Job description

The Opportunity Caraway Home is a direct-to-consumer cookware and home goods brand with a fast-growing retail and wholesale business. Our finance function is not a back-office group, it sets the demand plan that commits our inventory capital, owns pricing architecture, and partners directly with the Leadership Team on strategic financial decisions. This role will report to and work alongside the Associate Director of FP&A across the full range of what the team owns: demand planning and inventory, pricing and unit economics, budgeting and reforecasting, and executive reporting. It's a hybrid role by design: you'll move constantly between units and dollars, between a SKU-level forecast and a channel P&L, because that movement is the core skill of the team. Who You Are You're very detail-oriented. This role is a quality check on data and numbers other teams rely on, and small errors compound quickly across reporting, pricing QA, and partner forecasts. We are looking for candidates from experience with a merchandise, inventory, or category planning background with real financial modeling depth, or an FP&A background built in a consumer or inventory-heavy business. This is not a reporting production role. We need someone who interprets what the numbers say, forms a view, and brings it forward. This role is scoped to grow into category ownership. At Caraway, that means holding the full picture for a category: how the assortment is built and where it has gaps or redundancy, what each SKU earns on a unit basis, what demand looks like and what inventory it requires, how pricing and promotion should be structured, and what the category needs to do for the business next year. Demand planning is the largest piece of that, but a forecast is only as good as the assortment and pricing decisions underneath it. Responsibilities Reporting & Budgeting • Own monthly All Hands reporting and the underlying revenue/margin views by channel, product, and category — going beyond the standing package to flag what's moving, what isn't, and what leadership should be watching that they aren't today. • Support quarterly board reporting and investor updates. • Run the monthly department budget cycle (actuals, recodes, variance reporting), holding department leads to a quality bar on submitted forecasts, plus the annual budget and reforecasting in between. Demand & Retail Forecasting • Run monthly demand model actualization and build the variance commentary that explains the driver behind a miss, not just its size — this also feeds the broader demand planning process. • Support partner-level retail and wholesale forecasting: real retail math, from inventory flow and units-to-dollars translation to promotional pricing and unit economics at the partner level. • Own forecasting for long-tail/mature SKUs and for smaller or emerging channels (TikTok Shop, Canada, etc). • Partner with Operations team to manage supplier capacity: prepare the monthly reorder pack, consolidate PO advancement requests, and factor any supplier constraints into the demand plan and reorder timing. Pricing & Promotional Analysis • Own pricing QA across site, Amazon, and retail surfaces, and build the assortment-and-pricing-by-partner tracking system that doesn't exist today. • Own the standard post-mortem format for promotions, gift-with-purchase offers, and price tests, building the institutional read on how customers respond to discount depth and bundle structure. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required • 4–7 years in FP&A, strategic finance, merchandise or inventory planning, or category management, in a consumer, retail, or e-commerce business. • Fluency moving between units and dollars: unit forecasts, landed cost, margin, and channel P&L, including how inventory moves through the business and how promotional pricing and unit economics play out at the partner level. • Self-sufficiency in a BI tool, ideally SQL: you can find, pull, and validate your own data and build your own reporting. You shouldn't need the data team to build views for you; you should be able to specify what you need when the underlying model genuinely doesn't support it, and build everything else yourself. • Strong Excel and independent modeling ability: you build models from scratch that others can follow, audit, and defend. This is a daily skill in this role, not an occasional one. • Comfort working across departments: a large share of this role is with Growth, Merchandising, Retail, Supply Chain, Accounting, and Creative. You need to be effective with people who don't think in financial terms, and confident holding a standard with them. • Familiarity with the GL, chart of accounts, financial statements, P&L structure, and budget-to-actuals reporting. Ownership of these isn't expected; fluency reading and working with them is. • Comfort being visibly wrong: forecasting is a discipline of continuous revision; we need someone who reforecasts honestly rather than defending a prior number. Strongly preferred • SKU-level planning experience: assortment productivity, open-to-buy, receipt planning, or markdown and promotional planning. • Exposure to inventory-constrained decision-making: supplier lead times, MOQs, capacity limits. • Experience with an ERP (Fulfil, NetSuite, or similar) alongside a BI layer. The anticipated base salary range for this role is $110,000 - 130,000. Final compensation will depend on a variety of factors determining the base pay at offer, including but not limited to: skills, qualifications, experience. This range provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. Life at Caraway: Who We Are: Caraway is a home goods brand on a mission to craft well-designed, non-toxic essentials that thoughtfully raises the standards of what you cook with. We’re passionate about creating elevated products, made without forever chemicals, that are better for you, your family, and the planet. We prioritize a holistic approach to the creation of Caraway products. We partner with ethical manufacturers where their employees are safe, paid fairly, given benefits, and work regulated hours. Our eco-friendly manufacturing process emits less CO2 than traditional non-stick coatings, and we use sustainable packaging practices and ship in packaging made from recycled materials. We pride ourselves on continuously striving to do and be better—for you and the planet—in every step of the process. Since launching in November 2019, we’ve become one of the fastest growing digitally-native brands of the last decade and are now sold in retailers including Target, Bloomingdale’s, Crate & Barrel, The Container Store, Costco, Zola, and many more. We’ve amassed over 200,000+ five-star reviews from more than 2.5M+ happy customers and thousands of press hits from the likes of Vogue, Domino, Good Housekeeping, Food & Wine, Architectural Digest, PureWow, Fortune, and CNN. Team : You will be joining a passionate and collaborative fully-remote team that prides itself on high-quality work, supporting one another, sharing our successes, and building a brand we truly love, together. Culture : At Caraway, we value continuous learning and career growth. We strive to continually optimize our processes, ensuring that we’re thoughtful in everything we do, both internally and externally. We listen to our employees, celebrate our wins, and constantly look for ways to be better for our team, and the world. Workplace : Being a fully-remote company, we have no headquarters and are truly distributed across the country. Our leadership team sits on both the East and West Coast and we have folks in a variety of states. We offer a monthly stipend towards co-working space should folks need to switch up their working environment every now and then. Benefits : We value you and your family. With this in mind, full-time eligible employees are provided: • Equity : We believe in our product and that the sky's the limit for where our business is going. You are an asset to Caraway’s success and we think you should be rewarded for it. • 401k : A 3% company match to help you plan for for your future • Benefits : Comprehensive medical, dental + vision coverage options with generous employer contributions + access to FSA/HSA/Dependent Care FSA’s • Parental Leave : Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, depending on tenure, and access to additional fertility care services via KindBody • A Setup that works for you : From MacBook to PC, we’ve got you covered. Let us know what you prefer and we’ll get your at-home set up stocked! • Elevate your Workspace : Annual reimbursements for you to elevate your workspace, from standing desks to desktop succulents, you got it! • Fully Remote : Need to pick up the kids? No problem. Have a doctor’s appointment? Enjoy! Flexibility when you need it most. • Coworking Reimbursement : Need a break from the home setting? Monthly reimbursements for you to get out of the house and work from anywhere. From day passes, to monthly memberships, the world is your oyster, we mean office. • Events + Swag : Connection is top of mind (Yes, even in our completely remote environment). We have monthly virtual events, company wide offsites, and many opportunities for new Caraway swag! • Leveling Up with Caraway : In addition to exciting opportunities and exposure in your day-to-day work, we offer annual reimbursements to full-time employees to support their professional development aspirations! • #AwayFromCaraway : We believe healthy, happy humans do better work. We offer unlimited PTO in addition to our 11+ paid annual holidays and quarterly wellness days. • Wellness Reimbursement : Monthly reimbursements for you to stay well. From meal services to gym memberships to monthly massages, we want our team to have the flexibility to choose what wellness means for them. • Employee Discount: We provide an employee discount on all Caraway Home products so you can continue to level up your kitchen and home life, too! • Home Upgrade(s) : Complimentary product as a new hire + continuous to expand your Caraway Home collection. Caraway is an Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as during outreach, reviewing applications and analyzing resumes. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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Must-haves

