Finance Business Partner, Commerical

Autozone • Memphis, TN

7d

About The Position

As the Commercial Financial Business Partner, this role serves as the financial liaison between the Commercial Functional Area and Accounting/Finance. It provides financial guidance and support to Commercial leadership by developing, analyzing, and interpreting statistical and accounting information to assess operating results in terms of costs, budgets, policies, trends, and opportunities to increase profit. The role manages the planning process to align the Commercial business unit with corporate strategies and tactics and coordinates the financial impact of Commercial strategies and tactics.

The position comprehensively manages Commercial finances, including budgeting, Latest Estimate updates, Long Range Plan projections, forecast updates, period close, and reporting. It analyzes financial performance, advises leadership on decisions with financial impact, administers accounting policies and procedures, collaborates with other Financial Business Partners, evaluates proposed projects, and supervises a team of five individuals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) or equivalent.
• Seven to eight years of work experience, including public accounting experience.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• MBA or Master’s in Accountancy.

Responsibilities

• Manage Commercial finances, including the annual budgeting process, Latest Estimate updates, Long Range Plan projections, forecast updates, period close, and reporting.
• Conduct periodic and ad hoc financial analysis to evaluate and explain variances from Plan, Latest Estimate, and last year, and advise Functional Area leadership on trends, opportunities, and weaknesses in financial performance.
• Advise Functional Area leadership on decisions with a financial impact to the Company, providing opinions and analyses to support decisions, including customer-level analysis.
• Administer, design, and implement accounting policies and procedures that affect the Commercial Functional Area.
• Collaborate with other Financial Business Partners, including those whose areas directly affect Commercial, such as IT, Merchandising, and HR, to ensure impacts to Commercial financial results are considered.
• Manage the Approval Request System process by evaluating proposed projects, modeling reasonable assumptions of quantifiable benefits, comparing results with the corporate hurdle rate, and providing internal rate of return justification to Senior Management for review and approval.
• Perform ad hoc project evaluations and financial analysis.
• Manage and provide direction and supervision to a team of five: Commercial Accounting Senior Manager, Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Analyst, Associate Financial Analyst, and a Senior Financial Analyst shared with Commercial Credit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager