Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis Vistaprint Europe Company Background Vistaprint (www.Vistaprint.com.com – NASDAQ: VPRT) is an internet-based small business marketing company that has served over 19 million customers world-wide. Vistaprint offers small businesses everything they need to market their business with brand identity and promotional products, marketing services and electronic marketing solutions. Vistaprint is one of the fastest growing publically quoted Internet companies in the world. The company’s revenues for the fiscal year ending June 2009 exceeded US $500 million with currency-constant growth rates in excess of 30 percent. With a unique business model supported by proprietary technologies, high-volume production facilities, and direct marketing expertise, Vistaprint offers a wide variety of products for both small businesses and the home. Options range from business cards, brochures and websites to invitations, customized photo products, thank you notes, calendars and much more. A global company, Vistaprint employs more than 1,850 people, operates 20 localized websites and ships to more than 120 countries around the world. Vistaprint’s unique technology and value proposition has allowed us to successfully penetrate the large, fragmented, geographically dispersed and underserved small business and consumer markets. Vistaprint is a truly international company. The corporate parent is a Dutch company, the office of the CEO and corporate strategy group are headquartered in Paris, France, the European Business Unit Headquarters are in Barcelona Spain, the North American Business Unit is in Lexington, MA, USA and engineering operations are in the United States and Switzerland; manufacturing facilities are in Canada and the Netherlands; customer design, sales and service centers are in Jamaica, the Netherlands and Tunisia. The company continues to grow, and recently announced that it will be opening its first localized Asia-Pacific manufacturing and marketing operations in Australia in 2010. Position As a key member of Vistaprint’s European management team, the Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis will lead the European financial, planning and analysis team. This position will be responsible for assisting in the coordination of the strategic business planning process, facilitation and oversight of the annual operating budgets, short and long term financial forecasts, financial modeling, variance analysis, business case development and evaluation and ad hoc special studies as requested. This is a senior role but requires a hands-on entrepreneurial executive that is able to delve deep into operational and financial data to define and measure meaningful metrics that lead to insightful business decision-making. You will manage a group that will focus on the business modeling and financial planning processes that will effectively scale with the company’s rapid growth. You must have the ability to interact with and influence management and contributors at all levels of the organization. This position will be a key financial interface between corporate finance and the business unit finance groups. The position will report to the President of Vistaprint’s European business unit, have dotted line responsibility to the VP, Corporate FP&A and manage a growing group currently comprised of 3 dedicated financial managers as well indirect oversight of finance resources in Vistaprint’s European manufacturing and call center facilities. Key responsibilities include the following areas: - Manage business unit financial planning including:
- Developing, implementing and maintaining short and long-term forecast models
- Creating and driving annual budget processes
- Partnering with business leadership to prepare monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts
- Working in collaboration with business leadership to perform value-added financial analysis, to create financial models and business cases and to identify areas of risk or opportunity
- Performing variance reporting and analysis that focuses on underlying business drivers which can inform business decisions
- Owning business unit financial reporting and aligning financial planning and forecasting activities with corporate FP&A, accounting operations and corporate reporting
- Proactively lead strategic and operational planning for future needs of the business unit
- Prepare executive presentations including financial alternatives, comprehensive business case analyses and recommendations on new business opportunities to senior BU leadership and the global executive team.
- Provide input into the future design and enhancements of the company’s ERP implementation (SAP Financials) and enterprise forecasting tool (BPC)
- Refine and continuously improve the business plan models used in the business unit’s investment portfolio trade-off process. Collaborate with stakeholders in the development of cross departmental work
- Assist with financial and operational due diligence on potential mergers and acquisitions
- Collaborate across the Global finance team in areas such as best financial practices, financial tool improvements and transparent communication of business trends including risks and opportunities.
- Recruit, motivate, develop and retain a high performance team
Person The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of progressive financial planning and analysis and finance management roles in high growth, global companies that have reached at least $500M in annual revenues and preferably with significant, complex manufacturing operations. The person’s background should include core competencies in financial planning, financial modeling and analysis, capital budgeting and solid familiarity with accounting principles The VP, Finance will have a well-rounded leadership and management background, including: - Extensive financial planning experience as well as solid track record in related areas such as accounting (previous exposure to general ledgers and month-end financial cycle), financial reporting, project financial analysis and strategic planning within a publicly traded company.
- Previous experience using enterprise-wide planning tools. Knowledge of SAP planning software is a plus
- Solid management skills leading teams of 10+ people. We seek a gifted manager with a strong desire and track record of mentoring/growing team members.
- Expert knowledge of Excel and Power Point.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related major is required. An MBA or Master’s degree is highly preferred and CPA is a plus.
Additional characteristics and personal attributes will include: - Unwavering ethical behavior combined with unmatched passion, commitment and drive for quality excellence
- Adaptable style that is comfortable within a high energy, action oriented culture
- Natural ability to work collaboratively with an a communication style that is direct and transparent
- Strength of character and convictions to professionally challenge executive decisions when appropriate
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