You're very detail-oriented. This role is a quality check on data and numbers other teams rely on, and small errors compound quickly across reporting, pricing QA, and partner forecasts.
We are looking for candidates from experience with a merchandise, inventory, or category planning background with real financial modeling depth, or an FP&A background built in a consumer or inventory-heavy business.
Reporting & Budgeting
Support quarterly board reporting and investor updates.
Run the monthly department budget cycle (actuals, recodes, variance reporting), holding department leads to a quality bar on submitted forecasts, plus the annual budget and reforecasting in between.
Demand & Retail Forecasting
Run monthly demand model actualization and build the variance commentary that explains the driver behind a miss, not just its size — this also feeds the broader demand planning process.
Support partner-level retail and wholesale forecasting: real retail math, from inventory flow and units-to-dollars translation to promotional pricing and unit economics at the partner level.
Own forecasting for long-tail/mature SKUs and for smaller or emerging channels (TikTok Shop, Canada, etc).
Partner with Operations team to manage supplier capacity: prepare the monthly reorder pack, consolidate PO advancement requests, and factor any supplier constraints into the demand plan and reorder timing.
Pricing & Promotional Analysis
Own pricing QA across site, Amazon, and retail surfaces, and build the assortment-and-pricing-by-partner tracking system that doesn't exist today.
Own the standard post-mortem format for promotions, gift-with-purchase offers, and price tests, building the institutional read on how customers respond to discount depth and bundle structure.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
4–7 years in FP&A, strategic finance, merchandise or inventory planning, or category management, in a consumer, retail, or e-commerce business.
Strong Excel and independent modeling ability: you build models from scratch that others can follow, audit, and defend. This is a daily skill in this role, not an occasional one.
Familiarity with the GL, chart of accounts, financial statements, P&L structure, and budget-to-actuals reporting. Ownership of these isn't expected; fluency reading and working with them is.
Comfort being visibly wrong: forecasting is a discipline of continuous revision; we need someone who reforecasts honestly rather than defending a prior number.
SKU-level planning experience: assortment productivity, open-to-buy, receipt planning, or markdown and promotional planning.
Exposure to inventory-constrained decision-making: supplier lead times, MOQs, capacity limits.
Experience with an ERP (Fulfil, NetSuite, or similar) alongside a BI layer.

Nice-to-haves

Strongly preferred

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Dental

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401k

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Wellness

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