Role Mission

The main responsibility of the Assistant Cost Controller will be to provide support to the Vice President of Store Planning and Facilities and the Senior Cost Controller with all Store Planning administrative, budgeting and reconciliation activities.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for daily administrative tasks for the VP of Store Planning and Facilities which includes the scheduling of meetings, preparation and distribution of meeting agendas and minutes;
• Develop and maintain a store planning project tracker with all milestones and critical dates for each ongoing store planning project;
• Work with the legal capex database for data entry and project updates;
• Partner with the Store Planning Project Managers to collect all lien waivers and close out books for each project;
• Collect invoices and work with accounts payable for payment and updating vendors on payment status;
• Work closely with Senior Cost Controller on budgeting and cost plan updates;
• Collect all related documents to prepare tenant allowance packages for directly operated stores, leased and wholesale projects;
• Ad-hoc projects as needed.

Key Requirements

• 1 – 2 years’ experience in a related position;
• Experience in a retail finance or store planning/construction department a plus;
• Finance or Accounting degree required;
• Strong math skills;
• Must be proficient in excel and powerpoint;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Able to work cross functionally in a collaborative environment;
• Must be detail oriented and be able to work with a sense of urgency.

Key Behaviors

Explore

Considerate Thinker

• Sees the big picture and understands how own actions and decisions impact others and the organization as a whole

Solutions Developer

• Actively scans the environment for new approaches, blending different ideas to come with creative yet effective solutions

Deliver

Accountable Achiever

• Actively gets things done, raising the bar for performance and taking accountability for own actions

Agile Advocate

• Driven by the sense of urgency, promotes change and takes smart risks in pursuit of goals

Connect

Connection Builder

• Builds trust-based relationships across boundaries and encourages collaboration
• Adapts own style to communicate impactfully

People Enabler

• Empowers others by providing autonomy and encouraging self-expression, valuing and amplifying each person’s uniqueness

Build

Continuous Learner

• Is self-aware, curious to learn and seeks feedback from others to continuously grow, always putting improvement over comfort

Talent Builder

• Provides constructive and on-going feedback, coaches and helps others to achieve their full potential

Work authorization

• Qualified candidates must have the proper work authorization to work in the United States

EOE M/D/F/V