Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst, North America Reporting

About the role

Ralph Lauren Corporation is seeking an ambitious and highly analytical person to join the Ralph Lauren North America FP&A team. The individual will work together with key finance and business partners to support regional North America reporting & analytics, as well as assist in providing financial support to the North America Marketing teams.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the technical execution of reporting, consolidation, and detailed data scrubbing and analytics activities for the North America Region.
• Track and analyze Marketing spend, while supporting Marketing teams with Finance support, metrics, and ROI analysis.
• Generate and maintain the standard North America reporting suite for LRP/Plan, Forecast, and Period-End Close, including P&L models, KPI dashboards, Inventory rollforwards, and other ad-hoc reporting.
• Lead the technical execution of detailed data scrubbing and analytics to ensure accuracy across all regional reports.
• Roll forward monthly reports and identify opportunities to streamline data retrieves and Excel-based workflows.
• Partner with Marketing teams to track actual spend, analyze invoices, and validate media, sports, and regional marketing investments.
• Aid in the month/quarter-end close by identifying expense reclassifications and working with teams to secure accrual support and journal entries.
• Create partnerships with channel FP&A teams to collect insights needed to add context to regional reports.
• Assist in the creation of monthly and quarterly decks, demonstrating a growing ability to communicate complex data to senior stakeholders.
• Support the development of organization-wide T&E reporting, identifying meaningful variance drivers against Forecast and Plan.

Requirements

• 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

Qualifications

• 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