Manager Finance – Merchandising GFO
| Company | Lowe’s |
|---|---|
| Location | Huntersville, NC, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
- 6 years experience in finance or analytical role in public company and accounting
- 1 year experience with financial forecasting or analytical modeling
- Experience in structuring and writing formal documents, developing and delivering group presentations, project planning, and/or cross functional collaboration
- Previous experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance or Corporate Accounting
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Responsibilities
- Develops Senior Specialist, Analyst, and Senior Analyst talent by managing and prioritizing day-to-day workload and direction; reviewing work output and providing feedback; coaching and mentoring on strengths and opportunities.
- Acts as a subject matter expert (SME) and thought leader on respective team.
- Facilitates the financial forecasting and planning processes with functional partners and business units that result in quarterly forecast updates, annual plans, and long-range plans (2-3 years).
- Collaborates across the business to provide root cause analysis and actionable insights based on financial and non-financial data to functional partners and business units.
- Communicates financial and non-financial analysis and insights to leaders by preparing analyses through leveraging multiple data sources; identifying complete, consistent, and actionable insights & recommendations; translating insights into clear, understandable themes.
- Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area; leveraging an understanding of policies, data, and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating cross functionally to solve business problems; identifying, recommending, and implementing ways to address improvement opportunities.
- Develops business cases for key initiatives and major programs by creating robust financial models, tied to a program’s (or initiative’s) strategic narrative; identifying risks to the organization and engaging the business owner in risk mitigation and trade-off conversations; identifying and measuring key trigger points (metrics) that will provide business insight into an initiative’s success (leading and final indicators).
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
- Experience leading people directly or indirectly
- Experience developing and managing operational initiatives to deliver results
- Experience managing implementation of mid-size projects, programs or processes
- Experience working in a big box/large retailer
- Experience working at a Fortune 500 company
- CPA, CFA, CMA certification