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Financial Analyst, FP&A - Corporate Overhead & Capital Planning
New York City, NY

FINANCIAL ANALYST, FP&A - CORPORATE OVERHEAD& CAPITAL PLANNING  

OVERVIEW:The Analyst, FP&A - Corporate Overhead & Capital Planning will support all planning and analysis for corporate overhead areas of the company (IT, Sourcing, Occupancy, Real Estate, etc.) including both operating expense and capital investment as well as partner with the Supply Chain team to support the financial planning process.

This position will work closely with members of the FP&A team, as well as business department leaders on all aspects of analysis including financial forecasting, capital planning, return on investment analysis, the annual budgeting process, operating plan, variance and trend analysis, and special projects.

REPORTS TO:Manager of FP&A - Corporate Overhead & Capital Planning  

RESPONSIBILITIES 

*Partner with Manager to perform forecasting and reporting objectives for Overhead and Supply Chain departments - analyze operating results against budgets and prior year (variance analyses) and compile all deliverables per monthly timelines. *Partner with Manager and business department heads to build annual budgets and ongoing P&L forecasts, analyze business performance, and build efficiencies. *Serve as finance resource and liaise with business partners on a regular basis to gather financial information related to Overhead business areas. *Create meaningful, actionable, and timely analyses to inform department heads of trends and exceptions and to identify opportunities to control and reduce expenses. *Participate in strategic initiatives that focus on efficient utilization of resources, including in-depth financial analysis and continuous improvement initiatives for long range planning and KPI tracking. *Track and analyze capital and expense spending and identify potential risks and opportunities including business case and return on investment evaluation. *Identify and roll-out "best practices" across Overhead and other business divisions. *Create and maintain ad hoc analyses of corporate Overhead areas and develop financial models, dashboards, presentations, and analyses to support strategic initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS 

*2 years in banking, consulting or financial planning and analysts (retail industry experience a plus) *BS in Finance, Accounting or related field required *Sharp attention to detail *Exceptional communication, organizational and analytical skills *Ability to create strong working relationships with business partners *Agile learner, able to quickly assimilate relationships between variables under analysis *Superior Excel skills - large data set and modeling experience  *SAP and/or Hyperion experience a plus

 

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