Senior Financial Analyst - Field Support (Sales and Profit)

Full-time - Mid Level

Coraopolis, PA

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

The Senior Financial Analyst - Field Support is responsible for providing financial analysis and decision support in the areas of quarterly sales planning, store bonus and support for the Profit Protection team as they identify and address various opportunities to help prevent profit erosion. The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for the store bonus process, which includes forecasting, accruing, budgeting and managing the exception process. This role will also be heavily involved in the rollout and ongoing administration of the quarterly sales planning effort. Additionally, this role will provide project analytic support, monthly and ad hoc reporting and be one of the primary liaisons with the Profit Protection Group. The position works across the Finance team, as well as various business partners so the ability to collaborate effectively is essential. The position requires strong research, problem solving and conceptual thinking, and oral and written communication skills. The workload shifts frequently across job duties. Therefore, flexibility, perseverance, and comfort with ambiguity are requirements for success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Profit Protection team as one of the primary finance liaisons to identify and address areas of opportunities/risks to individual and collective store profit
• Provide various reporting and analytics based on opportunities identified
• Partner with outside teams such as Supply Chain, Accounting, etc to implement necessary changes
• Work with Loss Prevention to provide monthly updates and progress on initiatives
• Assist in proactively identifying and forecasting risks to the P&L
• Participate in test and learn opportunities for identified solutions; provide assistance with ROI and other investment impact calculations
• Responsible for forecasting both quarterly sales, annual contribution, and other store bonus programs based on sales and contribution trending
• Maintain store bonus model and provide bonus accruals at quarter/year end, including partnering with accounting
• Manage, calculate, and communicate results related to the quarterly and annual store bonus exception process
• Create the annual store bonus budget based on bonus changes and store counts
• Assist manager and RFMs in developing annual and quarterly sales budgets, including impacts and drivers
• Administer and help manage changes to store sales and contribution as we evolve new ways of working, particularly through the developing quarterly sales budgeting process
• Other Ad Hoc analysis and reporting as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related business field
• 3-5 years of experience
• 1-3 years of specific experience supporting: expense planning, capital planning, forecasting, investment analysis