Lafayette 148 New York

Analyst, FP&A

Lafayette 148 New York  •  $55k - $60k/yr  •  Brooklyn, NY (Onsite)  •  2 days ago
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Job Description

The FP&A Analyst will support the company’s financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes across multiple business functions and channels. This role will assist in the annual budget and reforecast cycles, prepare management reporting and variance analyses, and help maintain accurate financial models and reporting tools. Additionally, the role will support process improvements by enhancing recurring reporting, maintaining organized financial data and templates, and identifying opportunities to streamline manual workflows.

Responsibilities:

Planning & Reporting

  • Support the annual budget and quarterly reforecast cycles, by consolidating inputs across business segments
  • Assist with monthly management reporting packages, including P&L summaries and variance commentary for senior leadership
  • Maintain and update financial reporting for key expense line items, including preparing monthly forecasts, accruals, and reclasses
  • Build and maintain financial models and scenario analyses to support forecasting and budgeting

Analysis & Insights

  • Conduct ad hoc analyses on business performance across our retail boutiques, e-commerce, and wholesale channels
  • Perform “deep-dive” analytics on various expense line items and business activities, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities
  • Stay current on industry and functional trends and provide insights on business impacts

Business Partnering

  • Support the FP&A Manager in serving as a strategic finance partner to Marketing, Technology, Visual Merchandising, and E-Commerce department leaders
  • Help drive accountability to annual budget goals through regular touchpoints and clear expense reporting

Process & Tools

  • Maintain accurate and well-organized financial files, templates, and data sets
  • Identify opportunities to improve recurring reporting processes and reduce manual work

Desired Background:

  • Bachelor's degree in finance or a related field.
  • 1–2 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, or a related analytical role; internship experience in a relevant field considered

Skills:

  • Strong Excel skills and comfort building financial models from scratch;
  • Foundational understanding of P&L mechanics and financial statement analysis
  • High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and a proactive mindset
  • Excellent written and verbal communication — able to present data clearly and concisely
  • Flexible with an entrepreneurial drive
  • Enjoys collaborating on a team while possessing a strong independent work ethic
  • Genuine interest in the luxury fashion industry and an appreciation for the brand's heritage and aesthetic
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
  • Exposure to retail or consumer goods financial models
  • Experience with Dynamics 365, Blue Cherry, Jet Reports, and Magento
  • Familiarity with luxury market dynamics and the seasonal cadence of fashion

Base Salary Range:

The base salary range for this position is $55,000 – $60,000. Base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, and location.

Lafayette 148 New York

About Lafayette 148 New York

Named after the SoHo address where it was founded, Lafayette 148 New York is a New York-based luxury womenswear brand known for intelligent, understated design, impeccable craftsmanship, luxurious materials, and a modern, New York aesthetic. With its own design studio and production facility, it is rarity in the fashion world: a truly vertically integrated brand.

In 1996, Lafayette 148’s founders Deirdre Quinn, Shun Yen Siu and Ida Siu had a singular vision of fashion’s future. They imagined a company that combined concept, design and production all under one roof. A place with a globally minded culture that married its Eastern and Western roots and took an inclusive approach to design, making beautiful, meticulously constructed clothing for accomplishing women everywhere. And Lafayette 148 was born.

Today, the company employs more than 300 people in the United States, and 1,000 worldwide. In Fall 2018, Lafayette 148 moved its corporate headquarters to an expansive, sustainably renovated loft space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, continuing its tradition of innovation in the fashion industry. Globally, customers can explore the world of Lafayette 148 New York at one of thirty-nine freestanding boutiques in the US, Canada and China.

Lafayette 148 New York is also available in the world’s most luxurious stores, including Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, as well as hundreds of high-end specialty boutiques across North America. Experience the world of Lafayette 148 at lafayette148ny.com.

Industry
Fashion & Apparel
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
New York
Year Founded
1996
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