Why This Role Stands Out
This hybrid Senior FP&A Manager role at a globally recognized sporting goods company offers significant career growth and the chance to drive financial strategy across ANZ operations. You'll thrive here if you are a commercially driven finance professional with a knack for delivering actionable insights and building high-performing teams, all within a supportive and dynamic environment. Apply now to make a substantial impact!
Quick Overview
Job Description
Join a global leader in sporting goods and outdoor performance. Amer Sports is home to iconic brands like Wilson, Salomon and Arc’teryx, known for their innovation, quality, and connection to world-class athletes and passionate lifestyle consumers. With brand headquarters in Chicago (Wilson), Annecy (Salomon), and Vancouver (Arc’teryx), our ANZ team operates from a vibrant facility in Moorabbin, Melbourne. We’re a dynamic group of professionals committed to delivering exceptional consumer experiences—and we’re growing!
Due to business growth, we’re recruiting for a commercially driven Senior FP&A Manager to lead financial planning and analysis across our ANZ operations. Reporting to the Finance Director, this pivotal leadership role will define the FP&A ways of working for ANZ and act as a critical bridge between Accounting and FP&A, Enabling Functions and Brand Business Partners, and the country and regional FP&A teams.
You’ll play a key role in driving financial performance, delivering strategic insights, and building a high-performing finance function that enables growth, profitability, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage planning cycle: deliverables and timeline, define methodology fit for ANZ & Brand’s way of working
- Deliver actionable insights to the Supply Chain team to drive operational efficiencies
- Own the monthly variance analysis process (Actuals vs Forecast/Budget/Prior Year) predominantly overseeing all Portfolio/ Shared costs
- Support journal preparation at month end, including I3PL calculations, Outbound Freight analysis and reclass journals
- Lead the end‑to‑end budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring accurate flow through into the Financial Planning system (Onestream)
- Manage long‑range strategic planning in partnership with regional and global teams.
- Partner with Brand Teams, Sales, IT, Supply Chain, and Customer Service to provide meaningful financial insights and cost analysis.
- Monitor performance KPIs, identify trends, and guide corrective action plans.
- Support strong financial governance and adherence to internal controls, including SOX compliance.
- Collaborate with the Internal Control Manager and Accounting Team to ensure timely, accurate period-end close and compliance requirements.
- Be the business partner of Enabling function, key subjects would be People Cost, Logistics Cost, IT Cost plan, track and analysis, support the scenario analysis and decision making.
- Provide financial leadership on local, regional, and global strategic initiatives
- Drive financial planning and performance analysis to support cost control, efficiency, and strategic initiatives across functions.
What You’ll Bring:
- Strong FP&A expertise with advanced modelling and analytical capability
- Deep understanding of financial governance, risk, and SOX controls
- CA or CPA qualified with tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior FP&A or similar leadership role
- Experience in multi-channel environments (Retail, B2B, E-commerce) highly regarded
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, international environment with shared services structures
Why Join Us?
At Amer Sports ANZ, you’ll enjoy:
- Competitive salary + bonus + super
- Free products & generous allowances to fuel your adventures
- Hybrid work model with added school holiday flexibility
- 6-Star Green Star HQ with sustainability at its core
- Ongoing career development & growth opportunities
- Regular staff events – from snow trips to fun runs
- Paid volunteering days to give back to your community
- The chance to grow your career across a global portfolio of iconic brands
Apply Now
If you’re ready to combine your financial leadership expertise with your passion for growth and performance, we’d love to hear from you. Submit your CV and cover letter today and tell us why you’re the perfect fit.
Amer Sports is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fuelled by curiosity and acceptance.
All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.