VP of Finance - Omnichannel Retail POST NUMBER: 479765

Vice President of Finance – Omnichannel Retail
Dallas, TX

The Vice President of Finance is a strategic business partner responsible for leading all aspects of financial planning, analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and performance management across a rapidly growing omnichannel retail organization. This executive leader will drive enterprise-wide financial strategy and provide actionable insights to support profitable growth across stores, e-commerce, marketplaces, fulfillment operations, merchandising, and corporate functions.

The ideal candidate possesses deep experience within retail environments, strong financial leadership capabilities, and a proven track record supporting complex omnichannel operations. This role will collaborate closely with executive leadership to optimize revenue growth, margin expansion, inventory productivity, customer acquisition investments, and capital allocation decisions.

Compensation $250-265K Bonus

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO, CFO, and executive leadership team to develop and execute the company's long-term financial strategy.
• Lead annual budgeting, long-range planning, and rolling forecast processes across the enterprise.
• Provide financial leadership and recommendations regarding growth initiatives, investments, capital expenditures, and strategic projects.
• Translate operational and commercial strategies into measurable financial outcomes.
• Lead all enterprise FP&A activities, including monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and multi-year strategic planning.
• Develop executive-level reporting packages, board presentations, KPI dashboards, and financial performance reviews.
• Deliver actionable insights regarding sales, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, and cash flow performance.
• Drive continuous improvement of forecasting accuracy and planning processes.
• Omnichannel Retail Finance
• Support financial performance across retail stores, e-commerce, mobile commerce, third-party marketplaces, and emerging sales channels.
• Analyze channel profitability, customer acquisition costs, customer lifetime value, digital marketing ROI, conversion metrics, and customer retention trends.
• Partner with merchandising teams to optimize pricing, promotions, markdowns, assortment strategies, and category profitability.
• Evaluate fulfillment economics, shipping costs, returns management, and omnichannel customer experience initiatives.
• Oversee inventory planning analytics, inventory productivity, turns, aging, and working capital management.
• Partner with supply chain leadership to improve distribution center performance, logistics costs, freight management, and inventory availability.
• Develop financial models supporting sourcing decisions, vendor negotiations, and supply chain optimization initiatives.
• Monitor inventory investments and provide recommendations to maximize profitability while minimizing risk.
• Business Partnership
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Operations, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Marketing, Technology, and Human Resources leadership teams.
• Support business leaders with financial analysis, decision support, and performance management tools.
• Drive accountability through KPI development and performance measurement frameworks.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives focused on operational efficiency and profitability improvement.
• Team Leadership
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance organization.
• Establish a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and analytical rigor.
• Lead talent development, succession planning, and organizational growth initiatives within the finance function.
• Promote best practices in financial modeling, reporting, and business analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 12 years of progressive finance leadership experience.
• 5 years leading finance teams within a retail, omnichannel, consumer products, or multi-location environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and performance management.
• Strong understanding of retail KPIs, inventory management, merchandising economics, and customer profitability metrics.

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Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.