Sr Financial Analyst - Cost Optimization
Lowe's
Senior Financial AnalystDo your best work in Mooresville
This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up we invest in you so you can find your inspiration.
Your impact The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a financial steward in the organization by collaborating with business partners in core business functions across the company. The Senior Analyst must be able to work effectively within a matrixed organization and demonstrate self-leadership and change agility, as well as the ability to influence and interact with various stakeholders within the organization. They will partner with the business to drive plan through operational levers, provide performance reporting, and manage the forecast.
What you will do
Facilitates the financial forecasting and planning processes with functional partners and business units that result in quarterly forecast updates, annual plans, and long-range plans; provides business performance reporting and commentary.
Supports financial modeling and business analytics to address P&L queries.
Supports the development of expense plans using agreed upon volume, rate, growth, and transportation cost assumptions; troubleshoot questions and reconciliations. Coordinate with data owners to formulate answers.
Collaborates across the business and with peers to provide root cause analysis and actionable insights based on financial and non-financial data to functional partners and business units.
Communicates financial and non-financial insights to leaders by preparing analyses using multiple data sources; identify and proactively source necessary inputs for analysis; support operational and financial storytelling.
Analyzes forecast and business case accuracy for root cause issues and apply these learning to future reports; translates findings into clear, understandable themes; identifying complete, consistent, and actionable insights and recommendations.
Develops business cases for key initiatives and major programs by creating robust financial models tied to a program's (or initiative's) strategic narrative; identifying risks to the organization and engaging the business owner in risk mitigation and trade-offs; identifying and measuring key trigger points (metrics) that provide insight into an initiative's success (leading and final indicators).
Applies solid knowledge of financial and business analytics principles to all deliverables; leverages an understanding of policies, data, and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; identifies, recommends, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities.
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's degree Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
3 years experience in finance or analytical role with a public company, public accounting, or related
Preferred skills/education
6 years experience in finance or analytical role with a public company, public accounting, or related
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
About Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE 100 home improvement company with total fiscal 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe's employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
Lowe's pays $49 for Accountant in Mooresville, North Carolina, with most salaries ranging from $41 to $59. Pay can vary based on role, experience, and local cost of living.
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