Mgr Finance, Merch

Finance Manager Supporting Nordstrom's Merchandising Organization

As a finance manager supporting Nordstrom's merchandising organization, you'll partner directly with business teams - advising on strategic planning, investment decisions, and performance insights - to drive growth and maximize profitability. You'll translate financial analysis into clear, actionable insights that shape strategic and operational decisions, and drive planning for major product strategies and business initiatives.

This role offers direct exposure to senior leadership across Merchandising and Finance, with real visibility into decisions that move the business. You'll build a broad, cross-functional view of how strategy translates into financial results, building a strong foundation for your professional growth within the finance organization or beyond.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter with sharp attention to detail, able to influence leaders and deliver results in a fast-moving retail environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution as part of a close-knit, collaborative team.

This role is hybrid and will require you to be in the downtown Seattle, WA office four days per week.

A day in the life…

• Partner with senior leaders to anticipate future business opportunities and challenges, particularly related to sales, margin, and inventory. Quantify impacts of decisions and risk / opportunity scenarios to inform executive decision-making
• Participate in the development and execution of our strategic merchandising and financial plans; help integrate the Merch perspective more directly into Finance decision-making by being a front-line link between Finance and Merchandising
• Build new capabilities on the team by identifying opportunities to support improved business results, by guiding formation of new processes, and by managing and mentoring junior team members on their development journeys
• Define measurement approaches and build tools to monitor performance of our core business and strategic initiatives in order to inform future actions
• Collaborate with business leaders and cross-functional partners to develop business cases and financial modeling to support investment prioritization. Effectively discuss potential benefits, costs, and tradeoffs with leaders
• Support ad hoc analyses and special projects—both through individual contributions and management of junior team members. Generate insights from analysis as well as synthesize and clearly communicate findings to support executive-level decisions

You own this if you have…

• 8-10 years of relevant experience with scope and accountability progression, merchandising experience a plus
• Proven experience in analysis, modeling, and reporting financial performance
• Ability to build strong relationships with peers, business partners, and senior leadership
• Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint abilities, experience using AI tools to drive efficiencies and insights, experience with Looker and SQL a plus
• Storytelling experience with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage priorities and timelines
• People management experience a plus
• Attention to detail, data integrity and accuracy
• Retail industry experience a plus

Pay Range Details

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$ - $ Annual

We've got you covered…

Our employees are our most important asset and that's reflected in our benefits. Nordstrom is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including:

• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
• Life Insurance and Disability
• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources

This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment. Learn more in the Nordstrom Benefits Overview.

The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It's not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities and qualifications for this job.