Senior Analyst, FP&A

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop company and department level budgets and forecasts
• Create bottoms up sales plans by store and by channel
• Align with business stakeholders on KPIs and seasonality of sales for Top Down Plan
• Help calibrate sales plans with store operations incentive plans and labor scheduling
• Gather, organize, and present financial data to support the annual budget and periodic forecasting process in an accurate and timely manner
• Construct and uphold annual budget models, develop periodic forecast models grounded in current trends and projections, and formulate predictive models to evaluate the feasibility of prospective initiatives or projects
• Conduct periodic reviews of results with department heads to improve the accuracy of forecasts
• Compile and analyze financial reports and operational metrics. Identify trends, anomalies, and discrepancies that require management attention
• Independently assess and effectively communicate the competitive performances and valuation metrics that are relevant to the Company
• Present reliable conclusions to support management assessment of financial and operational performance
• Create a standardized suite of period-end reports to aid executives, operational managers, and department heads in assessing performance against budget and forecast projections
• Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools and Excel models
• Develop presentations and reports that accurately reflect the state of the business to the Board of Directors, internal stakeholders and third-party investors and analysts
• Create actuals versus budgeted expense variance analysis reports
• Utilize predictive analytics to analyze large data sets to aid in budgeting, forecasting, and to improve efficiencies throughout the organization
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and reporting as needed across the enterprise
• Create a financial package for the month-end, which includes key performance indicators, which is used to report results to the executive team and board of directors
• Protect the company's assets and financial information by ensuring the accuracy and effectiveness of internal control procedures and informing management and/or appropriate officials of potential fraud risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or a related field or equivalent experience
• 5 to 7 years' related experience
• Hands-on experience with large ERP systems preferred