Senior FP&A Analyst - Hybrid

Genesco - Nashville, TN

Full-time - Mid Level

Nashville, TN

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About the position

Genesco is looking for a Senior FP&A Analyst to join their Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team. This role involves analyzing financial data, assisting with budgeting and forecasting, and providing insights to improve financial performance. The ideal candidate will be a motivated team player with strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate effectively with management.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret financial data to provide operational reporting.
• Monitor and understand sales fluctuations and the drivers of current trends.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting processes.
• Analyze, interpret, and summarize monthly projection revisions.
• Determine specific drivers of business performance and analyze revenue growth, variance, margin mix, and period over period.
• Partner with operational heads to present and explain the financial implications of operational results.
• Conduct trend analysis and leverage insights during forward-looking planning.
• Produce monthly actuals-to-forecast variance analysis on P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.
• Identify impactful opportunities to increase the accuracy of forecast models.
• Provide periodic, ongoing profitability reporting.
• Assist in the preparation of management decks and other Board presentations.
• Perform financial modeling and ad hoc reporting as directed by senior leadership.
• Communicate key information pertaining to actuals and forecasts to management succinctly.
• Adjust divisional forecasts based on trends and economic research.
• Manage quarterly earnings guidance model to help set Street expectations.
• Integrate economic research and prevailing economic conditions into analysis, forecasts, and models.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting.
• 4+ years of experience in financial modeling and reporting preferred; CPA a plus.
• Multi-divisional operating company experience a plus.
• Intermediate to advanced user of Microsoft Excel with the ability to aggregate, manipulate, and interpret large data sets.
• Ability to work in other Microsoft Office disciplines, such as Access and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in business intelligence tools, particularly Peoplesoft (a plus but not required).
• Ability to demonstrate proficiency across multiple accounting software tools and learn new software platforms quickly.
• Detail-oriented with analytical and creative thinking skills.
• Ability to work with various levels of management throughout the organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strategic and/or M&A experience a plus.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with business intelligence tools, particularly Peoplesoft.
• Strategic and/or M&A experience.