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Gardner White Furniture & Mattress · 2 months ago

Business Controller

Warren, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Gardner White Furniture & Mattress is seeking a Business Controller who will serve as a business partner to the functional leadership, primarily focusing on merchandise and marketing. This role is responsible for accurate reporting of KPIs, budget development, and providing quality financial analysis to drive business performance.

E-CommerceManufacturingRetail

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

In coordination with functional leadership, prepare accurate and timely reporting, budgets, and forecasts

Drive financial oversight of marketing, product costs / margin, and S&OP strategy initiatives

Conduct financial analyses to interpret trends, key drivers, and variances from standards; provide counsel on performance improvement opportunities and actions

Review, challenge, and enhance processes and repeatable analyses in support of performance management and continuous improvement

Assessing risks and opportunities in budgets, forecasts, and tracker updates

Monitor functions’ adherence to approved budgets and coordinates updates with FP&A Manager

Work with Internal Control Manager to implement and ensure compliance with internal finance and accounting policies and procedures; identify and correct for potential control risks in a timely manner

Proactively assist in developing projects to identify opportunities for cost savings / profit enhancement and efficiency improvement throughout the company

Provide support on ad-hoc requests and special projects

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Accounting principlesFinancial analysisRetail industry experienceCPA certificationMS Office SuiteData analysis techniquesBusiness acumenCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field required

At least 7 years of accounting and/or finance experience required

Must be process and business solution driven; have the ability to translate financial data to actionable business opportunities

Must have the ability to pivot through large amount of data to identify issues and opportunities to drive business performance

Excellent verbal and written communication skills required, with the proven ability to develop and execute financial presentations to an executive level audience

Must be highly proficient with MS Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with a solid understanding of data analysis techniques

Solid understanding of business dynamics and operations with strong business acumen

Must be flexible, able to contribute to a team environment, and able to manage multiple priorities

Preferred

CPA preferred but not required

Experience in retail industry is preferred

Company

Gardner White Furniture & Mattress

Gardner-White Furniture has been in business since 1912, and as the world of retail drastically changed, we have remained family-owned and operated, and dedicated to being headquartered in Michigan.

Founded in 1912

Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA

501-1000 employees