Job Summary
We are currently looking for a Director of Finance (Development/Real Estate Strategy & Analytics) reporting to the VP, FP&A to use advanced analytics to optimize data to improve business outcomes. The position drives the data modeling and insights for evaluation and selection of real estate for stores and warehouse openings, closings, relocations, renegotiations, and renewals. The Director will partner with real estate analytics, store operations, construction, and legal on-site feasibility, insights on business performance, and timing for all locations. They will create, enrich, and maintain financial models (B&M and Ecommerce) to support ROI based decision-making and inform key stakeholders across the organization of the financial implications of key business decisions. The Director will lead and evolve all facets of financial forecasting including annual budgeting, rolling reforecasting, and long-range planning for development and long-range planning. This role will provide financial impact of new site opportunities and long-term planning impacts based on maturation and cannibalization. They will drive growth and improvements in location profitability through effective business planning partnering with the leadership team to achieve overall alignment on goals.
This role is critical in setting-up short-term and long-term corporate strategic objectives and in providing a deep understanding of the current business performance and future operating and strategic model. It will provide an unbiased, analytically driven perspective of key business drivers and trends to senior leaders at detailed and aggregate levels, as well as uncover opportunities across the businesses. The Finance Director will assume a leadership role in various projects, ranging from table stakes measurement, target setting, reporting, performance management and operational improvement programs to strategic planning and assessments.
We are open to the right person working primarily remote with initial travel for onboarding around once/month, anticipating quarterly travel as needed thereafter.
Job Responsibilities
Provide financial and strategic support to the Real Estate team to achieve corporate omnichannel sales, EBITDA and ROI/IRR/CoC objectives
Create market and store level forecast models to identify and prioritize new store opportunities, leveraging market statistics, comparable store sales, and surrounding furniture competitive demand.
Build new store and renewal P&L’s, capturing core drivers and omnichannel economics to measure and maximize catchment operating income. Partner with dealmakers to drive occupancy savings
Develop new store performance dashboards to evaluate sales, profitability, cannibalization impact, and customer acquisition relative to performance targets. Present findings in monthly real estate meetings and weekly business reviews
Continuously monitor global fleet performance and leverage decision tree analysis to evaluate lease expirations, kickouts and relocation/downsizing opportunities
Manage annual real estate capital plan and collaborate with store design and construction teams to achieve new store opening timing and expense targets
Developed comprehensive store productivity analysis for critical executives , identifying key success criteria to maximize performance and inform core real estate strategies across markets
Built long-range store growth plan at the store, market level in support of annual fleet review and LRP refresh
Providing long-range planning, reporting and analysis in support of business investments and decision-support for senior management.
Develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, and operating forecasts. Ad-hoc business performance reporting.
Who We Are At Bob’s, we have fun, we love what we do, and it shows in our expansive growth! Bob’s Discount Furniture is more than just a furniture store. We are one of the fastest growing omni-channel furniture retailers in the country with over 170 stores in 24 states.
How We Will Support You At Bob’s we understand there are many companies you can choose to work for, so, along with exceptional opportunities for career growth we offer a fun team-oriented work environment and great benefits! Let us tell you more.
Benefits & Perks- We’ve got you covered! We believe in supporting our employees and their families in the best ways possible is a top priority. We focus on three core wellness pillars: Emotional, Physical and Financial. Below are just some of the benefits that we offer:
Feeling under the weather, we’ve got you covered! We offer Nationally provided Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Paid Vacation, Personal Days, Sick Days, Holidays, work anniversary and your Birthday! After all, your birthday should be a holiday
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan with a Generous Company match!
Pet Insurance to help keep your furry friends happy and healthy
Life insurance – Employer-paid basic Life Insurance, with the option to add Voluntary Life Insurance as well!
Financial Planning, Voluntary Legal Benefits and Wellness Plans
We already offer value priced furniture, but on top of that we offer a Generous Employee Discount starting on your 1st day!
Additional Employee Discounts through the “Hays Perks discount program” offering hundreds of online discounts from your favorite merchants.
And so much more!
Culture and Core Values- At Bob's we have a set of core values that shape the decisions we make every day and help define our company culture. These values comprise what we call "The Bob's Way." Honesty, Integrity, Transparency, Community, Safety, Diversity, Accountability and Fun.
DIVERSITY IS A CORE VALUE AT BOB’S At Bob’s Discount Furniture, we want you to feel at home. Whether you’re shopping with us or a part of the Bob’s team, we want you to know that you are valued, appreciated, and free to be who you are.
We are committed to creating a place as diverse as the communities we serve.
Learn and Grow- We believe in developing our team members and helping them grow both personally and professionally! We promote Professional Development: In-person, virtually and offer an infinite library of on-demand classes in Workday Learning. We also offer Tuition Reimbursement as well as the BDF Education Foundation Scholarship Program open to employees and their dependents. Want to grow at Bob’s professionally? We look to promote from within our organization by having robust succession planning in place to ensure that our team members have the opportunity to advance their careers.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics or related discipline.
10+ years related work experience
Demonstrated experience leading and setting the direction for large analytics teams focusing on statistical/multivariate data analysis
Experience managing analytics teams & creating data strategies to drive business value across multiple domains and departments
Experience developing and executing global strategy
Strong ability to influence across team and across functional stakeholders
Combination of public and private company experiences a plus.
Ability to work with massive amounts of data and summarize and convey findings
Ability to use historical trends to develop dynamic forecasting models
Thrive in a high performance, fast‐paced, entrepreneurial environment
Balance multiple projects and meet necessary deadlines with limited supervision. Proven thought leadership skills, including the ability to be innovative and be able to drive results both as an individual and team environment
Experience preparing reports/presentations for Senior Management and Boards of Directors
Experience partnering with leaders across the Enterprise to analyze their results of operations and guide them to make adjustments as necessary
Preferred Qualifications
Past experience at a Retail or ecommerce business
Large planning/reporting tools
Start‐up and International experience a plus.
Expected Base Pay Not Including Potential Commissions, Incentive, Bonus, etc. Opportunities:
160-195k base salary + bonus
It is policy of Bob’s Discount Furniture, Inc., to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment. No person shall be discriminated against or harassed because of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, citizenship, veteran or military status, or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state or local law.
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Bob's Discount Furniture is an everyday value-priced furniture and bedding retailer expanding rapidly across the nation in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and West Coast regions. No matter what you spend – whether $20 or $20,000, one standard applies to everyone. The company was founded in 1991 on the principle of providing unsurpassed values in the middle price range. Honesty and integrity are the hallmarks of the "Bob's Way" of doing business - a philosophy that applies to customer, co-worker, vendor and community relations. Bob’s truly values the contributions of every associate; therefore, along with opportunities for career growth we offer training, competitive compensation, outstanding benefits and a professional, fun, fast paced work environment. Our continued success has created exciting opportunities for our associates to enjoy truly rewarding careers. Our mission is to make quality and appealing furniture attainable for everyone and to bring integrity, transparency, and a little FUN to the furniture business. At Bob’s Discount Furniture, we have fun, we love what we do, and it shows in our expansive growth!