Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (Enterprise Planning)
Job Description
Position Overview
REI Co-op is united in finding better ways to work and helping people find and enjoy the outdoors. At REI, you do your best work while receiving the support to live your best life. As the Director of FP&A for the Enterprise Planning team, you will be a strategic thought partner to business and financial executives, aligning REI’s strategic priorities with data-driven insights and sound financial stewardship. You will manage and develop a high-performing FP&A team, collaborating across divisions to build demand, revenue, margin, and inventory plans that drive enterprise value creation.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and develop a high-performing team of FP&A professionals while fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and purpose-driven performance.
- Champion FP&A best practices and modern tools to enhance forecasting, modeling, and analytics capabilities.
- Communicate key responsibilities and promote teamwork to achieve business results, ensuring adherence to legal and operational compliance.
- Lead the finance inventory examination function by driving cross-divisional visibility, reporting, planning, and accountability for inventory productivity.
- Connect planners, analysts, and technology partners across divisions to deliver automated, predictive enterprise reporting and scenario analysis that supports long-range plans, annual budgets, and forecasts.
- Translate business strategies into financial plans and investment cases, providing proactive insights on performance, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership.
- Oversee long-range planning, annual budgeting, and monthly forecasting processes while defining clear financial limits and measurable milestones.
- Monitor key financial metrics and perform comprehensive scenario analysis to support agile, data-driven decision making and effective "what-if" exercises.
- Deliver timely, executive-ready performance reporting with dashboards and insights, partnering with cross-divisional teams to develop KPIs that drive prioritized business outcomes.
- Collaborate with FP&A teams and departments such as Merchandising, Marketing, Customer & Membership, Stores, Digital, Supply Chain, Strategy, Accounting, and Technology to drive continuous improvement in enterprise planning.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of FP&A or finance leadership experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Accounting or a related field
- Exceptional business partnership skills with proven experience influencing at the executive level
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines under pressure
- Proven experience in managing teams and scaling FP&A capabilities in dynamic business environments
- Success in leading demand, revenue, and margin planning teams
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with experience preparing and presenting to senior executives
- Experience in retail, consumer, and/or technology companies
- Strong critical and problem-solving skills with a focus on employee development and team capacity building
Benefits & Perks
- Compensation: $140,300.00 - $238,600.00 per year
- Benefits: Generous employee discount, access to health benefits, a retirement savings plan, and accrued time off.
- Transparency: Commitment to pay equity and transparency in accordance with applicable laws, with salary determined by factors including skills, experience, and geographic location.
At REI, we believe the outdoors is for all. We are committed to inclusion, diversity, and fostering a culture of respect where every employee can thrive both personally and professionally.