Analyst Finance

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Position Summary

This role is responsible for end to end financial support for the Food Lion brand. Key ownership includes delivering budgeting & forecasting cycles and financial reporting, as assigned. This position would also guide financial decisions for brand leadership through analytical review and analysis. Keys to success in this position include strong financial modeling and analytical thinking skills, effective communication skills, great attention to detail, and ability to work independently, prioritize work and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

Guide financial decisions through analytics

• Provide analytical support and proactively identify, analyze and interpret business performance drivers and opportunities with business partners
• Serve as a consultant to senior executives and management applying technical expertise in solving complex issues and problems
• Using trend analysis, provide variance analysis versus Budgets, Forecasts
• Root cause analysis to determine drivers for variances
• Identify insights and suggest actionable recommendations

Time spent

• 35%

Drives short- and long-term financial planning by partnering with different departments

• Collects, evaluates and analyzes financial information submitted by business partners to assist in development of long-term planning, annual budget, quarterly forecast updates and period/weekly projections
• Projects future results for P&L accounts based on current trends/information. Evaluates current, historical, and projected trends to support detailed projections.
• Ensures business initiatives and savings programs are properly reflected in financial plans
• Allocation of budgets/Forecasts at the detailed level by store by departments to support the store financial targets
• Enhances store level projections based on trend analysis and business initiatives
• Works with business partners to ensure financial plans are submitted timely based on budget/forecast calendar and appropriately loaded to Hyperion Planning

Time spent

• 35%

Prepares informative and comprehensive reporting

• Prepares periodic financial reporting for brand and U.S. leadership
• Prepares Budget/Forecast/LTP reporting for brand and U.S. leadership
• Collaborates with Accounting regarding methodology of recording income/expense accounts, as well as analysis and completion of period end results
• Fulfills ad hoc reporting requests and queries in an accurate and timely manner (i.e. scorecards, financial models, etc.)
• Reports out on business initiatives and savings program as assigned

Time spent

• 30%

Differentiating Criteria job content

Analyst II

Analyst III

Analyst IV

Business partnership

Partners with functional areas, as assigned, to provide analytical/ financial/ budgeting/ reporting support.

Partners with functional areas, and organizational leaders, as assigned, to provide analytical/ financial/ budgeting/ reporting support.

Partners with functional areas, and organizational leaders (including senior leadership), as assigned, to provide analytical/ financial/ budgeting/ reporting support.

Communication skills

Ability to effectively communicate with others

Ability to effectively communicate and influence others

Ability to engage, motivate, and influence people

Business & financial acumen

Some business and financial acumen.

Some business and financial acumen. Ability to provide basic operational insight and baseline financial metrics.

Strong business and financial acumen. Ability to provide moderate operational insight and baseline financial metrics.

Project management

Some project management experience.

Some project management experience. Ability to lead mid to large size projects.

Experience with project management. Ability to lead substantial projects with high visibility.

Requirements

Requirements

Analyst II

Analyst III

Analyst IV

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Finance, Accounting or Related Field / Experience

Bachelor's Degree - Finance, Accounting or Related Field / Experience

Bachelor's Degree - Finance, Accounting or Related Field / Experience

Master's Degree Preferred

Experience

Minimum 1-3 years of experience in finance/accounting/or related field.

Minimum 3-5 years of experience in finance/accounting/or related field.

Financial analytical, planning and budgeting experience preferred.

Minimum 5-7 years of experience in finance/accounting/or related field.

Financial analytical, planning and budgeting experience preferred.

Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Experience using business intelligence and reporting tools (e.g., Hyperion/Essbase, MicroStrategy, etc.) preferred.

Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, & strong interpersonal skills.

Strong communication and presentation skills and ability to work well within deadlines.

Extensive Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Experience using business intelligence and reporting tools (e.g., Hyperion/Essbase, MicroStrategy, etc.).

Ability to influence others and lead meetings.

Knowledge of principles and techniques of budget preparation.

Ability to improve internal processes.

Works independently.

Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, & strong interpersonal skills.

Strong communication and presentation skills and ability to work well within deadlines.

Extensive Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Proficient with business intelligence and reporting tools (e.g., Hyperion/Essbase, MicroStrategy, etc.).

Ability to influence others and lead meetings with senior leadership.

Strong knowledge of principles and techniques of budget preparation.

Ability to build internal processes/scorecards/financial models.

Works independently and practices autonomy in decision making.

Competencies

Building and sustaining relationships

Customer focus

Effective team player

Building and sustaining relationships

Customer focus

Effective team player

Business and financial acumen

Building and sustaining relationships

Customer focus

Effective team leader

Strong business and financial acumen

Executive maturity

Physical

None

None

None

Travel (x% of time spent outside home office/store)

As needed

As needed

As needed

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