- Location
- London Office, London, United Kingdom
- Type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Education
- Bachelor
- Source
- Pinpoint
Description
FP & A Manager
Department: Accounting and Finance
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: London Office, London, United Kingdom
Reporting To: Raffaele Raiola
Description
SKIMS is a solutions-oriented brand creating the next generation of underwear, loungewear, shapewear, and essentials. We are setting new standards by delivering technically innovative, comfort-driven products with elevated design for everybody.
At the intersection of culture, innovation, and commerce, SKIMS is a global brand redefining modern apparel. Our teams are built on creativity, collaboration, and operational excellence, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive, high-performance environment where ambitious, curious, and values-driven individuals can do the best work of their careers.
As we continue to scale globally, our HQ teams play a critical role in shaping strategy, building world-class infrastructure, and driving sustainable growth across markets.
About the role
About the role
We are seeking a commercially driven and highly capable FP&A Manager to help build and scale the Finance Planning & Analysis function across EMEA.
This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and enjoys building financial models, reporting frameworks and scalable processes. Reporting to the Senior Director, Finance & Transformation EMEA, you will play a key role in driving financial planning, performance management and strategic decision-making across the region.
The successful candidate will be an independent self-starter with strong retail finance expertise and a deep understanding of omni-channel business models, including Retail, E-commerce, Wholesale and Marketplace. Working closely with senior leaders across Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain and Operations, you will provide financial insight and business partnering to support SKIMS' continued growth across EMEA
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Guide the EMEA planning cycle, including Budget, Forecast and LRP.
- Develop and maintain integrated financial models covering Revenue, Gross Margin, SG&A, CAPEX, Cash Flow and operational KPIs.
- Build scalable forecasting methodologies across all distribution channels.
Performance Reporting & Commercial Analysis
- Lead monthly business performance reporting, providing insightful variance analysis against Budget, Forecast and Prior Year.
- Produce executive-level reporting and presentations for executive leadership
- Analyse sales, gross margin, operating expenses, inventory, fulfilment costs and profitability across Retail, Wholesale, Ecommerce and Marketplace channels.
- Develop KPI dashboards to improve business visibility and decision making.
Business Partnering
Act as a trusted finance partner to key stakeholders.
- Support investment decisions including new store openings and market expansion.
- Build business cases for strategic initiatives and commercial opportunities.
- Support workforce planning, productivity analysis and operating cost optimisation.
Financial Control & Governance
- Partner closely with Accounting during month-end close to ensure accurate reporting and robust financial controls.
- Drive improvements in reporting governance, data quality and financial integrity.
Systems & Process Development
- Help build reporting architecture, planning tools and financial processes.
- Lead automation initiatives leveraging ERP, BI and planning systems.
- Support reporting hierarchy design, chart of accounts development and master data governance.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline.
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA preferred).
- 10+ years' experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance or Finance Business Partnering.
- Significant experience within retail, fashion, luxury or consumer goods, ideally in an international multi-channel environment.
- Strong understanding of Retail, Wholesale, Ecommerce and Marketplace business models.
- Proven experience supporting store expansion, retail operations and commercial decision making.
- Advanced financial modelling skills with expert Excel capability.
- Experience with ERP, planning and BI platforms such as NetSuite, Planful, Anaplan, Power BI, Looker or similar.
- Comfortable working with large data sets and translating complex information into actionable commercial insight.
Personal attributes
- A builder who enjoys creating new processes rather than simply maintaining existing ones.
- Highly independent and comfortable operating in a fast-changing environment.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance strategic thinking and operational execution.
- Confident business partner capable of interacting with senior stakeholders across multiple functions.
- Naturally curious with excellent problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Highly organised, resilient and capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex financial topics for non-finance audiences.
- A collaborative team player who is equally comfortable rolling up their sleeves and leading initiatives from concept through execution
Benefits, Culture and Perks
Benefits and Culture
Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
Group Life Assurance
Income Protection
Critical Illness
Pension Scheme
Modern Health
ClassPass
Skills
ExcelPower BILookerNetSuiteERP
