Title: Sr. Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Team: Accounting, Finance, & Tax

Job Type: Permanent / Full Time

Location: USA >> Remote

Company Overview:

Zenni Optical, the world's leading online eyewear retailer, pioneered the industry in 2003 with a mission to make prescription eyewear affordable and accessible to everyone. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zenni offers adults and children the freedom to express their personal style through high-quality prescription and protective eyewear curated with a sense for fashion and incredible selection. With over 51 million frames sold worldwide, the company has brought massive price disruption to the traditional retail model. Zenni is proud to be the Official Eyewear of the San Francisco 49ers, Boston Celtics, and Columbus Crew. Zenni has worked with designers and tastemakers on curations and collections, including Keke Palmer, Iris Apfel, Cynthia Rowley and George and Claire Kittle. Zenni VR Prescription Lenses for Meta Quest 3 launched across the U.S., Canada, UK, and Japan in October 2023.

For more information, please visit zennioptical.com/blog/press/.

Position Overview:

Zenni is looking to hire a Senior Analyst, FP&A. The role will report to the Sr. Manager of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, and work closely with cross-functional stakeholders. This position will have responsibility for facilitating budgeting and forecasting for the company and for providing real-time, actionable business insights. The ideal candidate will know about financial planning and analysis, and the ability to leverage data analytics to drive predictive modeling and forecasting decisions.

What we want you to own in this role:

• Assist in building a financial model for Zenni, including forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning

• Build out consolidated financial forecasting, budgeting, and planning processes across teams for increased accountability

• Maintain real-time forecasting and planning tools to raise visibility to near-term business performance and to allow for timely decision-making in a fast-paced business environment

• Upgrade reporting, including monthly financial packages and key metric reporting for presentation to the leadership team, department heads, and the organization as a whole

• Partner with business leaders and executives across Technology, Customer Experience, Operations, and other G&A functions to manage spend, guide investment decisions and provide analytical support

• Investigate financial and operational performance variance issues and assist business leaders in taking appropriate corrective actions

• Partner with the Data Analytics team to ensure alignment with financial reporting and to upgrade our understanding of key business drivers

• Partner with IT and Accounting to fully operationalize FP&A business systems including budgeting and planning tools, and to streamline reporting off systems like NetSuite ERP. Experience building systems that can handle multi-product, multi-geo, and multi-entity business lines at scale is preferred.

• Provide ad-hoc analysis and decision support leveraging deep, data-driven insights to add value

Basic Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investing roles (VC or PE), investment banking, or other similar roles. (E-Commerce is a Plus!)

• 2-3 Years Advanced Excel Experience

• Expertise in building financial models to support multiple business needs and facilitate company growth

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field. An Advanced degree is a plus.

• Proven ability to develop collaborative business relationships at all levels in the organization; ability to summarize information and effectively communicate to both financial and non-financial audiences.

• Thrives on making a difference in a fast-paced environment and a strong desire to contribute to the growth of the company

• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, accuracy, and accountability with sound business judgment

• Experience with financial planning tools (e.g. Planful), Tableau, and ERPs (e.g. NetSuite) and an advanced knowledge of Excel required. Experience with BI Software and SQL is a big plus.

Benefits

• A highly competitive base salary

• A great career trajectory in a stable, successful growing company.

• Cutting-edge projects with opportunities for growth and professional development

• Excellent health benefits that the company pays for and 401k company match

• Annual Zenni Gift Card

• Great Work Life Balance

As of 02/20/2024, this position's expected annual compensation range is $100,000 to 120,000 USD. Actual pay within this range will be based on several factors, including education, work experience, certifications, geographic pay differentials, market conditions, and other business and organizational needs. The Company anticipates that the reasonably expected salary for this position could change in the future and, therefore, the Company retains the right to change, modify, or revisit the salary range for the position for various reasons, including the Company’s business needs.