Senior Financial Analyst - Sales & Business Analytics

About the Role

As Senior Financial Analyst, you will support company sales planning and improve company profitability by leading value-added analysis, providing insights into business performance, and supporting company decision making by building business partnerships and translating business trends and strategies into actionable sales plans.

 

What You’ll Do

• Develop daily sales plans and forecasts incorporating current trends, promotional calendars, marketing strategies, new initiatives and other key business drivers

• Partner with Marketing and Merchant teams to evaluate promotional strategies and calendars, including quantifying anticipated sales impacts and recommending changes

• Prepare daily, weekly, quarterly and executive-level sales reporting, providing clear insights into performance, trends, risks, opportunities and future outlook

• Analyze large and complex data sets using technical tools, financial principles and business knowledge to identify trends, variances and underlying performance drivers versus plan, forecast and prior year

• Conduct sensitivity, scenario, rate-versus-mix and other financial analyses to evaluate results and support business recommendations

• Support annual budgeting and long-range planning through sales analysis, forecasting and development of key assumptions

• Develop and enhance reporting and analytical tools that improve visibility into business performance, forecasting accuracy and decision making

• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of data, analyses and reporting prior to communicating findings and recommendations

• Perform ad hoc analyses to support business decisions, operational and financial planning, promotional strategies and leadership requests

• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify opportunities to improve sales performance, forecasting, reporting and planning processes

• Additional tasks may be assigned

 

What Skills You Have

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Analytics, or other relevant field

• Advanced knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and other Financial Software programs

• Strong analytical, forecasting and financial planning skills

• Ability to interpret complex data, identify key business drivers, and translate findings into actionable insights

• Strong critical thinking, attention to detail, time management and communication skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work within established timelines

 

Preferred

• 3+ years of experience in Accounting or Finance

• CPA or MBA

• Retail industry experience