Sr Finance Manager - Merchandising GFO
About The Position
This position is based at Lowe’s headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. The Sr Finance Manager partners with business leaders across US Home Improvement, Central Dispatch Office, Allied Businesses, and Shared Services to drive value creation through financial and business leadership, from strategy development through execution. The role supports identifying prospective markets and opportunities, enterprise and business-unit scenario planning, long-range modeling, and the development of measurement plans, analytics, and coordinated functional scorecards. The position manages financial analysts and provides financial insights, recommendations, and best practices to business leaders and senior management. It supports financial planning and forecasting, portfolio measurement, enterprise score-carding, annual operating plans, and the enterprise long-range plan, including what-if scenario analyses. The role also selects, hires, and develops talent.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or equivalent years of experience in lieu of the education requirement, if applicable.
- 7 years of experience in a finance or analytical role.
- 2 years of experience in strategic and financial modeling.
- 3 years of experience leading people directly or indirectly.
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools, such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- 3 years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, financial modeling, and strategy consulting for business.
- Experience performing advanced data modeling, data mining, and exploratory data analysis, such as linear/logistic regression, ARIMA, and cluster analysis.
- Experience leading cross-functionally on enterprise initiatives.
- Experience working in a big-box or large retailer.
- Experience working at a Fortune 500 company.
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of financial analysts who provide functional support to business units and ensure financial best practices are implemented, followed, reported, and analyzed.
- Leverage Financial Centers of Expertise to provide insights for decision-making and identify financial risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
- Partner with senior business leaders, including SVPs and VPs, to provide financial insights, recommendations, and best practices for effective resource allocation.
- Prepare and communicate portfolio, guardrails, long-range plan, and annual operating plan deliverables to senior management and the Board of Directors, linking strategy to financial outcomes and measures of success.
- Research identified issues, report findings, recommend alternative courses of action, and seek process improvements.
- Guide business units through financial planning and forecasting, using relevant market and industry data to evaluate strategic options and alternatives.
- Coordinate with other Finance areas to ensure financial outcomes projected from business plans are properly planned and forecasted.
- Select, hire, and develop talent to ensure a productive and engaged workforce.
- Oversee the development of processes and enterprise score-carding to continuously measure the health of Lowe’s financial portfolio.
- Support development of the enterprise long-range plan by aggregating business-unit plans and modeling what-if scenarios.
Benefits
- Corporate office amenities include walking areas, food and coffee, workout facilities, and check-ups.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
