Sr Financial Analyst, Sales & Margin - Retail; Pacific ; Remote

This range is provided by Harbor Freight Tools. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$98,500.00/yr - $/yr

The Senior Financial Analyst has direct accountability for critical financial activities for Revenue and Margin reporting. In this role, you will leverage your strong technical skills to promote data-driven decision making. You will be proficient in utilizing the company’s financial planning system, adept at working with various data sources, and perform additional project-based analyses as required. This role focuses on analyzing historical data trends to guide sales and margin forecasts for the company.


* Retail or CPG experience is preferred. Must be able to work Pacific hours.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead sales and margin aspects of the annual strategic plan, annual operating plan, and monthly forecast processes.
• Oversee and understand all components of sales and margin including different revenue streams and non-product related sales programs.
• Partner cross functionally to develop accurate revenue forecasts based on trends, market conditions, and promotional changes.
• Develop financial models to forecast revenue and margin performance, considering macroeconomic events, seasonality, underlying company growth, and cost fluctuations.
• Prepare reporting and ad-hoc analyses highlighting trends, variances, and KPI’s to executive management.
• Perform various analyses comparing actual revenue against forecast and budget, identifying, and explaining variances and providing key insights to drivers (volume, pricing, seasonality).
• Work closely with Marketing and Merchandising teams to align on promotional campaigns and assess potential impact from promotional changes.
• Maintain a comprehensive financial perspective of assigned functional areas of the company.
• Assist in the development of long-term financial strategies for assigned departments.
• Work with other team members and cross-functionally to build data-driven solutions from large data sets that support greater business insight, enhanced analytics, and/or greater efficiencies.
• Design and lead complex ad hoc analyses to support key decisions.
• Drive efforts to improve processes and profitability by developing insightful analytics and reports.

Requirements:

Education Requirements

• BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science).
• MBA is preferred.

Years of Experience

• 8+ years’ experience in financial management or analytics/data analysis.
• Considerable experience with Microsoft Office and other financial software / systems.
• Experience with SQL, scripting is a plus.
• Experience using visualization techniques for presenting large data sets in an easily digestible fashion to various stakeholders within the organization (Tableau experience a plus).

Skills

• Proven ability to build strong relationships at all levels throughout an organization.
• Demonstrated team leadership skills.
• Experience as a strategic thinker and the ability to effectively translate strategies into financial plans.
• Demonstrated experience operationalizing analytics and insights into business processes.
• A self-directed individual able to adapt quickly to changes in priorities and business conditions.
• Experience, and comfort, working in a fast-paced business environment with ability to consistently meet tight deadlines.
• Superior analytical skills and intellectual curiosity with the ability to develop and manage complex financial models.

Physical Requirements

General office environment requiring ability to:

• Stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time.
• Speak and listen to others in…