Financial Analyst II

Overview

The Financial Analyst 2 provides analysis to stakeholders helping to guide discussions and assist business partners in driving financial performance. You will partner with the Finance and Business partner teams to create plans and weekly forecasts that accurately reflect the state of the business and provide for a meaningful financial benchmark. You will provide ad hoc reporting and modeling support for strategic initiatives and special projects.

This position requires a high attention to detail and the ability to understand and identify anomalies, communicating findings to key stakeholders accurately and timely. We are looking for a team member that is self‑motivated and reliable, with a positive attitude and open to change as our company continues to grow.

This position reports into our Store Support Office in Phoenix, AZ. Hybrid schedule in office Tuesday-Thursday.

The Financial Analyst 2 provides analysis to stakeholders helping to guide discussions and assist business partners in driving financial performance. You will partner with the Finance and Business partner teams to create plans and weekly forecasts that accurately reflect the state of the business and provide for a meaningful financial benchmark. You will provide ad hoc reporting and modeling support for strategic initiatives and special projects.

This position requires a high attention to detail and the ability to understand and identify anomalies, communicating findings to key stakeholders accurately and timely. We are looking for a team member that is self‑motivated and reliable, with a positive attitude and open to change as our company continues to grow.

• Executes on assigned processes to support the development of long-range financial planning, annual budgets, and quarterly forecasts
• Refreshes, modifies and understands the financial models that support accurate planning and provide recommendations to business partners & leadership
• Supports P&L forecast processes and highlights key business drivers, risk and opportunities

• Analyze and articulate the key financial drivers to provide a deeper understanding of financial drivers to business leaders, including identifying potential downstream implications within the business
• Leverages knowledge of business to identify issues and collaborate with leadership and business partners to provide potential solutions
• Supports the planning and implementation of key Strategic Initiatives

• Generate and distribute weekly & monthly reporting on key business metrics for department leadership
• Partner with the business to understand variances to forecast / budget, understand and relay ongoing implications of those variances
• Collaborate with analyst peer group, in identifying opportunities to streamline and enhance existing processes
• Leverage Workday, Adaptive, Power BI, and other financial applications as needed

• Able to assist in project work that spans across multiple teams
• Identify conflicting priorities, and working through solutions with direct supervisor
• Ownership over continued self-development and leveraging finance leadership to support as needed

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related field is required, with an MBA preferred
• Requires a minimum of one to three years of prior relevant experience
• Experience with budgeting, planning, modeling, and forecasting systems
• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices, and the analysis of financial data and statements preferred
• Excels working in a fast-paced environment and able to manage competing priorities
• Strong ability to communicate timely and collaborate with peers, all…