Purpose of Position:

• Responsible for the financial and strategic operations of the supported function
• Maintain management performance metrics
• Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives
• Establishing rapport and credibility with functional business partners

Jobs and Responsibilities:

1. Functional financial support

• Conduct analysis activities to improve business results
• Make recommendations for mitigating risks and overcoming challenges
• Regularly review actual performance to plan, identify gaps, update forecasts, and recommending actions to course correct performance
• Provides strategic decision support by gathering business intelligence and conducting financial analyses
• Prepare and present information to decision makers
• Developing contingency plans

2. Plan and Forecast development

• Drive financial planning and budgeting process by developing financial models
• Incorporate identified risks and opportunities into financial forecast/ plans
• Assist in Building financial plans/ budgets and the development of functional 3 year strategic plans
• Create forecast and be responsible for occupancy cost

3. Team Development

• Build a team-based work environment
• Establish performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations
• Ensure diversity awareness
• Coach for success and improvement

Required Skills and Experience:

• 8 years experience in Finance/Accounting or BA/BS with 4 years of Finance/Accounting Experience
• Strong financial planning, analysis and forecasting skills, and experience creating and managing to business plans.
• Proficient oral and written communication skills, demonstrates ability to communicate with any level
• Advanced PC skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Access

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Hyperion Essbase skills
• Experience providing financial analysis and insights to support operational areas of the business
• Retail industry experience; strong understand of retail store operations
• Strategic, thought leadership

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