Blue Nile is entering an exciting new chapter, evolving its legacy as a digital fine jewelry pioneer into an elevated luxury brand with an increasingly personalized omnichannel experience. By combining innovative digital experiences with an expanding network of premium showrooms, we're transforming how customers discover, purchase and experience fine jewelry. As we continue investing in technology, merchandising, and customer experience, we're looking for leaders who are energized by solving complex business problems, influencing enterprise strategy, and driving measurable commercial impact.
Role Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst will provide reporting, key insights, and rigorous analysis to the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. In this role, you will act as a corporate finance partner supporting various operational and functional departments. You will deliver the financial intelligence needed to project upcoming initiatives, report performance to senior leadership and key stakeholders, and drive strategic, ad-hoc projects to support the decision-making and growth of the Blue Nile brand.
Responsibilities:
- Operational & Channel Support: Assist in the preparation of corporate forecasts, trend analysis, and performance modeling tailored to various business channels and operational functions.
- Management Reporting: Develop and maintain meaningful, actionable, and timely management reporting to inform senior leadership of overall financial and organizational performance.
- Operational Analysis: Support business partners with operational requests for analysis, researching variances, and proactively flagging performance trends or efficiency opportunities.
- Strategic Ad-Hoc Projects: Prepare ad-hoc financial models and business-case analyses to drive data-backed decision-making and support strategic initiatives.
- Month-End Collaboration: Work closely with the accounting team during the monthly close process, providing critical expense accruals to ensure accuracy in financial results.
- Cross-Functional Teamwork: Partner with the broader financial planning team on monthly forecast development, process optimization, and special projects as necessary.
- Data & Analytics Execution: Leverage data systems and business intelligence tools to extract, clean, and visualize complex data sets.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree required in Finance, Accounting, Management Information Systems, or a highly quantitative field.
- Experience: 3-5 years of related experience.
- Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Technical familiarity with data systems/languages such as SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or Snowflake is highly desired. Knowledge of SAP or similar enterprise ERPs is a plus.
- Core Competencies: Strong analytical, quantitative, and financial modeling skills, paired with excellent verbal and written communication.
- Execution: Ability to manage multiple tasks, navigate complex datasets, and deliver a high volume of accurate work in a timely manner.
- Mindset: Excellent organizational skills with a proactive mindset, strong attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize work effectively
Benefits
At Blue Nile, many of our roles offer a high-quality, comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, paid time off, retirement planning and opportunities for career advancement. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, employment type, work schedule or location:
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match
- Flexible Spending Account
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Discount
- Parental Leave
- Life Insurance
Annual base pay: $90,000 - $110,000. Final pay rate shall be determined and is based on experience and qualifications.
At this time, Blue Nile will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Additional Information: Blue Nile is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Blue Nile will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Management Information Systems, or a highly quantitative field
- 1-3 years of related financial analysis or FP&A experience
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and financial modeling skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, work with complex datasets, and deliver accurate work on time
- Technical familiarity with SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or Snowflake
- Knowledge of SAP or similar enterprise ERPs
What We Do
Blue Nile is the largest online retailer of certified diamonds, engagement rings, and fine jewelry. Our customers come to us for some of the most important moments of their lives. They count on Blue Nile to provide them with the most premium jewelry and the customer experience in the industry. Because of this, technology at Blue Nile is not your average gig. We obsess with our employee experience from start to finish, ensuring an incredible and premium experience every step of the way. Blue Nile technology culture is a learning culture. We seek many voices and perspectives to learn from each other and engineer the best possible solutions. We obsess over measurement, data, security, and automation to allow us to focus our creativity where it counts -- the employee and customer experience. If you're up for uniquely meaningful technology challenges, we'd love to add your voice to the team!
Why Work With Us
Our Technology Teams celebrate achievements and are inspired by success. They are nimble, innovative, and resourceful and make an impact on both the business and each customer’s personal experience. We value hard work, flexibility, and curiosity and collaborate to solve problems, constantly improve, and implement meaningful changes.
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