Venus Et Fleur Looking for Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at Los Angeles, CA Full Time

About Us
Venus ET Fleur® is the original boutique specializing in Eternity® roses placed delicately in a Parisian hatbox. With thousands of color combinations and fully customized designs available, our Real Roses That Last a Year® are truly the perfect gift for any occasion.

About You
We are looking for a proactive and hands-on FP&A Manager to own and help drive top-line growth. As the owner of all aspects related to Product Revenue and Margin, you’ll own budgeting and forecasting, support the monthly financial review process, and work on ad-hoc, strategic projects that drive product revenue and customer LTV. You’ll become the product expert and the go-to resource for providing an understanding of our customers’ engagement and purchasing behaviors as well as margin impacts that will inform and guide our merchandising strategy. You will serve as the finance business partner to the Merchandising and Marketing teams and perform ad-hoc financial analysis and build financial models that will help your business partners make the best strategic decisions that will drive revenue growth and margin expansion. This critical role is responsible for constructing the narrative around our company’s top-line growth and profitability that is supported by data-driven insights.

We are looking for a candidate with strong analytical skills and proven leadership experience to join our Finance team. Our ideal candidate is extremely analytical and solution-oriented, enjoys working cross-functionally and building relationships with their business partner(s), and thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

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• Lead all aspects of the bottoms-up modeling and forecasting of Product Revenue and Product Margin for the annual budget, quarterly re-forecasts, rolling projections, and ad-hoc strategic initiatives
• Provide detailed and insightful monthly financial reporting and variance analysis (actuals vs forecast) which includes commentary on key drivers to the Board and Executives as well as your business partners
• Own and monitor all relevant customer engagement and KPIs including retention metrics, customer behaviors such as order frequency and AOV, pricing competitiveness, product margin, SKU margin, etc.
• Directly impact revenue and margins by identifying opportunities and making strategic recommendations on pricing, product mix and expansion, marketing and promotional spend, partnerships, and customer engagement and experience
• Analyze new product launch proposals to ensure the business case and financial impacts are in line with targets as well as overall company goals and objectives
• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership in developing deep-dive analysis and presentations of key drivers impacting product revenue, product margin, and performance for the Board and Executive team

Requirements plus Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive financial analysis experience in high growth environments ideally with direct experience in FP&A and/or Revenue forecasting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting, or relevant field
• Background of investment banking, management consulting, FP&A, strategic finance, or similar strongly preferred
• Prior experience working with e-commerce business model is preferred
• Advanced proficiency with Excel; expert in creating efficient, clean, complex, and dynamic financial models
• Ability to create very strong partnerships cross-functionally
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills and strong interpersonal skills
• Highly analytical with strong attention to detail; High level of comfort with processing and analyzing large, detailed, SKU-level data sets
• Proficiency working with large-scale data mining and reporting tool

EEO Statement
We are committed to the excellence of our team and will continue to foster growth by treating our employees oh so well!
It is the policy of Venus ET Fleur to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Venus ET Fleur will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Venus ET Fleur’s programs are designed to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, directives, and regulations, and cover all human resource actions including employment, compensation, benefits, training, education, promotions, and social/recreational programs. Venus ET Fleur’s CEO and senior leadership team have the responsibility to monitor progress, reinforce policies, and hold the organization accountable to meet its objectives

Job Type: Full-time