Junior Financial Analyst-Store Finance

Junior Financial Analyst - Store Finance

About the Role

The Jr. Financial Analyst – Store Finance supports financial planning and analysis focusing on retail store, manufacturing, and national sales operations. This role builds skills for future cross-functional projects and involves collaboration with the broader Store Finance team to deliver accurate, insightful forecasting and performance reporting, with guidance and mentorship from senior analysts. It is a hands-on role with exposure to various projects and initiatives, offering interaction with leaders and subject matter experts across multiple business units. The successful candidate operates with urgency, works well under tight deadlines with high accuracy and accountability, and possesses strong analytical skills, system knowledge, and the ability to think both strategically and tactically.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the store finance team as a business partner, assisting with forecasting, financial reporting, and performance analysis.
• Assist in building and maintaining financial models, business cases, and scenario analyses to evaluate the impact of new and existing business initiatives under a range of assumptions.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages and performance commentary that explain variances and highlight drivers, risks, and opportunities for the leadership team.
• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process for the store finance team by providing analysis, store-level insights, and recommendations.
• Participate in month-end close activities and develop historical and prospective financial information and analyses.
• Gather and compile data to identify business trends, turning complex information into clear findings and actionable recommendations.
• Contribute to cross-functional projects by helping set objectives, track timelines, and keep stakeholders informed.
• Build relationships with store leaders and partners in manufacturing, sales, and operations to understand the business firsthand.
• Help improve reporting standards, KPIs, and scorecards, and support automation efforts that make reporting faster and more reliable, including creating Excel and PowerPoint templates and data visualizations.
• Ensure data integrity and consistency across reports, models, and source systems.
• Identify process inefficiencies and recommend improvements, continually challenging the status quo to find better ways to report business-relevant data.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficient in Excel, including pivot tables, filtering, lookups, and summarizing large amounts of data.
• Working knowledge of financial modeling, with a desire to build advanced skills.
• Familiarity with A.I. tools and their use.
• Exposure to business intelligence / data visualization tools (such as MicroStrategy, Power BI or Tableau).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat.
• Exposure to ERP, budgeting and forecasting systems, and data analysis tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a related field.
• Entry-level experience in financial planning and analysis or a related financial role; internships or relevant coursework considered.
• Familiarity with retail and manufacturing business segments is a plus.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to ask appropriate questions, explain results, and make recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to share complex topics clearly and concisely with diverse audiences.
• Detail oriented and timeline driven, with an emphasis on accuracy and results.
• Ability to work independently or with others, and to manage multiple tasks of varying priority in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships across functions.