Budget and Forecasting Analyst (on-site)

Summary of Position
This role is responsible for providing financial oversight for store supplies related expenses and expense inventory control in all 3rd party and enterprise distribution facilities. This position will also prepare various ad hoc, weekly, monthly and quarterly analyses as deemed appropriate by leadership. This position will participate in the annual budget preparation for areas of responsibility and support leadership with all strategic projects and initiatives. This position will function as a liaison between Field Operations and SSC (i.e. P&L research, Invoice Reconciliation) to include completing analysis for field expenses and development of programs and reports to control costs.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for compiling, analyzing and providing detailed and summary reports on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to help drive expense savings and profitability at both a store and store operations support level.
• Organize the fiscal period close process (Invoice uploads, accruals, journal entries, and account reconciliation.
• Serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for projects and processes including, but not limited to, Store P&Ls, store supplies, 3PL reconciliation
• Participate in the annual budget preparation for areas of responsibility and support leadership with all strategic projects and initiatives.
• Manage and monitor various expense lines working with the field and various departments to resolve issues and minimize expenses.
• Identify root causes for business problems and analyze various expense lines in order to provide business commentary and solutions and support overall Store Simplification.
• Work with Suppliers and Vendors as needed to support initiatives and help drive revenue and expenses savings down to the store level.
• Monitor and make recommendation on weekly shortage and inventory level reports including but not limited to, bags, PPE, and PO/DC receipt issues
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration including Accounting or Finance or related work experience is required.
• Work Experience: 3-5+ years of experience in Retail Operations, Project Management or Financial Operations is required.
• Job Related Skills: Candidate must demonstrate strong analytical, communication, project management and organizational skills. Candidate must be deadline driven, work well under pressure and possess the ability to identify operational inefficiencies and make appropriate recommendations for correction.
• Computer Skills: Must have ADVANCED Excel skills and be proficient in MS Access, Word, PowerPoint and Project. No exceptions.
• Office work environment, 40+ work hours per week
• Some travel may be required (less than 10%)

Desired Qualifications

• Inventory control and Financial Analysis experience preferred. Basic knowledge of accounting principles is a plus.
• Proficiency in Lawson, Blackline, Ariba,
• CPA or CMA certification
• Knowledge of SQL and Oracle VB is a plus.

This is not to be considered a complete list of job duties, as they may be amended or added to as needed.