Finance Manager - Full-time / Part-time

GENERAL PURPOSE:

The Finance Manager will own budgeting, forecasting, reporting, expense analysis, and all other FP&A processes for the Merchant Operations & Support department. This role will partner with finance and business partners to ensure accurate forecast, close, and budgeting execution. The role will also be responsible for producing and distributing operational reports that drive executive decisions. Finally, the Finance Manager will contribute to projects to improve processes and develop the finance services to scale with business demands.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Perform critical expense tracking, reporting, forecasting and budgeting activities

* Act as an internal controller, tracking, controlling, and reporting all department expenses. They will review POs and invoices to ensure proper month end, quarter end, and year end accruals and forecasts based on actual spending and estimated spending trends.

* Compare actuals and projections against expense forecast. Research all variances to provide exception reporting and analysis. Prepare monthly variance analysis for executive reporting and decisions.

* Assist business partners in resolving their accounting questions and researching expense activity. Act as a liaison between Finance and the department for accounting and financial matters.

* Provide analysis and insights for the budget and five year planning process. Assist in creation and distribution of expense budgets submission by populating and extracting data in Hyperion (budgeting application).

Compile, produce and distribute financial and operational reports

* Analyze key business metrics to develop and distribute financial or operational reports that supports cost savings initiatives and increase efficiencies

* Work closely with business partners to solicit inputs and analyze results. Identify business drivers for variances including changes in trends and/or department plans

* Establish and maintain strong business partnerships cross functionally (inside and outside of finance) to promote teamwork and organizational alignment

Contribute to projects and complete ad hoc analysis as requested

* Manage projects to continually improve processes and develop/automate tools.

* Provide ad hoc analyses to portray financial implications of various scenarios (i.e. alternate resource model). Summarize analysis to provide clear answers to questions and communicate results to executive leadership

COMPETENCIES:

* Analysis and Judgment * Communication/Influence

* Business Acumen * Drive for Results

* Coaching & Developing People * Adaptability

* Technical Competence/Expertise* * Teamwork and Collaboration*

QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL SKILLS REQUIRED:

* Bachelor's degree required with demonstrated superior college performance (preferably in an analytical field)

* Prefer 5-8 years post college experience (within a retail company or accounting and financial planning group)

* Strong analytical ability -- ability to synthesize data, error check and reconcile own work, and design analysis or models to answer specific questions

* Organized and detail oriented approach -- must pay attention to details and have the drive to ensure accuracy

* Superior MS Excel and strong Access, Word, Power Point skills

* Oracle Hyperion and PeopleSoft skills preferred

* Trustworthy with confidential financial information

* Excellent communication, listening, and influence skills

* Ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines and rapidly changing priorities

* Ability to work independently and exercise independent judgment

* Reliability (attendance and timeliness)

* Ability to learn new software applications (i.e. Retek Data Warehouse System, Payroll Warehouse, Flash Sales)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None