Director of Finance, Forecast & Close

About the role

We Go Beyond At Bed Bath & Beyond, we believe that everyone should “Be You!”. Bed Bath & Beyond is a community that upholds a culture of understanding, acceptance, and respect. We believe a person’s individuality, traits, beliefs, and characteristics should be valued and embraced. Living by this ethos is essential to the success of our business. Our goal is to foster a more inclusive environment where every employee visibly demonstrates inclusive behaviors and respect for individuals.

Responsibilities

Forecast & Outlook

• Own the monthly forecast and full-year outlook across all lines of business: establish the calendar, develop templates, understand and pressure test assumptions, and lead consolidation.
• Build a driver-based forecast that links channel, cost, and SG&A inputs to consolidated Revenue, EBITDA, and Cash Flow.
• Lead gap-closure and task-back exercises when the outlook falls short of plan, assigning owners and tracking delivery.

Close & Partnership with Control

• Partner with the Controller and Accounting team on the month-end close calendar, flash results, accruals, and reconciliation of management reporting to GAAP results.
• Establish clear handoffs, definitions, and controls between FP&A and Accounting so the business works from one version of the truth.
• Support quarterly reporting and investor-relations materials in partnership with Control, Legal, and the FP&A Lead.

Performance Management & Executive Communication

• Run a monthly business review cadence that ends in decisions, built on rigorous KPI and variance analysis.
• Prepare and present executive-ready materials for the CFO, CEO, and Executive Leadership Team, distilling complex results into a clear narrative and recommended actions.
• Proactively surface risks and opportunities to senior leaders before they show up in results.

Process Building & Leadership

• Design and document scalable forecast and close processes; automate where possible and reduce cycle time.
• Partner on planning-system and reporting-tool improvements.
• Lead and develop the Senior Forecast Analyst and coordinate forecast contributors across the Finance organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of FP&A experience, including 3+ years owning a forecast and/or monthly close review process