Overview:

Provides leadership and manages analyses of strategic and tactical business alternatives. Providing business analysis to the management of the various operating groups and support executive decision making. Leads financial analysis of various strategic initiatives across the enterprise. Examples of such strategic initiatives include labor negotiations and store portfolio rationalizations. Responsible for leading special studies relating to cost trends and resource utilization. Represents Finance on cross-functional teams. Typical areas of activity include: Financial Planning, M&A analysis, long-term financial forecasting, product line economics, labor economics analysis and negotiation support, product development, competitive financial analysis and special studies.

Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise planning and forecasting efforts and manage budgeting software

• Manages cross-functional teams for the purpose of completing financial analysis projects. Directs and manages projects from beginning to end.

• Serves as an internal consulting engagement manager working with operating divisions (e.g. Merchandising, Store Operations, and Information Technology) as clients. Manages internal consulting project teams to deliver management consulting services to help operating division clients meet or exceed their objectives.

• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.

• Coaches, mentors, motivates and supervises project team members and contractors, and holds them accountable for their assigned work.

• Assists the operating division clients in developing business cases to evaluate and justify strategic investments in their respective business areas. Manages multiple financial analysis work streams to assist these clients in developing their divisional investment strategies.

• Leads institutionalized analysis and reporting mechanisms for recurring review of store profitability and operating performance. Works with operating division clients to help develop inputs and assumptions, as well as outline and explain insights from these mechanisms.

• Leads recruiting and organizational development efforts for Financial Planning and Analysis.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Hyperion planning software experience required

  • Advanced excel and financial modelling skills required

  • Self-motivated individual with proven project, resource and change management track record. Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities. High degree of results orientation.

  • Effective at managing ambiguity. Ability to operating effectively without having the total picture, as well as be able to effectively pose questions in order to gather information required for decision making

  • Demonstrated ability to motivate and manage cross-functional teams across various functions of a company, and leadership skills in a team environment where teams don’t have a reporting relationship to the individual are required

  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate teamwork and manage analytical projects, strong customer focus.

  • Ability to effectively and efficiently communicate complex issues to senior management. Demonstrate persuasive written and verbal communication skills and be effective in a variety of presentation settings.

  • Consulting or similar experience a plus

  • Retail industry knowledge a plus

  MINIMUM EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

   

  • MBA or related advanced degree required

  • 3 to 4 years of work experience (preferably post-MBA) in financial analysis or similar roles demonstrating increasing responsibility

Physical Requirements:

Physical Demand
Constant

5-8 Hours
Frequent

3-5 Hours
Occasional

1-3 Hours