Portland Div Finance Analyst
About The Position
The Finance Analyst is responsible for preparing, analyzing, and reporting division and store plans on all operational expenses. This role involves performing analysis of weekly sales and financial reports, including inventory reports and month-end income analysis. The analyst will drive an analytical process to identify deviations of actual trends to forecasted/planned and final results. Key responsibilities also include maintaining and administering current financial databases to meet reporting needs, identifying key trends, and creating anticipated reporting structures. The position requires gathering, summarizing, preparing, and analyzing financial/operational data, conducting sales and gross profit analysis, preparing presentations for senior management, supporting the quarterly planning process, and performing four-week close variance analysis and reporting. A hands-on working knowledge of GAAP is essential.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or equivalent experience.
- 3-4 years of relevant experience in financial planning, reporting and analysis, or related experience.
- Advanced PC skills in MS Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including ability to present analyses and recommendations to senior management.
- Ability to present complex issues in a simple, logical, and brief manner.
- Strong analytical, statistical, market analysis, competitive analysis, and ROI analysis skills.
- Comfortable with large amounts of data and able to identify key trends and variances and summarize.
- Ability to work with various systems and data sources to gather and assimilate required information.
- Creative problem-solving skills.
- A demonstrated track record of making a difference and adding value.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Able to multi-task.
- Brings a strong sense of “customer service”; with responsiveness ethic and a sense of urgency.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with QMF, Lawson, and Essbase.
- Experience with writing Macros and Automation Scripts.
- Promotional analysis skills.
- Retail experience or exposure.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, analyze and report division and store plans on all operational expenses.
- Perform analysis of weekly sales and financial reports, including inventory reports and month end income analysis.
- Drive an analytical process of identifying deviations of actual trends to forecasted/planned and final results.
- Maintain and administer current financial databases to meet reporting needs; identify key trends and create anticipated reporting structures.
- Gather, summarize, prepare and analyze financial/ operational data.
- Perform Sales and gross profit analysis.
- Prepare Presentations for senior management.
- Support for quarterly planning process.
- Perform Four-week close variance analysis and reporting.
- Apply Hand-on working knowledge of GAAP.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
