Finance Strategy Analyst

Finance Strategy Analyst
500 Volvo Parkway
Chesapeake
Virginia

Job Description
ABOUT US
Based in Chesapeake, VA, Dollar Tree, Inc. operates more than 16,000 stores across the 48 contiguous states and five Canadian provinces, supported by a coast-to-coast logistics network and more than 200,000 associates. With two iconic brands, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, and a history of opening hundreds of stores each year, the company has grown its store formats to serve customers in all types of geographic markets. Come help us grow!

THE OPPORTUNITY
In this role, you will be a key strategic lead in financial planning & analysis within the functional team you support (Merchandising, Store Operations, Real Estate, Supply Chain, etc.). The strategy finance arm of FP&A plays an important role in working with the Senior Leadership Team to set the strategic agenda for the department, while developing and executing strategic initiatives in all aspects of the business.

You will prepare and develop reporting and analysis of financial performance, operational analytics, financial modeling, and ad-hoc analysis in support of strategic initiatives. This will include modeling out and evaluating the most important strategic initiatives in the enterprise, measuring and reviewing financial performance, and working with cross-functional partners to make recommendations for improvement. Your work will be in support of driving profitability improvement, prioritizing spend, increasing financial discipline and making recommendations for actions that will drive long-term profitable growth. This position will offer a modern and thoughtful approach to data analysis utilizing the latest technologies with the goal of accelerating the company’s growth agenda, advancing Dollar Tree’s business objectives, and contributing to EBITDA and operating income improvements.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Be a key member of the FP&A team responsible for the financial and operational analytics, partnering with functional and department heads to ensure we are delivering on monthly, quarterly, annual and long-range plans for all top initiatives.
• Support strategic initiatives within your function providing rigorous analytics, facilitation, hands-on in- testing of new store concepts and opportunities. Includes understanding/ modeling economics, identifying potential risks and challenges for implementation and prioritizing opportunities.
• Act as project leader for specific operational, merchandising, or cross-functional initiatives and incorporating enterprise assumptions into comprehensive financial analyses and business cases
• Develop innovative financial and operational analytics and reporting for the department that provide strategic insight to department leaders that assist in optimal decision making.
• Support development of business cases and return on investment calculations for projects. Build financial models to evaluate profitability, such as NPV, IRR and Payback Period measures, and track financial progress against various initiatives and pilot programs.
• Support preparation of materials to be presented to Board of Directors and Executive Teams.
• Present findings to senior leadership including C-suite

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Strategy, or related quantitative field
• 3+ years of experience in financial planning, strategy, and/or financial analysis
• Strong, demonstrated leadership abilities.
• Able to work closely with leaders to frame and evaluate problems and facilitate buy-in for recommendations and implementation plans.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Able to generate and evaluate hypotheses.
• Able to manage large work streams to success.
• Self-starter, multi-tasker, well-organized.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and strong presentation skills.
• Demonstrated initiative, independent thinker and worker.
• Team player in a collaborative environment.
• Able to elevate the skills of those around you
• Detail-oriented. Comfortable working with numerical data and information.
• Deadline oriented. Ability to anticipate and address conflicts, to skillfully negotiate, and deliver great outcomes.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office products, especially Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or Master’s degree in related field
• Experienced with A/B testing methods and complex financial modeling
• Experience with IBM planning analytics
• Experience with dashboarding tools such as Tableau or Power BI
• Experience with Lawson GL system