Sr. Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

This role will support enterprise-wide FP&A activities while serving as a connective force between Corporate FP&A Retail Finance Labor Planning Business Intelligence and other partners. The role combines rigorous analysis with ownership of planning cadence process execution and analytical standards. Reporting to the Director of Corporate FP&A this position will help drive the day-to-day operating rhythm of forecasting budgeting and performance management. The Senior Financial Analyst will take ownership of key analytical workstreams manage inputs and assumptions across functions and ensure timely accurate and decision-ready outputs for addition to core FP&A responsibilities the role will support guidance modeling scenario analysis and sensitivity work that informs enterprise outlooks and leadership decision-making.

What Would You Do The Specifics.

• Enterprise Planning & Forecast Support
• Supports enterprise-wide financial planning activities including monthly forecasting annual budgeting and long-range planning with a focus on analytical rigor assumption discipline and cross-functional alignment.
• Owns defined components of the enterprise forecast and budget ensuring accuracy completeness and consistency with corporate planning standards.
• Partners closely with the Director of Corporate FP&A to integrate inputs from Retail Finance Labor Planning Business Intelligence and Accounting into a cohesive enterprise financial view.
• Forecast Budget & Cadence Management
• Manages key elements of the FP&A operating cadence including forecast timelines budget process mechanics assumption collection version control and review readiness.
• Coordinates inputs communications and deliverables across Finance and partner teams to ensure planning cycles run smoothly and on schedule.
• Maintains documentation templates and process guidance to support repeatable scalable planning and forecasting execution.
• Guidance Modeling & Scenario Analysis
• Supports enterprise guidance modeling through scenario development sensitivity analysis and risk/opportunity assessment.
• Builds and maintains analytical models used to evaluate outlook changes performance drivers and potential impacts to enterprise results.
• Assists in preparing materials and analysis that support leadership discussions related to forecast confidence downside/upside scenarios and external communication readiness.
• Performance Analysis & Executive Communication
• Produces variance analysis and performance insights versus budget forecast and prior periods identifying key drivers risks and opportunities.
• Translates complex financial results into clear concise and decision-ready narratives for senior finance leadership.
• Supports the preparation of executive and board-facing materials ensuring analytical accuracy clarity of messaging and alignment with enterprise narratives.
• Retail FP&A & Cross-Functional Support
• Provides analytical support to Retail Finance and related teams by helping align store-level and functional insights with enterprise FP&A views.
• Partners cross-functionally to understand business drivers validate assumptions and ensure financial implications are clearly reflected in forecasts and analyses.
• Acts as a trusted finance partner by responding to analytical requests with speed judgment and attention to enterprise context.
• Analytics Ownership & Process Improvement
• Operates effectively in a BI-enabled environment leveraging dashboards reports and data tools to support analysis and insight generation.
• Owns specific analytical workstreams and reporting outputs ensuring data integrity logical consistency and usability for decision-making.
• Identifies opportunities to improve FP&A processes reporting efficiency and analytical quality contributing to the ongoing evolution of the FP&A operating model.
• Professional Growth & Team Contribution
• Demonstrates strong ownership accountability and attention to detail in all deliverables.
• Continuously builds business and financial acumen across retail healthcare and corporate finance topics.
• Contributes positively to team culture by sharing insights supporting peers and modeling curiosity rigor and continuous improvement.
• Models the mindset of curiosity accountability and continuous improvement that defines the next generation of FP&A leadership at National Vision.

Qualifications :

Work Experience

• 6 years Progressive experience in corporate FP&A in a retail or healthcare environment (Preferred)
• 3 years Participation and partial ownership of transformation initiatives ((Required))
• 2-4 years Power user/contributor to financial & data systems improvements Power user/contributor to financial & data systems improvements ((Preferred))

Education

• Four-year college degree or equivalent experience. resulting in broad knowledge of a field related to the job such as accounting marketing business administration etc. (Required) 
• Masters Degree MBA (Preferred)

Licenses Certifications Professional Affiliations

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (Preferred)

Additional Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel (Required)
• Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint (Required)
• Expertise in data visualization tools (Power BI preferred; Tableau acceptable) (Required)
• Experience using enterprise planning systems (Oracle EPM Hyperion or similar) (Required)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate financial data into executive-ready insights (Required)
• Proven change-leadership capability within evolving FP&A or transformation environments (Required)

Additional Information :

Taking Care of our People!

We understand the importance of financial health and security and because of that we provide competitive compensation to all Associates. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including health and dental insurance 401k retirement savings with company match flex spending account paid personal time off paid company holidays parental leave employee eyewear discount and much much more. At National Vision we strive to deliver opportunities for professional growth and long-term career fulfillment. We provide training programs access to educational courses and pride ourselves on the ever-increasing amount of promotions from within.

We are an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin genetic information disability veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time