Merchandising Senior Financial Analyst - ISE

Position Purpose:

The Merchandising Services Finance Sr. Financial Analyst supports the multi-billion dollar off-shelf portfolio led by our In Store Environment (ISE) Team. The SFA works cross functionally with ISE, Merchandising, Inventory Planning & Replenishment (IPR) and Merchandising Finance to help plan, forecast and optimize the productivity of off-shelf placements of product within our stores. The ideal candidate should feel comfortable working with large data sets while maintaining data integrity and accuracy, working and influencing with cross-functional business partners, developing business performance reviews for leadership and proactively identifying opportunities for incremental sales or productivity. Some key examples of responsibilities include: developing analyses to support the Merchandising Services strategy including event and off shelf reporting, scenario analysis, reporting and analyzing financial results weekly, monthly and quarterly.

Key Responsibilities:

• 25% Oversee the administration of financial policies.
• 25% Conducts special financial studies and coordinates with other departments in the preparation of statistical studies.
• 25% Performs internal and external economic research and analyzes issues related to specific financial metrics to ensure competitiveness
• 5% Compiles or prepares reports, graphs and charts of data developed.
• 10% Recommends changes in financial analysis methods or procedures.
• 10% Assists and supervises Financial Analysts in the daily preparation and conduct of their work.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This position typically reports to a Sr. Manager
• Typically requires highly developed interpersonal skills for dealing with sensitive or controversial situations.
• Typically faces situations that are unstructured and require original approaches.
• Typically considers new approaches within general policies and short-term goals when solving problems.
• Typically, once given general assignments, determines priorities and defines what should be done and how to do it.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Under constant pressure to continuously meet tight deadlines, demanding quotas and/or must regularly deal with difficult situations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of related experience in Finance and/or Accounting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to operate in a team environment.
• Strong working knowledge in Microsoft PowerPoint & Excel and financial systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or equivalent.
• Ability to thrive in a rapidly changing, dynamic environment.

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 3

Competencies:

• Oral and written communication skills
• Accounting or Finance experience.
• Analytical skills
• Problem solving skills