Senior Financial Analyst

DIVE IN TO A NEW CAREER WITH LESLIE'S:

Founded in 1963, Leslie's is the largest and most trusted direct-to-consumer brand in the U.S. pool and spa care industry. We serve the aftermarket needs of residential and professional consumers with an extensive and largely exclusive assortment of essential pool and spa care products. We operate an integrated ecosystem of 900 retail locations, backyard service and repair, a robust digital platform, and manufacturing and distribution divisions across 35 states—enabling consumers to engage with Leslie’s whenever, wherever, and however they prefer to shop. With over 60 years of providing best-in-class products and solutions to our customers, there is nothing that we value more than the development and growth of our team. We strive to create a positive and fun atmosphere where our Team Members feel valued and are enthusiastic about the contributions they make to the success of Leslie's.

This position is not open to agency submissions.

This position is based at our corporate office in Phoenix, AZ, and follows a hybrid work schedule. Remote work is not available for this role. Candidates must reside within commuting distance, as relocation assistance is not provided. Additionally, applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored visa support.

Job Overview:

The Senior Financial Analyst is a business partner role responsible for communicating results and recommendations that will lead to cost reduction, revenue generation and operational improvement. Weekly activities include preparing, reviewing, and distributing reporting and analyses. The Senior Financial Analyst is also responsible for assisting with the creation of monthly financial reporting packages, budgeting, forecasting, and any ad hoc reporting that may arise on a regular basis. These processes are time sensitive, deadline driven, and deal with sensitive and confidential information. This position requires a high level of detail, ability to maintain accuracy of information and ability to understand complex financial processes. This also requires a team member that is self-motivated, reliable, trustworthy, and conscientious with a thorough understanding of financial procedures and analysis. The analyst’s areas of focus will include, but not be limited to, supporting senior leadership, commercial, and service divisions of our 950 stores across 38 states. The analyst will work in collaboration with various levels of leadership to develop financial and strategic plans, analyze financial and operational results and deliver meaningful insights into company performance. The position is based at Leslie’s corporate office in Phoenix, Arizona and reports directly to the Director of FP&A.

Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning: Partner with FP&A leadership and key stakeholders to produce weekly, monthly, annual and multi-year financial forecasts that drive results in support our company objectives.
• P&L Review: Support monthly P&L review process that includes explaining variances to plan, providing insight on current and expected trends, and identifying areas of risk and opportunities.
• Financial Analysis: Conduct financial cost/benefit and NPV analyses to support growth and other strategic initiatives.
• Acquire and maintain a thorough understanding of business issues, strategies and risks and profitability opportunities.
• Collaborate with our Operations, Finance and Accounting teams to help develop strategies, build insightful forecasting and reporting and drive impactful insights for key leaders.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships with senior leadership.
• Bring new thinking and way of doing things to the function, as appropriate, including analyzing and pushing new metrics and performance indicators to help identify trends.
• Support implementation of a new planning system; ensure assigned key FP&A and financial systems processes are documented, key controls identified, and procedures developed to periodically test the effectiveness of controls.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and lead various other reporting projects including decision support, metrics and analytics.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or Economics required.
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressive financial planning and analysis experience
• Working knowledge of financial accounting and reporting concepts required; public company experience in retail or multi-location industry preferred.
• You enjoy problem solving - digging into complex and ambiguous data sets and synthesizing information into a digestible format for executives/other stakeholders.
• Financial modeling expertise; advanced competency in Excel and proficient with other Microsoft Office suite products (e.g., Outlook, One Note, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Experience using ERP and planning software and tools; JDA, Workday Adaptive, Power BI, Tableau, etc.
• Effective verbal and written communications, including active listening skills, problem solving skills and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical, problem identification and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent documentation skills, research and resolution skills, data analysis
• Organized and extremely detail oriented.
• Holds self and others accountable for ensuring that results are achieved; seizes opportunities to produce results without direct supervision; takes action on items beyond formal job responsibility; sets high expectations for self and others.
• Ability to work independently, with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment.
• Ability to maintain composure under pressure while meeting multiple deadlines and priorities.
• Proven leadership and mentoring skills, self-starter and team player
• Exhibits enthusiasm, positive professional attitude, integrity, reliability, and leadership.

 Leslie's provides a robust benefits package, including:

• Comprehensive medical, pharmacy, dental, & vision plan options.
• Health savings account (with enrollment in the high deductible health plan option).
• Health & dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance.
• Company-paid short-term disability and voluntary long-term disability insurance.
• Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) with company match.
• Paid vacation, sick, and bereavement leave.
• Paid holidays, including a floating personal day.
• Employee assistance and wellness programs.
• Earned Wage access is available, allowing early access to a portion of your earned wages before payday.
• Product discounts at Leslie’s Retail stores.

Leslie’s recognizes a critical component to our continued success is our people. Leslie's is committed to developing and fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion within our company and the communities we serve. A key aspect of building a great team is valuing ideas from many viewpoints, which is why we place a priority on identifying and hiring talented individuals from all backgrounds and perspectives.