Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Overview

REI Co-op is united in finding better ways to work. The goal is to help people discover and enjoy the outdoors. Working for the co-op means doing your best work with support to live well. You also help shape the future of the outdoors for people and the planet.

REI is seeking a dynamic and strategic Director of FP&A. This person will manage financial planning and examination for Commercial (Stores & Digital), Supply Chain, and Marketing teams. This role delivers financial insights that drive decision-making, resource allocation, and enterprise value creation. The Director will act as a thought partner to business leaders. The Director will align REI’s strategic goals with data-driven insights and exceptional financial stewardship.

Responsibilities And Qualifications

Leading the Way

• Manages and develops a high-performing team of FP&A professionals.
• Fosters a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and purpose-driven performance.
• Champions FP&A best practices and modern tools to enhance forecasting, modeling, and analytics capabilities.
• Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices. Ensures the organization promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results.
• Supports the implementation of company programs, procedures, methods and practices to promote REI key messages.
• Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results.
• Ensures employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements.
• Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing selections.
• Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews.
• Provides vision, coaching, development opportunities, direction, and leadership to employees in order to achieve department, company and customer results.
• Establishes and maintains visibility within the department. Monitors operational statistics, reports trends, variances and issues, and takes appropriate action.
  
  
  

Business Partnership & Strategic Support

• Serve as the primary finance manager and strategic advisor to the heads of Stores, Digital, Supply Chain and Marketing.
• Develops a deep understanding of the Stores, Digital, Supply Chain, and Marketing organizations and strategies. Effectively communicates and supports the execution of organizational priorities.
• Translate business strategies into financial plans and investment cases to support growth, operational excellence, and member engagement.
• Provide proactive insights on business performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Clearly articulates financial performance, goals and metrics to senior leadership, including narrative and measurement.
  
  
  

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Manage annual budgeting, long-range planning, quarterly and monthly forecasting processes for responsible organizations.
• Defines clear financial limits and measurable milestones in our planning. Ensures understanding, alignment, and accountability across responsible organizations.
• Ensure alignment of financial plans with company goals.
• Monitor key financial metrics and develop scenarios to support agile, data-driven decision making.
• Manages comprehensive financial scenario examination as the business evolves. Demonstrates comfort with ambiguity and guides the team to execute "what-if" exercises effectively. Adapts in a fluid manner across all levers of the organizations supported.
• Oversees financial analysis of major enterprise strategic priorities and initiatives. This includes associated costs, investments, value creation, and benefits. Examines and communicates post-implementation results.
  
  
  

Performance Management & Examination

• Deliver timely, actionable performance reporting and variance analysis.
• Provides proactive insights on business performance, risks and opportunities.
• Create executive-ready dashboards, presentations, and insights to communicate business trends and financial implications.
• Partner with analytics and data teams to develop KPIs that drive operational efficiency and customer value.
• Monitors operational statistics, reports trends, variances, and issues, and takes appropriate action.
  
  
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with partner FP&A teams, Strategy, Accounting, Operations, and Technology teams.
• Support cross-functional initiatives including omni-channel experience enhancements, physical place strategies, supply chain optimization, and brand and marketing enhancements.
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of FP&A or finance leadership experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Accounting or similar
• Exceptional business partnership skills with experience influencing at the executive level
• Ability to effectively handle multiple vying priorities and deadlines under pressure
• Experience managing a team and scaling FP&A capabilities
• Proven ability to manage, develop, and grow an organization during change. Skilled at prioritizing in a growing business environment.
• Proven success executing a corporate-wide budget cycle
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Proven ability to prepare for and present at the executive level
• Experience working in retail, consumer and/or technology companies
  
  
  

Closing

At REI, we believe the outdoors is for all. We are committed to becoming a fully inclusive, anti-racist, multicultural organization. We know that there's strength in our diversity – that each employee brings unique skills, experiences, and perspectives. Every day you are driving change, fostering a culture of respect, and knowing you're backed by benefits that support your whole life. To work towards this commitment and fulfill our brand promise of inspiring and enabling a life outside for everyone, we seek employees who demonstrate different ways of working, create a sense of belonging, and actively listen and learn.

Pay Transparency

We are committed to practices that promote pay equity and transparency. As required by applicable Pay Transparency laws, REI provides a range of compensation for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location or other relevant factors.

REI offers all regular employees a generous employee discount, access to health benefits, a retirement savings plan and accrued time off. Click here for a detailed overview of benefits plans by employee profile.

Pay Range

$137,500.00 - $233,900.00 per year