Dir FP&A-Canada and Mexico

About the role

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter's Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter's, OshKosh B'gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's. HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT: As the Director FP&A you will be a senior financial leader responsible for driving strategic financial planning, analysis, and performance management across the Canada and Mexico organization. This role partners with cross-functional leadership to deliver actionable insights, support data-driven decision-making, and ensure the alignment of financial strategies with business objectives. The Director oversees budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, while identifying opportunities to optimize financial performance, enhance profitability, and mitigate risks. Financial Planning & Analysis (50%) - Lead forecasting and budgeting processes by owning the calendar, communication and coordination with all functional leaders on sales, margin, and spending plans, as well as investments for Canada and Mexico businesses - Lead preparation and presentation of materials for key meeting updates with the Leadership Team including MBRs, QBRs, budgets, forecasts, earnings call preparation and Board of Directors presentations - Own and drive value-added analytics for weekly, monthly and quarterly results and outlook to support managing the business along with other Retail leaders - Work effectively across the organization to research variances, understand trends and incorporate new information into future forecasts - Monitor and review SG&A spending, identify trends / issues and lead resolution of problems - Prepare and present Monthly Financial Results to Retail and Corporate Leadership with analysis of sales, margin and detailed SG&A by department - Lead the five-year long-range plan, helping to establish long-term goals for the business and to identify and quantify the initiatives to achieve them - Define the needed business cases with project teams and process owners including business outcomes and implementation plans - Facilitate cross-functional discussions; bring together key stakeholders and drive decisions - Prioritize overall company initiatives to create path forward on value creation, removing roadblocks and managing change - Establish best-in-class FP&A capabilities, tools, and analytical standards across FP&A Strategic Finance Partner (30%) - Set the financial strategy for Canada and Mexico in alignment with enterprise-wide objectives - Own financial modeling of key initiatives, investments, and projects impacting the Canada and Mexico business - Own financial evaluation and capital modeling for new stores and prototypes, including payback, ROI, and sensitivity analysis across traffic, sales productivity, rent, and operating cost assumptions - Provide decision support for Canada and Mexico Real Estate committee and executive reviews, including prioritization of projects, and recommendations on portfolio optimization - Develop and evaluate metrics to measure process improvement outcomes and their alignment with objectives - Partner with broader Financial Planning & Analysis teams on capturing P&L impacts in consolidated company forecasts and budgets - Leverage data to evaluate the progress of workstreams and overall project success, identify trends to anticipate issues, develop alternative solutions and escalate risks - Work closely with Finance leaders on all business development activities (e.g. M&A, new business proposals, etc.) Develop and coach direct reports (20%) - Coach, mentor, challenge, and develop FP&A team - Build, scale, and develop a high-performing FP&A organization, including talent strategy and succession planning WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF: (REQUIREMENTS SECTION) Must have: - 7 - 10 years of business analysis experience, including detailed P&L budgeting and forecasting in Retail or related business - Driven, able to balance multiple priorities. - Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization - Highly effective communication and presentation skills - Strong expertise with accounting principles and financial statements - General business sense, accounting / finance background, possess mastery level Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint knowledge and ability to apply this knowledge to business problems - Proficiency with Tableau, Power BI, or other similar data analysis tools, advanced Excel skills with expertise in financial modeling and ability to build business cases Preferred skills and experience: - Advanced analytical skills - Self-motivated and resourceful - Master's degree preferred - Lead Courageously: Have a strong sense of personal values that align wi