Financial Planning Analyst Jobs in New Jersey

Pay Range: The pay range for this job is $62000 - $95931 annually; actual pay is dependent on experience and geographic location.

Benefits: Base pay is only one part of our employee value proposition, which includes a robust benefits package, above-market time off, hybrid working arrangements, incentive compensation, where applicable, and varied learning opportunities.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Ralph Lauren Corporation is seeking an ambitious and highly analytical person to join the Ralph Lauren Corporate FP&A team. The individual will work together with key finance and business partners to support reporting & analytics for the Lifestyle business. Assist with the technical execution of reporting, consolidation, and detailed data scrubbing and analytics activities for the Lifestyle business.

The ideal candidate will be a proactive and strategic financial professional with the ability to multi-task with a high degree of analytical proficiency and integrity. This position requires good foundational knowledge and experience in finance/accounting and a firm understanding of both financial and retail concepts with ability to work with wide range of business partners as their finance partner and resource.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Regional Reporting & Consolidation

• P&L Management: Generate and maintain the standard Lifestyle reporting suite for LRP/Plan, Forecast, and Period-End Close, including P&L models, KPI dashboards, and other ad-hoc reporting.

• Data Integrity: Lead the technical execution of detailed data scrubbing and analytics to ensure accuracy across all regional reports.

• Reporting Optimization: Roll forward monthly reports and identify opportunities to streamline data retrieves and Excel-based workflows.

• Internal entries.

Strategic Support & Partnerships

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Create partnerships with Lifestyle teams to collect the insights needed to add context to reports.

• Senior Leadership Deliverables: Assist in the creation of monthly and quarterly decks, demonstrating a growing ability to communicate complex data to senior stakeholders.

• Expense & T&E Oversight: Assist in developing and executing organization-wide T&E reporting, identifying meaningful variance drivers against Forecast and Plan.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and/or Accounting

• 1-3 years of Finance, FP&A and/or Accounting experience in a multinational or retail company preferred

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (data consolidation, VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables) and PowerPoint proficiency are essential.

• Professional experience with SAP and Hyperion/Essbase and Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau or Power BI) to support senior leadership dashboards is preferred.

• Confident in acting as a finance resource for non-finance partners (Marketing, Media teams)

• Strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills are required

• A naturally curious professional who is eager to learn the Ralph Lauren business model and can quickly connect small variables to larger regional strategies.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, including deadline-sensitive priorities A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail; self-motivated with the ability to follow through on complex tasks.

• Team player that is eager to chip in and assist the broader team when needed, possessing a strong work ethic.

Ralph Lauren will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance laws. Please note background checks will be evaluated individually.