This position is a hybrid in-office role that works out of our Boston HQ. Monday-Thursday will be working in office and Friday is WFH. This is not a virtual / remote position.
About Financial Planning and Analysis at Wayfair: With Wayfair’s focus on profitable operations comes the need for strong financial partnership, planning, and support across the business. The Financial Planning and Analysis team works collaboratively with various teams across the business to drive fiscal accountability, provide visibility into actual performance and shape our forecast based on most current trends and business insights. Our work provides the business with financial insights that directly impact the direction of Wayfair's business. We enjoy tackling challenging problems and translating quantitative analyses into strategic business implications.
About this role:
Wayfair is looking for a financial leader to manage our OPEX spend planning and reporting processes (including compensation and third party spend). The individual will lead a team of three to four analysts. In this role, you will partner with ~40 senior leaders in the Wayfair organization and support them in managing their compensation and outsourced labor spend against the quarterly spend targets. In addition, you will own the overall OPEX cost planning as part of Wayfair’s quarterly planning and forecasting cycle. You will coordinate the monthly actuals reporting both to your stakeholders and within the finance organization and will own the rolling forecast preparation for your area.
What You’ll Do:
- Partner with senior stakeholders to drive monthly planning, reporting and analyses of spent vs targets.
- Coordinate the global quarterly forecasting process for OPEX spend.
- Lead month-end and quarter-end close forecast to actuals variance analysis and review.
- Drive delivery of and improvement in all internal management reporting through automation and AI, reporting visualization and enabling of self-serve stakeholder capabilities.
- Attract, develop and retain a high-performing finance team.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor's degree required (in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting Information Systems or related field preferred).
- 5+ years of experience in corporate finance, talent analytics, or similar analytics roles.
- Proven cross-functional partnership skills with diverse set of senior leadership.
- Exceptional analytical, problem solving and organizational skills.
- Proven ability to model and forecast with accuracy.
- Experience / familiarity with any of SQL, Looker, Workday, Coupa or similar procurement and Human Capital Management systems; Excel / Gsheet advanced modeling skills.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing a team.
- Superb attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and deliver in a fast-paced environment.
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About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair – and world – for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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