Sr. Financial Analyst - FP&A
Company: Lowes Foods
Location: Winston Salem
Posted on: May 22, 2023
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Job Description:
Overview:The Sr. Financial Analyst will contribute to the
company's success through providing financial and analytic
partnership and deliverables to their assigned operational
areas.The Sr. Financial Analyst will work with their business
partners to ensure optimal short-term and long-term decision
making. He/ She will provide assistance "planning the work" and
then "working the plan" most efficiently and effectively. Financial
data is at the core, but the FP&A team will be responsible for
providing a balanced view of the business including operational
metrics and activity drivers.To be successful in this role, this
individual must have FP&A and analytical experience. This
person should also have presentation & communication skills,
experience working with large amounts of data (transactional, point
of sale and/ or customer data preferable) and experience building
reports (standardized, interactive self-service and/ or
adhoc).Responsibilities:The Sr. Financial Analyst, will partner
with an assigned operational area to deliver the below critical
business deliverables (as required):Financial Analysis--- Build
ROI/ business models (ST & LT) for major capital expenditures,
projects, ventures, promotions--- Analyze profitability for key
areas of assigned operational area--- Provide proactive variance
analysesBusiness Analytics--- Develop & deliver ad-hoc decision
support (financial data in addition to operational data)--- Create,
provide and partner on: descriptive analytics & exploratory data
analytics - "What" diagnostic analytics - "Why" predictive
analytics - "What if" prescriptive analytics - "Next best
action"Financial Operating Planning--- Produce assigned
deliverables for the annual financial operating plan (as required
for assigned operational area) with driverbased targets; guide
partner through process and ensure understanding and alignment on
all budget submissions--- Deliver single and "rest of year"
financial forecastingManaging & Reporting Business Performance---
Deliver (through collaboration with partner) on periodic business
reviews--- Prepare Executive (i.e. Leadership, Board Meeting)
presentations, schedules & required support (including KPIs and
Scorecards)--- Do competitive benchmarking, macro-environment and
market share/ growth analyses; as required for assigned operational
areaStrategic Planning--- Model financial outcomes of various
strategies--- Identify & track KPIs/ balanced scorecards which link
to the strategiesData & Systems--- Provide data sourcing,
wrangling, querying & modeling for discovery analytics--- Develop
standardized, self service performance reporting--- Build
requirements & validate production ready metrics and
reportsQualifications:--- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Analytics
or similar quantitative field of study; Master's Degree
preferred.--- 3+ years of progressive Finance experience. Prior
FP&A experience at a large company ($1B+ Sales) preferred.---
Experience working in Microsoft tools (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint) and
business intelligence software (i.e. Power BI, Microstrategy).---
Working knowledge in Financial/GL Systems (i.e. Fusion, Hyperion),
Database querying tools, Visualization tools, Statistical tools.---
Prior experience in retail, wholesale, distribution and/or consumer
packaged goods is preferred.Competencies:--- High level of drive,
enthusiasm and ability to naturally emerge as a respected
leader.--- Strong desire to learn and improve; intellectually
curious. High standards of accuracy.--- Demonstrated ability to
work with ambiguity. Ability to pro-actively identify needs and
solve complex problems.--- Ability to maintain an unbiased,
financial stewardship focus and not cross the line too far into the
business partner's team.--- Excellent written and verbal
communication skills. Ability to pro-actively manage the message &
expectations (all levels).--- Ability to effectively handle
multiple competing priorities, seeking prioritization assistance
when needed to manage expectations.--- Works with integrity in a
manner consistent with Alex Lee's values and ethics.--- High
accountability that delivers on commitments.
Keywords: Lowes Foods, Winston-Salem , Sr. Financial Analyst - FP&A, Accounting, Auditing , Winston Salem, North Carolina
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