Sr Analyst Financial Planning and Analysis

Academy Sports•Katy, TX

About The Position

At Academy Sports + Outdoors, the vision is to be the best sports + outdoors retailer in the country. The company culture is described as passionate, purpose-driven, and people-first, with a belief in creating opportunities for growth, fostering meaningful connections, and supporting every Team Member’s journey. The company emphasizes the power of fun and provides an environment where individuals can launch their own adventures while helping customers gear up for theirs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or equivalent required
Three (3) years of experience, including planning, forecasting, analyzing reporting and business partnering
Previous FP&A or Corporate Finance experience required
Ability to partner effectively with all lines of business internally and interface with clients and vendors
Strategic thinker who can also understand tactical delivery of analysis as needed
Track record of delivering high-impact results year-over-year
Excellent written, verbal, listening and presentation skills
Ability to analyze financial data, prepare financial reports, statements and projections
Ability to formulate, initiate, administer policies and procedures for effective fiscal control
Can handle a high degree of complexity and ambiguity and translate to simplification
Hard-working and results-oriented
Analytical and process-improvement oriented
Thorough knowledge of financial statements, accounting principles, credit policy practices, and industry data sources
Ability to apply numerical and analytical skills to support ideas and portfolio performance
Ability and proven skill in developing and applying complex models to measure risk
Possess strong interpersonal skills and be able to establish strong relationships with your team, peers and senior management
Ability to work in an extremely fast paced team environment, deliver under considerable time pressure and ability to embrace constructive feedback
Advanced Excel skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Team oriented with ability to work well with diverse groups
Regular attendance required
Acceptable level of hearing and vision to perform job duties
Adhere to company work hours, policies, procedures and rules governing professional staff behavior

Nice To Haves

Retail/e-commerce experience a plus

Responsibilities

Analyze and support annual planning and monthly forecasting processes and models for financial and internal planning partners, including examining wide sources of data and translating it into meaningful and useful insights for internal business partners
Provide financial planning support for internal business partners
Produce the delivery of weekly, monthly and quarterly executive reporting including but not limited to monthly performance reporting, corporate goals reporting and other ad-hoc reporting and analysis requests
Consolidate and analyze departmental/function plans and forecasts
Interact regularly with senior management teams to help them define and enable business strategies
Establish clear ownership, timelines, and deliverables and hold business leaders accountable
Leverage internal and external networks to maximize the achievement of business goals
Responsible for providing support for budget/forecast to actual and forecast alignment
Respond to specific requests by leadership for insights on key priority topics
Focus with business partners to drive accurate forecasting & long-term vision to ensure financial targets are met
Identify and drive process improvements within the organization
Actively participate in new FP&A initiatives
Required to learn company policies, procedures and safety rules
Duties may change and team members may be required to perform other duties as assigned