FP&A Manager – Gross Margin & Operations

About the role

The FP&A Manager – Gross Margin & Operations will act as the primary finance business partner for the FP&A, Operations, and Supply Chain teams. You will own the full financial lifecycle of products, from development and standard costing through production, logistics, and margin analysis, delivering data‑driven insights to improve global supply‑chain efficiency and profitability.

Key responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual financial planning for Global Operations, providing variance analysis of production costs, freight and departmental expenses.
• Maintain and revalue global product cost standards, analyse cost variances and forecast for gross‑margin management.
• Oversee inventory financial health, conduct quarterly excess‑and‑obsolete risk analysis and manage provisions.
• Serve as finance lead in the monthly S&OP process, aligning demand, capacity and financial targets.
• Prepare executive‑level financial presentations for senior leadership and ad‑hoc strategic requests.
• Determine costs for new product introductions and evaluate against margin targets.
• Provide cross‑channel profitability views across customers, doors, categories and commercial lines.
• Build and refine ROI models for supply‑chain automation, 3PL shifts and sampling programs.
• Manage month‑end close for Operations & Inventory accounts, including journal entries and balance‑sheet reconciliations.
• Coordinate cash‑flow planning with Accounting and support internal/external audits.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or business; Master’s, MBA or CPA preferred.
• 5–7 years progressive FP&A experience, with at least 2 years focused on Operations, Supply Chain or Gross Margin finance in consumer goods, beauty, retail or fashion.

Required skills

• Standard costing and cost‑variance analysis.
• Inventory and working‑capital management.
• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) integration.
• Financial reporting and executive presentation.
• ROI modeling and investment analysis.