Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Location: Atlanta, Georgia (Hybrid) Reports To: Chief Financial Officer About Cards HQ Cards HQ is one of the fastest-growing companies in the sports collectibles industry, operating a rapidly expanding portfolio of retail stores alongside a leading ecommerce business, live breaking operations, major card shows, and digital media platforms. As we continue to scale nationally, we're building a world-class finance organization that helps drive strategic decision making through financial insight, operational analytics, and disciplined planning. We are looking for a highly analytical finance leader who enjoys partnering with the business, solving complex problems, and helping shape the future of a high-growth company. Position Summary The Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will lead the company's budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, reporting, and business analytics functions. This role serves as a strategic business partner across the organization, translating financial and operational data into actionable insights that improve decision making. Working closely with executive leadership, merchandising, retail operations, ecommerce, marketing, and inventory planning, this leader will help optimize profitability while supporting the company's rapid growth. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building processes, improving reporting, and influencing business strategy in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment. What You'll Own Store & Unit Economics Build and own 4-wall P&Ls for every location, including corporate-versus-4-wall reporting and cost allocation methodology Establish comp / same-store sales reporting: traffic, conversion, average ticket, and category mix Underwrite new store investments - build-out capex, pre-opening costs, ramp curves, payback, and cash-on-cash returns - and track post-opening performance against plan Build store labor models and monitor payroll as a percentage of sales across the fleet Inventory & Merchandising Finance Report inventory turns, GMROI, sell-through, and aging / markdown exposure bycategory and channel Partner with buying and merchandising on inventory investment pacing and open-to-buy discipline Support working capital and inventory financing analysis Contribution margin reporting across retail stores, ecommerce, live breaking, card shows, and media Pricing and margin optimization, marketing return on investment, and customeracquisition economics Planning, Forecasting & Executive Reporting Lead the annual budgeting process and monthly rolling forecasts; maintain the long-range plan Own the 13-week cash flow forecast and scenario analysis Produce monthly executive reporting packages and quarterly board materials Develop KPI dashboards and drive reporting automation What We're Looking For Required 4+ years of progressive FP&A experience, including 3+ years supporting a multi-unit retail, restaurant, convenience, or similar multi-site consumer business (10+ physical locations) Hands-on ownership of store-level (4-wall) P&L reporting and analysis - fluent in comp sales, 4-wall margin versus corporate contribution, and new-unit payback Working command of retail inventory metrics: turns, GMROI, sell-through, and markdown / aging analysis Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience building budgets and rolling forecasts Comfort working with imperfect data and manual processes in a fast-scaling environment Ability to translate financial analysis into clear recommendations for non-finance operators Preferred Experience at a private equity-backed or founder-led high-growth operator, including board reporting New market or new store expansion experience Business intelligence and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker); ERP or planning system implementation Genuine interest in sports cards and collectibles Why Join Cards HQ? This is a ground-floor opportunity to build the FP&A function of a private equity-backed category leader during its national expansion - with direct exposure to the CEO, CFO, and board, and real influence over where we open stores, how we deploy inventory dollars, and how the business scales. You'll work across a diverse and growing business that includes: Multi-unit retail operations Ecommerce Live streaming and breaking Trading card events Digital media If you enjoy combining finance, analytics, strategy, and operational partnership in a fast- paced environment, we'd love to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr