Controller, Varsity Performing Arts

Controller for the Varsity Performing Arts (VPA) Business Unit

For over 50 years, Varsity Spirit has been the leading global source for all things spirit, including cheerleading, dance team, performing arts and yearbook. Focused on safety, entertainment and traditional school leadership, Varsity Spirit's 5,000+ employees are dedicated to celebrating school spirit. A leader in apparel innovation, educational camps, clinics, competitions, and yearbook, Varsity Spirit impacts more than a million athletes each year.

As the Controller for the Varsity Performing Arts (VPA) Business Unit, you will be an essential partner to the VPA leadership team, including the leaders of the Stanbury Uniforms, Director's Showcase International (DSI), and SA Feather businesses. As the finance business partner for the VPA business unit, you will be responsible for the full value chain, from sales to production and distribution of apparel and accessories for the bands across the United States. You will provide financial expertise and insights to drive effective business planning and operational excellence, key focus areas for Varsity Spirit. You will play a transformational role in shaping and modernizing how the finance function drives value for the company and for our customers.

As part of this role, you will :

• Lead, engage, and motivate the VPA finance team to provide financial transparency, improve operational efficiency, and drive profitable growth, through partnership with their business counterparts.
• Lead the initiative to optimize and standardize inventory control processes, including cycle counting. Ensure proper valuation of inventory, in collaboration with the Varsity Spirit and Varsity Brands controller community and operations leaders.
• Lead monthly / quarterly / annual budgeting and forecasting of all VPA sales, supply chain operations, and critical support functions, in partnership with FP&A.
• Responsible for a clean and timely monthly financial close process of the VPA business unit, including audit support.
• Partner with VPA leadership team in continuing to harmonize the VPA go-to-market strategy, with KPI's designed to measure and drive optimal outcomes.
• Oversee cost optimization initiatives, and facilitate the explanation of cost performance versus targets, effectively communicating key insights to ensure product cost and operating cost targets are achieved.
• Provide leadership and support to the VPA finance team, including the Stanbury finance team and two VPA financial analysts.
• In partnership with the Apparel finance team, develop a division-wide product costing process and methodology to provide better insights to product profitability and operational performance.
• As part of the Sales & Operations Planning process, support VPA sales and operations leadership to support development of annual sales budgets and monthly sales forecasts, providing useful insight to operational capacities / capabilities / issues.
• Ensure accurate and timely commissions calculations and reporting for Stanbury sales representatives.
• Assist with the Varsity Spirit cash flow analysis and Asset Based Loan (ABL) submissions, specifically related to inventory, AR, AP, capital projects, etc.
• Drive the adoption and proficient use of technology such as Microsoft BI and Excel to manipulate data from multiple sources into meaningful analysis and insights for sales and operations leadership to act upon.

Supervisory Responsibility :

Direct management of a plant controller, plant finance team, and two financial analysts

Qualifications :

Education / Certifications Required :

Physical Requirements :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This job operates in a professional office environment. Largely a sedentary role with some filing requiring the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bending or standing on a stool as necessary. Ability to sit or stand for long periods through meetings and while operating office equipment, PC's, laptop, telephone will be required.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job.

Join the best team in sport & spirit

At Varsity Brands, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to succeed and every educator wants to make a difference. It takes a team to make a real impact, and through our two divisions BSN SPORTS and Varsity Spirit and our network of 6,000+ employees and independent representatives, we are proud to partner with a wide range of educational institutions and club and professional sports to transform the student journey in SPORT and SPIRIT.

Our values :

Service : We lead with heart. We champion community.

Passion : We love what we do. It fuels our purpose.

Integrity : We do what we promise. We own our actions and decisions.

Respect : We earn it by giving it. Because everyone deserves it.

Innovation : We never stop striving to be better. For ourselves and our community.

Transparency : We are committed to openness and honesty in everything we do.

Our benefits :

We are committed to putting you and your families first. For benefits eligible roles, we offer a variety of choices and costs as well as program enhancements that align with our responsibility to elevate the employee experience. Some of our offerings include :

Varsity Brands companies are equal opportunity employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.