Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
Portland
In short
As the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) for the Americas, you will chart the financial strategic course for On’s largest region. Reporting directly to the CFO of the Americas and serving on the Regional Finance Leadership team, you will drive financial planning, forecasting, analysis, and reporting to empower executive decision-making. As our business continues to expand, we need a numbers-driven, process-oriented leader with the agility to tackle complex challenges within our disruptive finance organization. This role offers the opportunity to shape the financial future of our business while providing ample avenues for personal and professional development.
Your Mission
- Drive the Financial Roadmap: Own and execute the long-range planning, annual budgeting, and quarterly forecasting cycles across the region for Net Sales and SG&A costs, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery.
- Deliver Executive Insights: Consolidate regional financial plans and deliver insightful reporting—including P&L statements and key financial summaries—to optimize long-term performance and guide executive strategy.
- Translate Data into Action: Partner across the organization to decode business drivers, interpret monthly financial results, and translate complex variances into actionable, strategic business insights.
- Empower the Team: Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of Financial Analysts, fostering a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and strong team spirit.
- Mitigate Risk & Model Growth: Conduct rigorous scenario and sensitivity analyses to support risk assessment and proactive business growth planning.
- Champion Strategic Initiatives: Lead key finance initiatives and cross-functional projects, applying your financial expertise to broader organizational priorities.
Your Story
- Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CPA/CMA highly preferred.
- Industry Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial controlling, or corporate finance, ideally within the footwear, apparel, or broader consumer goods industries.
- Proven Leadership: 6+ years of dedicated people leadership, with a clear track record of scaling team capabilities to meet dynamic, cross-functional business demands.
- Strategic Alignment: Demonstrated expertise in orchestrating sophisticated financial planning and budgeting processes that seamlessly align company strategy with financial targets.
- Autonomous Execution: Comfortable operating independently to define priorities, break down complexity, and align diverse groups around a unified financial strategy.
- Stakeholder Influence: Exceptional relationship management skills, with the ability to foresee varied interests, influence cross-functional partners, and drive sound, complex decision-making.
- Technical Proficiency: Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills, including hands-on experience with Business Intelligence platforms (Looker preferred) and Enterprise Budgeting Tools (Anaplan preferred).
- Compelling Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, specifically the ability to translate dense financial data into clear, compelling business narratives.
Your Team
Join the forward-thinking and action-oriented Americas Finance team as a strategic co-pilot driving premium growth. We constantly strive to challenge the status quo, shape tomorrow’s best practices, and leverage the latest technology to think differently and act cross-functionally. To deliver premium results, our team pairs an entrepreneurial, results-driven mindset with strong analytical and hands-on execution skills.
What we Offer
On is a place that is centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to learn, explore and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, so each person is led by purpose.
On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination. We are requesting that you provide sensitive demographic information such as gender identity and race/ethnicity to help us ensure that we are creating equitable and fair experiences for all potential future team members. You are not required to provide this demographic information and this information will in no way impact your eligibility for hire.
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