Lowe's - Mooresville, NC
posted 4 months ago
The principle purpose of the Senior Finance Manager, Supply Chain FP&A role is to partner with business leaders across various sectors including US Home Improvement, Central Dispatch Office, Allied Businesses, and Shared Services. This position is pivotal in driving value creation through financial and business leadership, from the development of strategies to their execution. The role involves identifying prospective markets and potential opportunities, which is crucial for the company's growth and sustainability. In this capacity, the Senior Finance Manager will be responsible for supporting both business unit and enterprise scenario planning. This includes developing long-range scenario models and recommending measurement plans, analytics, and coordinated functional scorecards. The manager will oversee a team of financial analysts who provide functional support to business units, ensuring that financial best practices are implemented, reported, and analyzed to derive insights for decision-making. The role also requires leveraging the Financial Centers of Expertise to provide financial insights that aid in decision-making, identifying financial risks and opportunities, and analyzing performance drivers. The Senior Finance Manager will partner with senior leadership, including SVPs and VPs, to provide financial insights, recommendations, and best practices that facilitate effective resource allocation decisions. Additionally, the manager will prepare and communicate deliverables to senior management and the Board of Directors, linking strategy and intent to financial outcomes and measures of success. The position involves researching identified issues, reporting findings, suggesting alternative courses of action, and continuously seeking process improvements. The manager will guide business units through financial planning and forecasting processes, ensuring that projected financial outcomes from business plans are accurately planned and forecasted. Furthermore, the role includes selecting, hiring, and developing talent to maintain a productive and engaged workforce, overseeing the building of processes and enterprise score-carding to measure the overall health of Lowe's financial portfolio, and supporting the development of the long-range plan for the enterprise.