• Serve as analytical partner to Principal Financial Partners in Ops Finance and the broader Global Finance Team.  

• Upholds program goals and mission of the global finance team when interacting with various business partners. May act as lead of working groups and provide guidance, coordination, review and insight. 

• Recognize cross-functional partnership opportunities and seeks to build global relationships. 

• Acts independently to leverage cross-functional partnerships to provide actionable financial analysis and consultation to key business initiatives. 

• Provide financial insights, highlights opportunities, and quantifies benchmarking goals and milestones. 

• Create executive recaps for business reviews discussing financial performance, challenges and opportunities within Global Operations or with global business partners and leaders, including Global and Retail Operations, Workforce Planning Team, and Supply Chain teams. 

• Update financial reporting, dashboards and targets based on approved global initiatives and changes in assumptions. 

• Create financial analysis and financial outlook on Stores with Losses and New Stores performance. 

• May include a focus on operational opportunities such as category analysis, controllable expense challenges and/or benchmarking performance based on global performance and outlier status. 

• Engage in data mining and ad hoc business analysis to solve complex problems and benchmark performance and trends.  

• Develop and maintain financial reporting portfolio for Global and Retail Operations with a focus on streamlining and automating reporting to eliminate manual and redundant efforts. 

• Anticipate change management constraints and build them into financial reporting design and maintenance considerations.  

• Partner with Corporate Planning and Merch Finance to understand targeting assumptions and forecasting methodology, identify process improvements and propose solutions for change management needs. 

• Ensure Finance team appropriately updates process and assumption documentation based on agreed upon changes.  

• Review financial targets for appropriate business partners and identify potential gaps and required updates. 

• Continually improve Accounting & Financial management processes to most effectively meet the organization’s growth projections.  

• Develop and recommend improved data collection and analysis methods, including methods to: 

• Improve automation and standardization,  

• Rapidly respond to changing business conditions,  

• Ensure data security, availability and integrity. Generate quality, error-free deliverables appropriate for leadership presentations. 

• Creatively adapts to unexpected obstacles and reallocates time, priorities, and resources accordingly. 

• Able to effectively present information and respond to questions in both one-on-one situations and group meetings. 

• Willing to travel up to 10%, domestically, as required. 

• Other adhoc duties as required. 

Role Guidelines: 

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE 

• Strong understanding of Financial Planning & Analysis concepts, principles and practices.  

• Strong ability to compile, monitor, examine and audit financial statements, reports and accounts.  

• Strong understanding of multiple reporting and Accounting and Financial systems.  

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Workday, Tableau, Everclear & other WFM reporting tools. 

• Advanced ability to use Excel for data manipulations, database reference functions, pivot tables, complex and nested formulas and charting.  

ADAPTABILITY 

• Anticipates and accepts changing roles, directions, and work methodologies.  

• Able to easily shift priorities.  

• Demonstrates resilience and the ability to bounce back from confusing or difficult situations.  

COMMUNICATION, IMPACT & INFLUENCE: 

• Regularly interacts with colleagues or customers up to the senior leadership level.  

• Able to effectively present information and respond to questions in both one-on-one and group meetings.  

TEAMWORK 

• Respects differences and values the diversity of those on the team.  

• Acknowledges and appreciates success.  

EMPOWERMENT & ACCOUNTABILITY 

• Proactively works to accomplish critical / difficult tasks supporting business objectives.  

• Perseveres in the face of unexpected obstacles.  

JUDGEMENT & DECISION MAKING 

• Applies analytical skills to evaluate and interpret complex situations.  

• Presents problem analysis and recommended solutions in a creative and logical manner.  

• Handles a diverse range of issues requiring evaluation of a variety of factors, including business trends.   

BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE 

• Possesses clear understanding of business objectives, competitive strengths and opportunities WFM and supported region / stores.  

• Understands customer, market and industry trends and emerging challenges.  

• Demonstrates excellent knowledge of the WFM product mix, supply base and retail operations 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE 

• BA/BS and/or Master’s degree and 4-6 years’ relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Education in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or Economics preferred.