Director, Commercial Finance

Note:
This is a fully onsite position based in Las Vegas, NV. Candidates must be able to work from our Store Support Center full-time; remote or hybrid work is not available.

Join our Support Center and be a pivotal resource to our field and distribution teams —where innovation, cross-functional collaboration, and career growth come together in an exciting environment!

As the Director of Commercial Finance
, you will support the growth and profitability of our travel retail operations. This position will work directly with leadership of the Commercial team and be responsible for a wide array of financial, strategic, and operational analysis, with a particular focus on budgeting and planning merchandise sales and gross margin and supplier income. This position will also play a key role in creating financial projections and developing business cases for new commercial initiatives.

Location: Support Center, 6600 S Bermuda Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89119

Schedule: Monday – Friday, Weekends as needed, 40 - 50 hours per week

Pay: $150,000 - $160,000

Job Type: Full-time

• Partner with commercial leaders to develop and maintain financial models for revenue, margin, and supplier income forecasting across multiple business segments.
• Support the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes, ensuring accuracy and alignment with strategic goals.
• Prepare and analyze weekly sales performance reports, providing commercial leadership with insights into key drivers to variances vs plan, and identify trends.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and decision support on key initiatives.
• Develop dashboards and KPIs that measure commercial effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in the identifying and measuring of initiatives to help drive top line growth and/or margin expansion.
• Present category sales and margin performance in the weekly trade meeting
• Oversee supplier income financial tracking with regular updates on progress against goals
• Help develop, maintain, and lead supplier income recognition training for the commercial teams
• Manage a team of 5 with 2 managers as direct reports

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a related field. MBA a plus
• 8+ years’ work experience including financial and/or operational analysis, preferably in a retail company
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, including GAAP (Preferred)
• Experience with financial budgeting, planning, business case development, and preparing presentations
• Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Advanced understanding and working knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and analysis
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Strong Excel skills and experience with EPM tools
• Must be a self-starter and willing to work in a fast paced, high growth environment
• Must be comfortable interacting with and presenting to executives and senior leadership
• Employee Discount
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance
• Flex Time Off
• Disability Insurance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company match

WHSmith is a leading global travel retailer with over 1,700 stores across 30 countries worldwide. WHSmith North America, incorporating Marshall Retail Group (MRG) and InMotion, represents over half of the Company’s international store estate, with a collection of attractive, successful specialty retail stores located in airports and resorts across North America.

WHSmith North America is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin/ancestry, age, gender identity, gender expression, military/veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other basis prohibited by law. Reasonable accommodation will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities.