Athleta Head Of Brand Finance

About the Role
This position will assume a Head of Finance role for Athleta, including day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial-related activities for the brand. As a direct partner to the Brand President and their business teams, this leader will use insights, financial KPIs, business outcomes and Brand/Company strategies and goals to drive financial performance of the Brand. As a key member of the Finance Leadership Team, the VP, Brand Finance will report to the SVP, Brand Finance.What You'll Do

• Provide strategic financial leadership in the development for the continuous advancement and evaluation of short and long-term financial objectives.
• Champion financial leadership of cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization (Digital, Stores, Sourcing, Product/Merch, and Tech) while ensuring delivery of Financial goals and maintaining Financial controls.
• Ensure credibility of Finance group by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts.
• Drive the sales, margin and inventory outcomes for the Brand that deliver on optimum profit. Provide insights on how commercial plans tie to delivering forecast and budget outcomes for the Brand.
• Evaluate Real Estate investments including new stores, remodels etc while balancing against driving a healthy fleet through increasing $s/PSF. Manage the brand capital plan to achieve business cases, maximize return and deliver expected ROIC
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with brand leadership teams to identify needs and seek full range of business solutions; provide executive management with advice on the financial implications of business activities for both brand and Gap Inc.
• Align financial strategies to the business and lead the team to invest in profitable growth, proactively evaluate and advise on the impact of long range planning, introduction of new programs/ strategies and regulatory action.
• Drive focus on stakeholders (customers, partners and competitors), foster an entrepreneurial mind-set geared at problem solving.
• Partner with the Commercial Finance team to utilize analyses and reporting to drive profitable financial outcomes within the Brand.
• Guide and coach the organization to improve their financial decision making, controls, and develop an empowered, entrepreneurial culture focused on Profitability and Return on Investment
• Engage, motivate, recruit, develop, and retain high performing teams through varying business climates with effective communication, empowerment, skill building and leadership
• Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and ensure compliance.

Who You Are

• Extensive financial experience, preferably within retail, including Corporate FP&A, M&A, and business insights-BS/BA required, MBA or CPA preferred
• Proven ability to connect the dots on how value gets created, drive growth, and profitability
• Ability to use analytics to support complex decisions and create more accountability across the brand
• Profound understanding of Vertical Retail including Merchandise Planning, Allocation, and Pricing; Inventory Management and Commercial Planning; Supply Chain and Sourcing
• Proven strengths in Marketing Effectiveness & Brand Management
• Ability to lead with agility, pivoting resources to the Brand's most pressing issues and strategic vision
• Ability to staff, motivate and lead department; ability to influence and drive strategy through cross functional teams
• Capable of strategically influencing business partners through diplomacy, building consensus, negotiating, and exercising leadership skills
• Proven ability to look toward the broadest possible view of an issue/challenge
• Student of the competition with innovative and transformational mindset; profound experience in broad-scale change and rapid growth