Sr. Financial Analyst

The role of the Senior Financial
Analyst is to provide accurate, timely and insightful financial and operational
analysis, to identify and communicate expense savings opportunities, and to
identify and implement process improvement opportunities both within the
Financial Planning Department and throughout the organization .

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:
Major
responsibilities:

• Sales
  Planning/Forecasting:
  
  • Act as lead analyst and subject matter expert over all FBR sales
    planning and forecasting responsibilities

  • Partner with Merchandise planning, Store Leadership, Store Ops and
    other areas to develop by-store daily sales plans and reporting needs for
    organization

  • Maintain financial models to analyze sales trending, competitor
    incursions, R/E & Merch investments, halo/cannibalization impacts

  • Forecast daily sales by-store with a high degree of accuracy to drive
    staffing positioning decisions; partner with Store Ops to execute scheduling

  • Assist with reporting and meeting materials for executive level
    presentations

  • Support the Store Finance team by participating in regional
    roadshows and presenting to Store Leadership as needed

• Develop financial models to assess returns on investment for proposed
  real estate projects and lease renewal decisions

• Ensure returns are budgeted for approved projects, perform
  post-audits for capital deployed to drive accountability

• Develop and maintain expense forecasting models / reports for
  areas of responsibility

• Work with Accounting Department & Expense Managers to
  understand monthly expense variances

• Act as lead for areas of responsibility, includes developing
  expense Guidelines, creating budget bridges, analyzing Manager Plans (&
  building manager plan review decks), and finalizing annual budgets

• Identify, quantify, and assist in implementing expense savings
  ideas

• Perform ad hoc analysis on all areas of the business as requested
  by the Manager of Store Finance, Director of Store Finance, VP of Finance, Chief
  Financial Officer and Chief Stores Officer

• Identify process improvements within the Financial Planning Department,
  including but not limited to report reduction, process automation, improved use
  of technology, improved communication and data hand-off, and documentation of
  key assumptions

• Develop and maintain relationships with other Finance Department
  associates and management

  Success Factors
  

  Behavioral
  Traits:
  

• Excellent analytical, communication, problem solving, and
  reasoning skills

• Ability to work well within a team environment as well as
  independently as the situation demands

• Results oriented, has high standards
• Agile – willingness to learn and embrace change
• Creative – ability to take complex / unprecedented problem and
  propose solutions

• Exhibits high sense of urgency
• Highly organized, attention to detail
• Ability to produce high quality results in an ever changing,
  demanding environment

• Ability to manage multiple, conflicting priorities, without
  sacrificing quality of results

  Management
  Practices & Business Applications:
  

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (specifically Excel and
  PowerPoint)

• Ability to use query tools and databases (Hyperion Essbase a plus)
• Ability to design and implement process improvements.

  External
  Relationships:
  

• Limited, potentially working with competitors/analysts in
  benchmarking financial/operational metrics.

  Internal
  Relationships:
  

• Store Leadership Team (CSO, DOS, RVP, SM)
• Financial Planning & Analysis Team including Chief Financial
  Officer

• Executive Leadership Team
• Store Operations Team
• Merchandise Planning
• Accounting Team
• Expense Managers
• Functional Heads

Requirements/Qualifications:
Position Requirements

Education
& Experience

• Four Year Degree, Finance or Business, MBA preferred
• Three or more years Financial Analysis experience with a proved
  track record of career growth, preferably FP&A (retail a plus)

• Demonstrated ability to create complex financial models

  Physical
  

• Ability to operate a computer
• Ability to operate a telephone

  Reports Directly to:
  

  Manager – Store Finance

  For reasonable accommodation information
  for an ADAAA qualified disability please see Belk Associate Handbook for policy
  and procedures .