Financial Analyst, Retail

The Role

As a Financial Analyst – Retail, you’ll support financial planning, reporting, and analysis for the North America commercial business. You’ll partner with finance leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver accurate reporting, meaningful insights, and analysis that evaluate business performance and operational effectiveness. You’ll also contribute to process improvements and basic automation initiatives to enhance efficiency, data accuracy, and business decision-making.

Your Impact

• Support quarterly forecast and annual budget processes by updating models, gathering and validating inputs, coordinating with stakeholders, and maintaining supporting assumptions and documentation
• Review submissions for accuracy and completeness, identify potential risks or inconsistencies, and track performance against budget and forecast through variance analysis
• Prepare summary reports and analysis that clearly communicate key drivers, underlying data, and variances to finance leadership and support decision-making
• Prepare recurring financial and management reports
• Perform variance analysis versus budget and forecast, identifying key drivers and trends
• Assist in maintaining and enhancing financial models used for performance evaluation and reporting
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and reporting requests for finance leadership and cross-functional partners
• Gather, analyze, and organize data to support business decisions and initiatives
• Identify data gaps or inconsistencies and escalate findings appropriately
• Continually monitor and evaluate processes and recurring deliverables to identify and reduce inefficiencies
• Assist with basic automation and process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce manual effort
• Create and maintain documentation for recurring reports, models, and processes in accordance with established standards
• Support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including preparation of reporting materials and variance explanations
• Partner with Accounting and Finance teams to support accurate and timely close processes
• Assist in preparing materials for monthly performance reviews

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify issues and support resolution efforts
• Solid analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and support actionable insights
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-based, and evolving environment while managing multiple priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present financial information

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficient Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and basic financial modeling
• Experience with Oracle, Hyperion, or similar financial systems preferred
• Prior experience in Consumer Products or Retail industry a plus