Financial Analyst

Lowes • NC

75d

About The Position

The primary purpose of this role is to partner with functional business partners and business units as a financial subject matter expert in support of core company focus areas. This is accomplished by cross-functional collaboration to convert complex business plans into quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans; develop and maintain scorecards; develop business cases; and provide proactive analysis, insights, and recommendations to optimize business performance. To accomplish this, the Analyst must have knowledge of financial and business analytics principles. This individual will collaborate with Finance peers to ensure that insights from functional areas and business units are understood and incorporated into work products. Additionally, the Analyst must be able to work effectively within a matrixed organization to ensure that insights from other functional areas are understood and incorporated into work products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
• 1 year experience in finance or analytical role within a public company/accounting firm
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Experience providing analytical support

Nice To Haves

• 3 years experience in finance or analytical role within a public company/accounting firm
• Experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Corporate Accounting
• Experience with tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, Superset, Microstrategy, Qlik, etc.
• Experience with analytical tools such as Python, R, SAS, Adobe, Alteryx, Knime

Responsibilities

• Supports Senior and Lead Analysts by maintaining templates, systems, and other tools needed to develop quarterly forecast updates, annual plans, and long-range plans (2-3 years).
• Completes updates of operating, program, and business unit scorecards and supports Senior and Lead Analysts in updating commentary and analysis for the scorecard updates.
• Compiles data needed to perform root cause analysis, test & learn, and financial modeling; and supports Senior and Lead Analysts in conducting the analysis.
• Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area; leveraging an understanding of policies, data, and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating cross functionally to solve business problems; identifying, recommending, and implementing ways to address improvement opportunities.
• Pursues self-development and effective relationships by openly sharing information and knowledge with coworkers and business partners; seeking performance feedback; and adapting to and learning from change.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees