Financial Analyst

Position Purpose The finance organization is seeking a highly motivated Financial Analyst to drive strategic financial planning and long-term decision support for the business. This role sits at the intersection of corporate strategy and finance — building the models, analyses, and materials that shape how leadership and the Board think about capital allocation, growth investments, and multi-year business direction. This is a high-visibility opportunity for someone who wants exposure to how a retail organization plans for the future: evaluating capital projects, sizing strategic initiatives, and translating complex financial data into clear recommendations for senior leadership and the Board of Directors.

The role blends rigorous financial modeling with strategic judgment, cross-functional partnership, and executive-level communication.

• Develop and maintain long-range financial models and scenario analyses that support the company's multi-year strategic plan and growth pillars
• Analyze market trends, competitive positioning, and industry benchmarks to inform strategic recommendations
• Partner with Senior Management to evaluate strategic initiatives, new business opportunities, and growth investments

• Build financial models and business cases (ROI, proformas, NPV/IRR) to evaluate capital projects and investment opportunities
• Support prioritization of capital spend across the business, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and return thresholds
• Analyze and challenge capital appropriation requests to ensure viability, accuracy, and completeness

• Prepare polished, executive-ready presentations and materials for Board meetings and senior leadership reviews
• Distill complex financial and operational data (Sales, Gross Margin, Inventory, Payroll) into clear executive summaries and key takeaways
• Anticipate leadership and Board-level questions, ensuring materials are accurate, well-sourced, and defensible

• Support the annual budget process, incorporating strategic initiatives, economic trends, and operational effectiveness
• Perform variance analysis, forecasting, and ad-hoc reporting to support business unit financial goals
• Drive standardization and process improvement across planning and reporting practices
• Implement and maintain Business Intelligence tools and dashboard reporting

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or business, and/or relevant experience in strategic finance
• Experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate development, investment banking, or consulting
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, and SQL Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including experience building business cases and ROI/NPV analyses
• Retail industry knowledge a plus
• Strong executive communication skills — verbal, written, and presentation — with experience preparing materials for senior leadership or Board audiences
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional business partnerships in a fast-paced, complex environment
• Organized, self-directed, and comfortable operating with ambiguity and competing deadlines

Sedentary Work – Ability to exert 10 - 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

NOTE:

All duties and responsibilities listed are considered to be essential job functions and requirements, and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Marginal functions of the position (those that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties) have not been included. However, the omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or logical assignment to the position.

This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and the employee, and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the business…