Junior Financial Analyst-Store Finance
About The Position
The Junior Financial Analyst – Store Finance supports financial planning and analysis for retail store, manufacturing, and national sales operations. The role collaborates with the Store Finance team to deliver accurate forecasting and performance reporting, with guidance and mentorship from senior analysts. This hands-on position offers exposure to varied projects and initiatives and regular interaction with leaders and subject matter experts across business units. The successful candidate works urgently and accurately under tight deadlines, demonstrates accountability and strong analytical and system skills, and can think strategically and tactically.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- Entry-level experience in financial planning and analysis or a related financial role; internships or relevant coursework are considered.
- Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, filtering, lookups, and summarizing large amounts of data.
- Working knowledge of financial modeling and desire to build advanced skills.
- Familiarity with A.I. tools and their use.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to ask appropriate questions, explain results, and make recommendations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely share complex topics with diverse audiences.
- Detail-oriented and timeline-driven, with an emphasis on accuracy and results.
- Ability to work independently or collaboratively and manage multiple tasks of varying priority in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build effective cross-functional relationships.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with retail and manufacturing business segments.
- Exposure to business intelligence or data visualization tools such as MicroStrategy, Power BI, or Tableau.
- Exposure to ERP, budgeting and forecasting systems, and data analysis tools.
Responsibilities
- Support the Store Finance team as a business partner with forecasting, financial reporting, and performance analysis.
- Assist in building and maintaining financial models, business cases, and scenario analyses to evaluate business initiatives under different assumptions.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages and performance commentary for leadership, explaining variances and highlighting drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Support annual budgeting and forecasting by providing analysis, store-level insights, and recommendations.
- Participate in month-end close activities and develop historical and prospective financial information and analyses.
- Gather and compile data to identify business trends and translate complex information into clear findings and actionable recommendations.
- Contribute to cross-functional projects by helping set objectives, track timelines, and keep stakeholders informed.
- Build relationships with store leaders and partners in manufacturing, sales, and operations to understand the business.
- Help improve reporting standards, KPIs, and scorecards, and support reporting automation, including creating Excel and PowerPoint templates and data visualizations.
- Ensure data integrity and consistency across reports, models, and source systems.
- Identify process inefficiencies and recommend improvements to business-relevant reporting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
