Columbia Sportswear Finance & Accounting teams oversee the financial health and forward strategy for a portfolio of four global brands. These teams exercise expertise across Compliance, Credit, Financial Planning and Reporting, Tax, Treasury, and Strategy.  Advancing traditional Finance & Accounting functions, the organization is also driving exciting innovation in the application of advanced analytics and automated intelligence. 

As a Financial Analyst for Columbia Sportswear, you will provide strategic and financial support to drive effective, efficient, and informed decisions for your aligned business areas. You will drive all aspects of financial planning (long-range planning, budgeting, and forecasting) and analysis for these organizations, including supporting major projects. You will receive broad exposure to the corporate operations of a multinational and opportunities to work with a number of cross functional partners and leaders.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Influence, enable and coach your business partners to make sound business decisions. Prepare accurate, timely month-end reporting for leadership, with a strong focus on detail and quality.
Develop and utilize driver-based financial modeling and analysis. Monitor and forecast keys areas of spend. Identify budget gaps and work with business partners to adjust spending plans. Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliations and accruals to ensure. accurate expense recognition
Lead the development and compilation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts, as well as forecast-to-actual variances analysis. Support the planning, execution, and analysis of forecasting cycles, including annual budgets and quarterly updates.
Actively engage in the development of strategic long-range financial plans.
Create insightful and accurate reporting tools, processes, and ad hoc analyses with a focus on clear storytelling, action-oriented output, and an ongoing drive for continuous improvement.
Support cross-functional initiative investments through collaborative, robust business cases development, ROI analysis, and Key Performance indicators tracking.

YOU ARE

Nimble and detail-oriented, able to work in a fast-paced environment with accuracy  
Able to build rapport and effective relationships with a large number of partners while serving as a challenger in the development of sound financial/business plans  
Curious, going beyond the surface to find opportunity and harvest it
Customer-focused and influencing, capable of emphasizing information to enable and guide cross-functional Senior Management decision-making processes aimed at growth and profitability

YOU HAVE

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, related field, or equivalent
2+ years’ experience focused on financial forecasting, budgeting, and analysis with demonstrated organizational and communication abilities
Proficiency in Excel modeling and presentation development.
Advanced problem-solving skills with the ability to identify potential and/or existing financial issues, evaluate available options and recommend corrective action
Experience with visual analytics tools such as Power BI or Tableau, data intelligence tools such as Data Bricks, and/or prior experience with enterprise-level planning systems such as IBM Cognos TM1 strongly preferred

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.

About Columbia Sportswear Company

Based in Portland, Oregon, Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ: COLM) is a global outdoor brand that crafts active lifestyle gear fortified with industry-leading technologies and tested in our backyard. Our apparel, footwear, and accessories reflect our Pacific Northwest heritage and indomitable spirit. Over the last 80 years, Columbia and our family of brands, Sorel, prAna, and Mountain Hardwear, have grown to over 10,000 employees and proudly sell products in over 100 countries. At Columbia, we're as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available around the world, we're proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest where the lush forests, snow-covered mountains, rugged coastline, and wide-open spaces serve as our playground. This is where we hike, fish, hunt, camp, climb, shred, paddle, golf, run, and just enjoy the fresh air with friends. We hope to see you out there. Columbiasportswearcompany.com #GetOutside

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