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ABOUT THE POSITION 

Columbia Sportswear Finance & Accounting teams oversee the financial health and forward strategy for a portfolio of four global brands. These teams exercise expertise across Compliance, Credit, Financial Planning and Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement and Strategy. Advancing traditional Finance & Accounting functions, the organization is also driving exciting innovation in the application of advanced analytics and automated intelligence. 

Columbia Sportswear Financial Planning and Analysis teams drive value by helping create sustainable, profitable growth through robust business partnership and delivering insightful analysis to support strategic decision making. 

As the Financial Analyst II for Supply Chain, you will support Columbia Sportswear Company’s global inventory function, providing strategic and financial support to drive effective, efficient, and informed operations. This person will be part of the Global Supply Chain FP&A team led by the Senior FP&A Director of Global Supply Chain and will support the members of that team focused on all aspects of global inventory, including valuation, reporting and analysis. You will also partner directly with demand planning and cost accounting teams, driving all aspects of financial planning (long-range planning, budgeting, and forecasting). In addition, you will drive analysis of inventory, cost of goods sold, and freight; including supporting major projects.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

  • Influence, enable and coach your business partners to make sound business decisions
  • Lead the development and compilation of inventory forecasts, as well as forecast to actual variances analysis for global receipts and inventory
  • Actively engage in the development of three-year, strategic, and long-range financial plans for global receipts, inventory, and freight
  • Create insightful and accurate reporting tools, processes, and ad hoc analyses with a focus on clear storytelling, action-oriented output, and an ongoing drive for continuous improvement

YOU ARE

  • Nimble and detail-oriented, able to work in a fast-paced environment with accuracy
  • Able to build rapport and effective relationships with a large number of partners while serving as a challenger in the development of sound financial/business plans
  • Curious, going beyond the surface to find opportunity and harvest it
  • Collaborative, works well as part of a team but able to drive and contribute individually as needed
  • Customer-focused and influencing, capable of emphasizing information to enable and guide cross-functional Senior Management decision-making processes aimed at growth and profitability

YOU HAVE

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, related field, or equivalent
  • 3+ total years experience focused on financial forecasting, budgeting, and analysis with demonstrated organizational and communication abilities
  • Experience with inventory, cost accounting, and freight, and can demonstrate the ability to understand operations through successful projects
  • Advanced problem-solving skills with the ability to identify potential and/or existing financial issues, evaluate available options and recommend corrective action
  • Demonstrated ability to create effective excel models and presentations
  • Experience with visual analytics tools, such as Power BI or Tableau, and prior experience with enterprise-level planning systems such as IBM Cognos TM1

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Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we've been on one since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who's found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company. 

Columbia Sportswear is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster The pay transparency policy is available here: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company, we’re proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community. Benefits that can protect your family’s financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, ID theft, and legal services). We have extensive wellness benefits and employee discounts available.

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