Description of Duties:
Title: Finance Manager
Classification: Exempt
Salary: $130,000 - $140,000
Location: Van Nuys, CA
Schedule*: Hybrid, Monday through Friday 9:00AM-6:00PM (in office a minimum of 3 days/week). May require extended hours during close or audit periods.
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our team and play a key role in financial planning, forecasting, and business performance analysis. This position will report to the CFO and partner closely with cross-functional business leaders and Accounting to provide financial insight, improve visibility into performance, and support thoughtful decision-making across the organization.
The ideal candidate has strong apparel industry experience, including an understanding of store-level economics, operating expenses, budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance analysis. This is a hands-on role for someone who is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable moving between company-level financial planning and detailed store and expense analysis.
Key Responsibilities
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Lead and support the annual budgeting process and ongoing financial forecasts.
- Develop and maintain financial models for revenue, operating expenses, and other key business drivers.
- Partner with department leaders to develop budgets, understand spending needs, and maintain accurate forecasts.
- Analyze actual performance against budget and forecast, identify key variances, and communicate drivers and risks.
- Support long-range financial planning and scenario analysis.
Retail & Store Analysis
- Analyze financial performance across the retail store portfolio, including sales, payroll, occupancy, operating expenses, and store-level profitability.
- Develop and maintain store P&Ls and performance reporting.
- Evaluate store performance against budget, forecast, prior year, and relevant operating metrics.
- Partner with Retail leadership to identify trends, risks, and opportunities to improve store productivity and profitability.
- Support financial analysis for new stores, relocations, remodels, and other retail investments.
- Develop business cases and post-opening analyses to evaluate store performance and investment returns.
Month-End & Financial Reporting
- Partner closely with the Accounting team throughout the month-end close process and lead the accrual process for key expense areas.
- Review monthly financial results for completeness and accuracy and investigate unusual trends or variances.
- Provide variance analysis and commentary on actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior year.
- Support management reporting and monthly financial performance reviews.
- Help ensure Finance and Accounting maintain consistent views of actual results and forward-looking expectations.
Expense & Business Analysis
- Perform detailed operating expense analysis across departments.
- Identify spending trends, efficiencies, risks, and opportunities for cost management.
- Partner with functional leaders to understand expense drivers and improve financial accountability.
- Develop recurring and ad hoc financial analyses to support business decisions.
- Translate financial data into clear, actionable insights for both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
Expense & Business Analysis
- Perform detailed operating expense analysis across departments and cost centers.
- Identify spending trends, efficiencies, risks, and opportunities for cost management.
- Partner with functional leaders to understand expense drivers and improve financial accountability.
- Develop recurring and ad hoc financial analyses to support business decisions.
- Translate financial data into clear, actionable insights for both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- 5+ years of relevant finance, FP&A, or financial analysis experience, preferably within the retail, apparel, fashion, consumer, or specialty retail industry.
- Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.
- Experience partnering with Accounting during the month-end close process.
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
- Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills and comfort working with large data sets.
- Experience with ERP, financial planning, and/or business intelligence systems.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to business partners and senior leadership.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting a multi-location retail store portfolio.
- Familiarity with retail KPIs such as comparable sales, sales per square foot, payroll as a percentage of sales, occupancy costs, four-wall profitability, and store contribution.
- Experience analyzing new store economics, including pre-opening costs, capital investment, and store-level profitability.
- Experience in an omnichannel retail environment with both stores and e-commerce.
- Experience supporting wholesale FP&A, including sales and margin forecasting, seasonal planning, order book analysis, and tracking actual performance against budget and forecast.
- Experience building scalable financial reporting and planning processes in a growing organization.
What Success Looks Like
The Finance Manager will become a trusted financial partner to the organization—providing clear visibility into performance, strengthening budgeting and forecasting, improving understanding of expenses and store economics, and helping business leaders make informed decisions based on accurate and actionable financial information.
Total Rewards Package
- Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.
- A fun-filled, fast-paced work environment.
- Healthcare, Vision, Dental.
- 401k with company match.
*Compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.
*The hybrid model may be rescinded at any time due to business needs or the company’s discretion.
Company Overview
Founded by Santa Barbara-born sisters, Margaret and Katherine Kleveland, and a Collective of partners, DÔEN was launched in 2016 and is a digitally-led, multi-channel fashion and lifestyle brand. Our mission is to create lasting, beautiful collections while supporting individuals in all aspects of the organization, supply chain, and community. We work with domestic and international partners who share our values and commitment to gender and social equality, and we give back by partnering with foundations that directly benefit our employees, value chain, and surrounding communities.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.