FP&A Manager

Summary

Join Koala, a rapidly growing furniture company, as a Finance Partner! This key role will support the US Country Manager and various departments in achieving sales and EBITDA targets. You will be responsible for budget preparation, financial analysis, insightful reporting, and driving marketing ROI. The ideal candidate possesses 4-8 years of finance experience in e-commerce, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication abilities. Koala offers a remote-friendly work environment, generous time off, competitive benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• 4-8 years' experience working in a finance partner role and a solid understanding of the e-commerce marketing space
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel or Google Sheets user
• Ability to embrace ambiguity, be adaptive and thrive in a constantly evolving environment
• Passionate about the details and focused on data accuracy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to interact, engage and influence stakeholders across the business
• Proven track record of leveraging analytical skills and insights to deliver business results
• Understanding of non-financial metrics pertaining to e-commerce and marketing
• Creative problem-solving skills with strong financial modeling experience
• Ability to interpret financial statements, P&L, and cash drivers
• Highly analytical, with an ability to work with multiple data sources

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with key commercial stakeholders, including the Country Manager - US, Head of Growth, Fulfillment Manager, Customer Support Manager, and other department heads
• Work with stakeholders to prepare budgets/forecasts and support financial analysis of initiatives and projects
• Support the Group Finance team (based in Sydney) with USA P&L inputs into the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes
• Interpret data, analyze business trends, performance, and provide insightful analysis to support business leaders in delivering the annual budget
• Present financial results and analysis to USA and Global leadership teams and senior leaders
• Drive insight and ROI analysis of marketing spend to ensure the most efficient use of investment
• Utilize P&L scenario analysis to drive effective decision-making
• Prepare and analyze commercial KPIs, category and product-level revenues/profitability, and evaluate promotional activity and marketing spend
• Contribute to an efficient and accurate month-end close reporting process
• Identify risks and opportunities to budget/forecast
• Manage S&OP forecasting process for the US market, feeding weekly forecast adjustments through to the global planning team

Preferred Qualifications

• NetSuite and Shopify prior experience
• Retail e-commerce experience
• CPA qualified and degree in business

Benefits

• Work From SofaBed (WFB) - We have an office in LA, but also happy for you to be fully remote
• Generous time off - Koala life leave, volunteer, parental, and more to help keep your work-life balance, balanced
• Free Koala products with ‘mates rates’ for your friends and fam
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, which includes unlimited sessions for financial, work, relationship, family or wellbeing support
• Competitive 401k matching and comprehensive Anthem private health insurance plans
• Learning Management platform Juno, as well as individual and team growth budgets and dedicated days
• Short-term incentive plans