

Key Accountabilities:
Lead the annual financial plan and the quarterly financial forecast processes to provide a realistic assessment of the near term financial future, direct timely and accurate reporting/analysis and ensure that the division managers comply with corporate financial policies and procedures.
Oversight of financial planning system maintenance and enhancements to accurately consolidate, report, and provide meaningful analysis of multi-division results, forecasts, and business reviews
Present numbers and results with the ability to explain information in an organized and confident fashion to executive management orally and in quality electronic presentation decks
Responsible for driving strategic initiatives including cost saving programs, integrating acquisitions and financial system enhancements
Direct the generation of timely, accurate, and meaningful ad hoc reports on various financial results
Select, develop and motivate staff ensuring achievement of departmental and personal goals and objectives
Ability to streamline and reengineer existing processes to maximize efficiency
Identifying, scoping and completing special projects that will result in streamlining existing processes
Attending spontaneous meetings and other opportunities to prepare, organize and interpret financial information in multiple contexts (by region, product, customer, etc.) to drive decision making.

Desired Skills and Experience
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Economics
MBA preferred
10+ years experience in financial planning and analysis for a multi-product, multi-region company
5+ years of staff management experience with a proven record of developing staff level employees
Public company experience as well as strong accounting knowledge base is strongly preferred
Business Knowledge and Critical Skills
Excellent analytical skills and ability to interpret technical financial models and reports to business leaders
Exceptional leadership skills and desire to build and develop a staff of financial professionals
Excellent verbal and written skills and ability to communicate effectively with management both in the finance and business operations groups
Results-driven with an emphasis on innovation and effective process improvement and initiative
High degree of independence with ability to make decision on day-to-day financial matters
Ability to lead a team or be part of one depending on the circumstances and remain calm in a time sensitive, deadline driven environment
MS Office expertise, including Excel and Access, and ability to create and interpret complex models
Experience implementing and enhancing financial reporting systems such as Hyperion and/or Oracle

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