Job Details

We inspire purpose-filled living that brings beauty and quality to the modern home. Together, we achieve. Associates across our business drive results, innovate, and inspire. Drawn together by our shared values and passion for our customers and our brands, we deliver home furnishings that are expertly designed, responsibly sourced, and bring timeless style and function to people’s homes. From the day we opened our first store in Chicago in 1962 to the digital innovations that engage millions of customers today, our iconic brand is over 60 years in the making—and our story is still unfolding.

We’re here for it. We think you should be too. We’re looking for a driven professional with an inclusive mindset to join our team as a Manager, Finance Operations.

The Manager, Finance Operations will oversee P&Ls, financial reporting, and analysis for Customer Care, B2B, and Product Personalization within Operations. This role requires strong communication, analytical, and team-building skills to drive accountability and improve operations based on financial data, KPIs, and business understanding. The manager will provide financial support, analytics, and leadership, partnering with leadership to manage expenses, identify efficiencies and gaps, and enhance customer experience. They will objectively assess operations and financial performance, offering ideas for improved profitability and best practices.

This is an on-site position (Monday through Thursday) based out of our Northbrook, IL HQ office with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays

A day in the life as a Manager, Finance Operations...

• Partner with and influence functional area experts to establish annual operating plans, ongoing monthly forecasts for expenses and related KPIs, and perform ad hoc analysis

• Lead cross-functional key stakeholders (other FP&A partners, Buying, Inventory Planning, etc.) to ensure groups are aligned around key financial and operational objectives

• Identify areas of financial and operational opportunities and work to drive accountability and improvement

• Manage executive level reporting for performance monitoring and reporting for field teams to meet business and operational needs

• Partner with functional area experts to identify areas of opportunity through financial analysis

• Analyze variances in financial and operational drivers

  What you’ll bring to the table…

• Strong interpersonal skills to enable building relationships with key operational partners

• Strong ability to link metrics to operations to be able to identify actionable areas of opportunity

• Strong problem solving skills

• Strong financial acumen with the ability to understand and build financial models

• Knowledge of operations management and merchandise/ retail finance

• Effective communication skills with ability to present to senior management

• Elevate the financial literacy of the company through the communication of financial performance, variance analysis and financial goals

• Ability to prioritize workload and manage multiple projects

• Demonstrated ability to be flexible to changing business needs and priorities of the organization

  We’d love to hear from you if you have…

• 5+ years in Financial Planning, Analysis or Accounting

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA /CPA/CFA or masters in related field preferred

• Excellent proficiency with MS Excel, Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Essbase, Peoplesoft General Ledger

• Experience in project management

• Previous retail experience working with merchandising and inventory planning a plus

Minimum Starting Rate: $90,000.00 Annually

Up to: $130,000.00 Annually

Pay ranges will be adjusted upward as needed to comply with applicable state and local law. In addition to your salary, based on your role, associates may be eligible for other compensation including bonuses, sales incentives, and long term incentives.

Euromarket Designs, Inc., which does business as Crate and Barrel and CB2, will be referred to as “the Company”. The Company is deeply committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact the location you are applying to here and ask to speak with a manager regarding the nature of your request. The Company is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. The Company participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the US. State / City Compliance: The Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal history, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.