About the position
Nordstrom is a specialty retailer offering the very best in fashion and customer service since 1901. We live by five simple values that guide how we work together day-to-day - we are customer-obsessed, owners at heart, curious and ever-changing, we extend ourselves to our peers and our customers, and we're here to win! The Finance Manager, Business Partner will be responsible for managing and coordinating the close, forecast, and planning process for the Marketing and Loyalty finance team. Key responsibilities include, consolidation of financial reporting, forecasting, planning, and providing insights and recommendations to senior leadership. A successful candidate is proactive, a creative problem solver, has excellent attention to detail, and is committed to building and refining existing processes. You love partnering across finance and the business to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment. This role is Hybrid - Seattle, WA - and requires you to be in office three days per week in downtown Seattle. We do not offer relocation for this position at this time.
Responsibilities
- Lead the close, forecast, and planning cycles for Marketing & Loyalty area providing consolidated reporting that clearly highlights key storylines for a senior leadership audience
- Act as liaison between Marketing Finance and Corporate FP&A, ensuring alignment around planning and forecast calendars, business-specific storylines, and enterprise-wide financials
- Support weekly and monthly business reviews that provide insight around current business and customer performance and create alignment around forward-looking forecasts and plans that can be actioned against
- Support labor planning process for Marketing and Loyalty business working directly with HR and senior leadership to establish plans and performance tracking
- Support the Marketing and Loyalty allocation process including development of allocation planning models and methodology
- Embrace and champion change with focus on implementing, editing, and improving processes across finance and the business
- Collaborate and build credibility across the organization, where key partnerships include business leaders, cross functional finance and accounting teams, and marketing/loyalty business partners
- Create materials that clearly and effectively communicate insights and recommendations through storytelling tools such as MS Excel, Power Point, and Tableau
Requirements
- 5+ plus years of related experience, large corporate FP&A preferred
- BA/BS Degree in Finance or Accounting, MBA or comparable experience preferred
- Proven experience in effectively managing the monthly budget/forecasting process
- Strong communication, relationship management and influencing skills
- Situational awareness to understand needs of various stakeholders across finance and other cross-functional teams
- Proven experience in analyzing, modeling and reporting financial performance
- Demonstrated ability to manage priorities and timelines
- Excellent computer skills including Excel, SQL, Tableau, Anaplan, PowerPoint and database systems
- Ability to independently develop processes and deliverables from general direction
- Attention to detail, data integrity and accuracy
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to facilitate discussions with leaders
Benefits
- Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
- 401k
