Mgr Finance, Merch

Nordstrom•Seattle, WA

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Finance Manager supporting Nordstrom's merchandising organization, you'll partner directly with business teams - advising on strategic planning, investment decisions, and performance insights - to drive growth and maximize profitability. You'll translate financial analysis into clear, actionable insights that shape strategic and operational decisions, and drive planning for major product strategies and business initiatives. This role offers direct exposure to senior leadership across Merchandising and Finance, with real visibility into decisions that move the business. You'll build a broad, cross-functional view of how strategy translates into financial results, building a strong foundation for your professional growth within the finance organization or beyond. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with sharp attention to detail, able to influence leaders and deliver results in a fast-moving retail environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution as part of a close-knit, collaborative team. This role is Hybrid and will require you to be in the downtown Seattle, WA office 4 days per week.

Requirements

8-10 years of relevant experience with scope and accountability progression, merchandising experience a plus
Proven experience in analysis, modeling, and reporting financial performance
Ability to build strong relationships with peers, business partners, and senior leadership
Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint abilities, experience using AI tools to drive efficiencies and insights, experience with Looker and SQL a plus
Storytelling experience with strong verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated ability to manage priorities and timelines
People management experience a plus
Attention to detail, data integrity and accuracy
Retail industry experience a plus

Responsibilities

Partner with senior leaders to anticipate future business opportunities and challenges, particularly related to sales, margin, and inventory.
Quantify impacts of decisions and risk / opportunity scenarios to inform executive decision-making.
Participate in the development and execution of our strategic merchandising and financial plans; help integrate the Merch perspective more directly into Finance decision-making by being a front-line link between Finance and Merchandising.
Build new capabilities on the team by identifying opportunities to support improved business results, by guiding formation of new processes, and by managing and mentoring junior team members on their development journeys.
Define measurement approaches and build tools to monitor performance of our core business and strategic initiatives in order to inform future actions.
Collaborate with business leaders and cross-functional partners to develop business cases and financial modeling to support investment prioritization.
Effectively discuss potential benefits, costs, and tradeoffs with leaders.
Support ad hoc analyses and special projects—both through individual contributions and management of junior team members.
Generate insights from analysis as well as synthesize and clearly communicate findings to support executive-level decisions.