Senior Financial Analyst - Field Support (Sales and Profit)
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
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OVERVIEW:
The Senior Financial Analyst - Field Support is responsible for providing financial analysis and decision support in the areas of quarterly sales planning, store bonus and support for the Profit Protection team as they identify and address various opportunities to help prevent profit erosion.
The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for the store bonus process, which includes forecasting, accruing, budgeting and managing the exception process. This role will also be heavily involved in the rollout and ongoing administration of the quarterly sales planning effort.
Additionally, this role will provide project analytic support, monthly and ad hoc reporting and be one of the primary liaisons with the Profit Protection Group. The position works across the Finance team, as well as various business partners so the ability to collaborate effectively is essential.
The position requires strong research, problem solving and conceptual thinking, and oral and written communication skills. The workload shifts frequently across job duties. Therefore, flexibility, perseverance, and comfort with ambiguity are requirements for success in this role.
Profit Protection Team Support and Analysis
Partner with the Profit Protection team as one of the primary finance liaisons to identify and address areas of opportunities/risks to individual and collective store profit
Provide various reporting and analytics based on opportunities identified
Partner with outside teams such as Supply Chain, Accounting, etc to implement necessary changes
Work with Loss Prevention to provide monthly updates and progress on initiatives
Assist in proactively identifying and forecasting risks to the P&L
Participate in test and learn opportunities for identified solutions; provide assistance with ROI and other investment impact calculations
Store Bonus Oversight
Responsible for forecasting both quarterly sales, annual contribution, and other store bonus programs based on sales and contribution trending
Maintain store bonus model and provide bonus accruals at quarter/year end, including partnering with accounting
Manage, calculate, and communicate results related to the quarterly and annual store bonus exception process
Create the annual store bonus budget based on bonus changes and store counts
Quarterly Sales Planning and Annual Sales budgeting
Assist manager and RFMs in developing annual and quarterly sales budgets, including impacts and drivers
Administer and help manage changes to store sales and contribution as we evolve new ways of working, particularly through the developing quarterly sales budgeting process
Other Ad Hoc analysis and reporting as needed
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree
Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related business field
3-5 years of experience
1– 3 years of specific experience supporting: expense planning, capital planning, forecasting, investment analysis
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