Retail Financial Analyst

The primary focus of this role will be to leverage financial data to advise inform and help in key decision making for the Retail organization with a focus on labor planning budgeting forecasting and budgeting. This role acts as a liaison between the Finance Department and the JD Finish Line and Finish Line Macys Retail Operations Departments.. This individual should effectively exhibit JD Finish Lines core values of Customer People Winning Community and Financial Responsibility in everything they do by performing the following main duties:

• Owns manages drives and advises on the creation and management of Retail labor budgets.

• Creates and manages reports and the delivery of helpful information to the Finance and Retail Leadership Teams.

• Plays a key role in understanding technical capabilities of workforce and finance systems to proactively bring innovative data views to aid in enhancing the financial positioning of the retail organization.

• Through leveraging data and system tools makes recommendations to optimize labor to deliver optimal service to the customer while reaching financial targets.

• Evaluates unplanned changes in store traffic sales trends and other data to aid in forecasting activities to meet ever-evolving business needs.

• Participates in cross-functional efforts within Finance and Retail to improve planning and reporting capabilities.

• May support other departments on an ad-hoc basis in general financial planning activities.

• Supports ad-hoc project work in the FP&A function which may include work on system enhancements and roll-outs (workforce finance etc.)

• Additional duties and projects as required.

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelors degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university preferably in a Finance or business focused function and 2-4 years of relevant experience in financial planning retail analytics or retail operations or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in understanding the business of retail as well as a proven track record of taking data to make recommendations in preferred.

Required Computer and/or Technical Skills:

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge and abilities with Microsoft Word Excel Powerpoint and/or Google Suite applications is required. Experience working in and/or ability to quickly learn various enterprise systems is required.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sit for more than 6 hours per shift

• Use hands to finger handle and feel

• Reach with hands and arms

• Talk and/or hear

• Walk or move from one location to another

• Occasionally may need to climb balance stoop kneel or crouch

• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 25 pounds occasionally

• Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the companys policies are required for the position.

• Average work week is (40-45) hours which can vary depending on business need.

• The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting.

• Up to 10% time traveling (by air or land) is required for this position.

The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per company policy.

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This job description is not intended to cover all aspects duties and/or responsibilities required of employees. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary or permanent basis per company policy. The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice.

EEO Statement:

The Finish Line Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to complying with all federal state and local EEO laws. The Finish Line Inc. prohibits discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on race or color religion or creed national origin alienage or citizenship status marital status sex pregnancy status age military status disability or any other characteristic or class protected by law. The Finish Line Inc. provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws including for disabilities pregnancy and religious practices.

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