Financial Analysis Manager

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Company Overview

General Summary:

Responsible for managing all facets of Transportation and Private Fleet financials for Dollar General. Responsible for designing & maintaining financial systems (primarily Anaplan), financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and identifying process improvements. Supports Sr. Director of FP&A, VP of Transportation-Outbound, VP of Transportation-Inbound & International, EVP of Supply Chain

Job Details

Duties & Responsibilities:

 

• Support the Trans & Fleet teams to drive accountability in financial ownership; ease of reporting, variance analytics, budget/forecasting processes. Must be able to identify and communicate drivers of the business with ease and clarity. 
• Design and maintain complex financial models (Anaplan, Oracle, 1010 data, Excel) such as short term & long term models, scenario building, profitability analytics. 
• Identifies and executes upon process improvement opportunities. Demonstrates proficiency of technical tools and financial systems. 
• Manage analyst (or Sr Analyst) on the Trans Finance team to execute weekly deliverables and period-close deliverables. 
• Facilitate the budget/forecasting process, including documentation of assumptions, gathering of inputs, validation, and reporting of results. Have thorough understanding of variances (waterfalls) and be able to identify risks & opportunities to the budget/forecast. 
• Facilitate production of VP & EVP-level reporting of operating results. 
• Understand and track Supply Chain capital requirements, budgeting, forecasting; including usage of IRR models. Partners with DG’s FP&A capital team on a regular basis to discuss capital updates and outlays. 
• Assist with ad hoc analyses and projects as requested; assist other areas of Supply Chain finance team as needed.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to summarize data into reports/presentations for senior management.
• Knowledge or experience in Transportation, Distribution, or other Supply Chain discipline (3 years preferred).
• Knowledge of GAAP.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and to be a self-starter in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Creative ability to access information from different sources and pull it together for analyses and presentations.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Detail-oriented – must be able to detect errors and identify trends.
• Ability to thoroughly understand how decisions affect other areas of the company.
• Intermediate to advanced spreadsheet and database applications skills.

Qualifications

Work Experience &/or Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or Business Administration (Finance or Accounting) or Data/Analytics preferred.
• Supervisory experience preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.