Manager, Operations Finance

Cross-functional collaboration/leadership: frequent partnership with operations, sales, and finance leadership to solve important business problems and lead important business initiatives

Financial Reporting: creating, improving, and presenting monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages 

Strategic Finance: complex financial and operations modeling to assist operations leadership in strategic decision-making

Leadership: Leading and developing other team members

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Business, or other related field  

5+ years of relevant experience, ideally in both finance and operations/supply chain

Excellent analytical and financial modeling skills

Expertise in international finance or operations including the complexities and regulations of cross border commerce

Experience in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) or inventory management

Strong communication and collaboration skills to interact with a variety of stakeholders

Proven experience solving complex financial and operational problems related to warehousing, transportation, labor planning, etc.

Building scalable, repeatable processes and tools to quantify and optimize the financial impact of Pattern’s operations

Effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders, including strong executive presence

Strong leadership, ability to influence, develop, and drive results through team members

Ability to to manage the details of a complex issue and also take a broader view to connect the dots and understand the big picture

Capacity to consume complex data sets and drive actionable insights

Global mindset. Ability to work effectively with global partners to drive improved financial operational performance across the globe in Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Australia

In the first 30 days:

Familiarize yourself with all aspects of Pattern’s business with a focus on understanding the people, processes, and interdependencies between finance and operations

Collaborate with international business partners to understand current business processes and build a vision to support expansion and growth

Immerse yourself in Pattern’s S&OP function driving demand forecast alignment and responsible supply decisions in collaboration with Inventory Management and eCommerce Management

By day 60:

Create and present the operations monthly financial reporting package

Influence the growth and expansion of the international business through detailed financial analysis to identify areas of opportunity/risk and partner with business owners on new strategies

Lead Pattern’s S&OP function becoming a facilitator for cross-functional alignment of Pattern demand planning and inventory buying decisions

Build AI-backed, automated tools to increase the efficiency of existing processes/support new processes

Improve rigor of analysis and forecasting in warehouse network planning

Own analysis and make strategic recommendations related to warehouse optimization, labor planning, etc.

Demonstrate ability to build relationships with Pattern leadership and collaborate and connect the dots across finance, operations, and accounting

Within the first 90 days:

Provide actionable suggestions on how to drive savings, improve processes, and build tools to automate and scale our work

Own and enhance the excess inventory process to maximize Pattern return operationalize the excess management decision tree 

Collaborate with operations leadership to design and implement an improved tactical operational planning process that captures available capacity, product mix, labor requirements, trucking capacity, etc.

Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.

Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.

Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.

Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team

Video interview with a hiring manager

Onsite interview with a panel of department leaders

Professional reference checks

Executive review

Offer

Be prepared to talk about professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples

Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team

Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern

Be prepared to talk about any side projects related to data and analytics