Manager Finance - IT

Overview

This is a unique and exciting time to join Express. Since launching our EXPRESSway Forward strategy in 2020, we have been steadily advancing a transformation from being known as a store in the mall to a brand with a purpose, powered by a styling community. We believe that clothes can serve a higher purpose to make people look the way they want to look and feel the way they want to feel, and our Express brand purpose - We Create Confidence & Inspire Self-Expression - speaks to the role our brand can play in their lives. In 2021, we introduced our innovative Community Commerce program, inviting brand fans and style enthusiasts to take their passion for fashion to the next level by working with us.

Today, we are building, activating and amplifying the Express styling community, and we invite you to join us. Our culture is defined by three values - Express Yourself, Express Together, Express Success - and every associate at every level in every department is an important part of our transformation and our future.

For more information about Express, Inc. please visit www.express.com.

Responsibilities

The manager is primarily responsible for managing, budgeting and forecasting expenses related to Technology (Enterprise-wide System Contracts, Depreciation, Payroll, Travel, Supplies, etc.). The m anager is responsible for creating pro formas, and analyzing financial metrics, for technology contracts. The manager is also responsible for ad hoc analysis including, but not limited to, IT related requests and initiatives . The manager will work closely with Technology, and eComm/Omni Finance to support the ExpressWay Forward strategy to X-celerate Sales and Profitability.
  • Manage the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes for all technology-related expenses
  • Identify risks and opportunities to technology expenses, to help proactively manage expectations and help drive investment decisions
  • Support the Technology teams as needed on financial requests related to the budget and forecasts
  • Run deep dive analyses on Technology expenses as needed, to better understand trends in performance, payroll, etc.

Required Experience & Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Math or Statistics
  • 6+ years of experience in budgeting, accounting, and financial analysis with 3+ years of manager experience

Critical Skills & Attributes
  • Excellent analytical and quantitative abilities
  • Proven leadership skills with ability to build a powerful team
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
  • Emphasis on timeliness / accuracy / content of work flow
  • Ability to build cross-functional partnerships
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel


Closing

As an equal opportunity employer, Express does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment on the basis of any federal, state, or locally protected class. Express only hires individuals authorized for employment in the United States.

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