Especialista FP&A

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning

• Lead the annual budgeting process, forecasting, and periodic financial reviews.
• Prepare short-, medium-, and long-term financial projections.
• Consolidate financial information from various company areas.
• Develop financial scenarios and sensitivity analyses to support decision-making.

Financial Performance

• Continuously monitor the company's financial results, comparing actuals against the budget and forecast.
• Identify variances, investigate root causes, and recommend action plans.
• Prepare executive presentations for the Board and headquarters, translating figures into strategic recommendations.
• Develop and track financial and operational KPIs.

Business Partnering

• Act as a financial partner to the Commercial, Retail, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Operations areas.
• Support managers in decision-making through clear, objective financial analysis.
• Translate complex financial information into language accessible to business areas.
• Participate in the financial evaluation of new projects, commercial campaigns, store openings, and strategic initiatives.

Retail Performance

• Analyze profitability by store, region, sales channel, product category, and brand.
• Conduct profitability studies and support decisions regarding the product portfolio.
• Identify opportunities to improve margins and operational efficiency. Expense Control
• Monitor the company's operating expenses.
• Track costs related to store operations, logistics, inventory, marketing, and administrative expenses.
• Support managers in developing cost optimization plans without compromising business performance.

Interface with Merchandising

• Act as a financial partner to the Merchandising department.
• Translate the financial impact of commercial and portfolio strategies.
• Understand cost structure and pricing logic to support financial analysis, without being involved in product registration or data entry operations.

Business Intelligence and Innovation

• Develop executive dashboards in Power BI.
• Automate reports and processes using Business Intelligence tools.
• Leverage Artificial Intelligence to boost productivity, generate predictive analyses, and automate financial processes.
• Continuously seek new technologies to enhance the efficiency of the FP&A function.
• Propose improvements to processes, KPIs, and financial analysis models.

Governance and Continuous Improvement

• Ensure the quality, reliability, and consistency of financial information.
• Standardize KPIs and analysis methodologies.
• Participate in financial transformation and continuous improvement projects.
• Serve as a technical authority for the organization's financial analysis.

About Skechers

Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.