Financial Director

COSABELLA, meaning “beautiful thing”, is an American premium lingerie and loungewear brand with Italian heritage. COSABELLA was established in 1983 and is based in Miami, Florida (US). It is part of CALIDA GROUP, a globally active company with its head office in Switzerland. CALIDA GROUP consists of the brands CALIDA, AUBADE and COSABELLA in the underwear and lingerie segment, as well as the outdoor furniture brand LAFUMA MOBILIER. It is a stock-listed company with registered shares being traded on SIX Swiss Exchange. Become part of the CALIDA GROUP family and shape the future of tomorrow with us as:

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Miami, Florida (US)

Your role:

Based in our headquarters in Miami, Florida (US) and reporting to the General Manager as well as to the Group CFO, you will lead the entire finance department and oversee a wide set of responsibilities delivering consolidated management reporting, financial analysis, decision support and business insights to the senior decision makers at the company. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will safeguard and optimize COSABELLA’s value, the end-to-end business and financial planning process responsible for driving deeper insights and pro-actively contributing to strategical, financial, operational and workforce related performance and decisions.

You will be the individual responsible for executing the following responsibilities:

• Management and further development of the business finance and accounting system within the framework of the Group guidelines.
• Lead consolidated reporting and analysis activities working closely with Group Controlling Team of the CALIDA GROUP in Switzerland, including preparing, analyzing, and interpreting data and trends across the consolidated and individual businesses channels.
• Develop a deep network of internal stakeholders across sales, planning, purchasing, operations and finance to stay connected to business drivers that impact financial performance.
• Analyze monthly financial statements to identify variances between planned and actual, understand the cause, suggest measures and adjust forecasts and long-range plans accordingly.
• Ownership and delivery of financial and operational dashboards and reporting packages for Executive Management & Group Controlling Team including key business performance metrics, results and variance analysis for revenue, margin and other FP&A responsibilities in a timely and consistent manner.
• Responsible for oversight of tax issues related to all Group companies, including yearly tax return, state tax and retail sales tax topics.
• Advising and supporting the Group CFO and the SLT colleagues in strategic (financial) management and in the economic use of resources.
• As a member of the SLT, co-responsibility for the successful operational management as well as proactive participation in strategic decision-making.
• Prepare and interpret management reporting packages with the goal of understanding financial performance and playing the role of connecting the dots
• Prepare both ad-hoc and regular financial presentations for senior finance and business decision makers, for purposes of scenario analysis, business case analysis, customer relationships, financial forecasting, financing, tax return and regulatory/audit engagements.
• Build and maintain financial models to monitor and stress test the profitability and overall health of the consolidated and individual businesses channels.
• Partner with the business stakeholders to develop the annual operating budget.
• Ensure compliance with applicable internal and external accounting standards and financial policies.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve existing processes, strengthen internal controls and optimize data management.
• Ensure compliance with established controls processes.
• Leading subordinates according to clear objectives.

What is important to us:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Finance or Accounting
• A minimum of 10-years of Finance Planning & Analysis experience
• Strong quantitative, financial, and analytical skills
• A keen eye for the details and eager to drive optimization/automatization
• Strong organizational, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities and deliverables
• Ability to work effectively to influence cross-functional teams across the business
• Strong Excel and data analysis tools skills and comfortable working with large data sets

 Your benefits:

• Competitive salary.
• Great place to work.
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance.
• Long/short-term disability and life insurance.
• 401K retirement plan with matching benefits.
• Paid time off.
• Generous employee discount.

**Cosabella is an equal opportunity employer**

Are you ready?

We look forward to meeting you!