Senior Financial Analyst (Purchasing)

Ross Stores • Dublin, CA

31d • $81,000 - $121,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Financial Analyst will be responsible for a P&L that spans across several key areas of the business. This role includes weekly capital and expense tracking, reporting, budget and forecast planning, monthly/yearly accruals, accounts payable reconciliation, 5-year planning and ad-hoc analyses. This role is also responsible for aggregating and reporting expense and capital expenditures for the Corporate Purchasing team. The Sr. Financial Analyst will report into Corporate Purchasing, with high visibility and engagement with Directors, VP/SVP. This position will have frequent opportunities to interact and present to multiple suppliers, internal stakeholders, and executive management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required from an accredited university (preferably in an analytical/finance field).
• 3-5 years of prior work experience in financial or operations planning & forecasting highly desirable, ideally with a Retail or Supply Chain background, and least 5-6 years of total relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to independently produce comprehensive high-level financial summaries/decks appropriate for a senior level executive audience.
• Strong financial and business acumen – must be able to synthesize data, error check, and reconcile own work and design analyses to present to leadership.
• Proficient in Excel (VLOOKUP’s, pivot tables, ability to use formulas to link spreadsheets to extract info needed) as well as ability to learn new business process software applications (PeopleSoft, Hyperion, MicroStrategy, Coupa, Ariba, K2).
• Strong analytical skills – accuracy, timeliness, and attention to detail.
• Strategic planning experience: ability to apply that thinking to the 5-year budget planning process.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, work independently, and consistently meet tight deadlines with high level of accuracy in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, ability to effectively interact and communicate inside and outside of the Department.

Nice To Haves

• Ideally with a Retail or Supply Chain background

Responsibilities

• Drive the monthly forecasting process to aggregate and understand the expense and capital forecasts for stores and corporate partners and prepare detailed reporting for senior executive audiences.
• Maintain and track weekly spend across the organization, with clear financial explanations, analysis, and insight for variances to budget and forecast. Prepare and submit detailed weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end financial reports. Run and analyze inventory reports, including analysis of spend performance for a senior executive audience.
• Prepare and review weekly, monthly financial forecast changes. Reconcile invoices, prepare AP uploads and accruals for month-end close.
• Administration of the Hyperion system setup for each budget cycle, perform monthly validations to ensure financial reports match PeopleSoft ERP.
• Lead the annual budgeting process for expense and capital budgets – work closely with management and senior executives, along with cross-functional finance partners.
• Develop and track 5-Year Plans for both expense and capital expenditures.
• Plan, analyze and support complex procurement challenges – in areas specific to spend management, spend optimization, cost reduction, and efficiency opportunities.
• Perform timely ad-hoc requests and provide inputs to decks and presentations for senior executive communication.
• Prepare and submit Capital Expenditure Requests (CERs) for capital projects and manage quarterly asset write-offs.

What This Job Offers

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