Rhoback is looking for a pro-active, trustworthy, and analytically hungry FP&A Analyst to join our finance department with a primary focus of managing Rhoback’s Inventory forecasting, purchasing, and tracking.
The FP&A Analyst should have excellent quantitative and analytical skills and be an expert in Excel. The best candidate has strong experience in FP&A and/or corporate finance, with experience in inventory management, ideally in retail or consumer goods, as well as experience with Oracle enterprise reporting tools. Candidate should have exceptional organization skills and attention to detail to effectively own Rhoback’s inventory forecast. Candidate should also be comfortable pulling raw data, organizing it into a digestible format, and communicating it to inform tactical and strategic decisions.
This role will be based in Charlottesville, VA and will start as soon as possible. Individual will be reporting to Rhoback’s FP&A Manager and will work closely with Rhoback’s founders, along with merchandising, design, marketing, and product development teams.
Position Responsibilities:
The responsibilities of the FP&A Analyst include, but are not limited to the following:
Inventory:
Plan out quarterly inventory production runs / POs based on cash flow projections and strategic goals
Maintain, update, and improve inventory forecasting tool to track product sales performance, building on historical performance, current trends, and seasonality
Triangulate inventory shipments with sales projections to determine inventory stock-out dates and flag potential emergency purchase order needs
Create inventory purchase orders in conjunction with product design team and manufacturers, based on cash flow projections and deep knowledge of sales velocity of all product SKUs
Continually track sales velocity of all product styles to develop insight on product trends and seasonality
Categorize Rhoback’s product styles based on velocity and sales performance
Other:
Create, own and distribute daily inventory metrics to leadership
Build, track, and forecast budgets for all Marketing and SG&A cost categories
Build projection process for all packaging, SWAG, office and warehouse supplies tied to sales projections
Prepare and analyze cost variance to budgets to inform strategic decision-making
Take on any ad-hoc analysis from FP&A Manager and cofounders to support strategic decision making
Requirements:
College degree required
2+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience
Analytical and quantitative with acute attention to detail
Expert at Excel and building forecasting models from scratch
Comfortable owning and improving existing financial models
Ability to work independently and switch rapidly between projects
Self-starter work ethic with a desire to make a positive impact
Strong internal and external communication skills
Ability to think strategically, advise and impact Rhoback’s direction with data-driven analysis
Propensity to go above and beyond and think outside the box
Openness to change and new ways of solving problems
No-task-too-small attitude
Trustworthy and full of integrity
Company Mission: Rhoback’s is a community of passionate and motivated people looking to generate positivity, bring people together, and inspire activity by creating high quality products and engaging content for those who seek inspiration, motivation, and connection with a #craveactivity mentality.