Senior Analyst Financial I

Staples is business to business. You're what binds us together.

Our talented finance team partners with every area of the business to drive results and provide financial expertise. We are passionate about analyzing and interpreting information to assess performance and provide guidance. Our team serves as a true partner and advisor to all our business leaders; working with them to accelerate the company's profitability and growth.

The Senior Financial Analyst is a leadership track role that is dedicated to providing sales and margin and P&L forecasting and planning in support of the hyper growing Staples Marketplace business. The Senior Analyst will soon become a trusted business partner, capable of delivering analytical support and performance insights to the leaders of our business unit.

Our team works in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and in order to be successful in this role, the Senior Analyst will need to have a multitude of talents: a confident self-starter with an eye for detail, the ability to prioritize work-streams, the desire to establish strong working relationships with the business unit leaders they support.

What you'll be doing:

• Responsible for providing accurate and timely daily, weekly, and monthly sales, margin, and gross profit reporting and forecasting for the Marketplace business at a Marketplace storefront and product category detailed level.
• Assist in the monthly book close process including reporting of month-end P&L results by Marketplace, providing variance analysis for key metrics, and helping to build out monthly business review presentations.
• Perform monthly forecasting and analysis of Headcount and Operating expenses and identify risks and opportunities to EBITDA
• Build annual Sales and Margin and full P&L Budgets using initiatives from business leaders.
• Provide general and ad hoc analytical support for the business and proactively identify and communicate key performance trends that may impact results.
• Serve as a Finance thought leader - build financial models that can predict outcomes reliably and accurately.
• Continually search for process improvements and opportunities to streamline and automate within all reporting and analyses using tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, and PowerBI.

What you bring to the table:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and communicate with high level business partners.
• Experience in forecasting/budgeting and performing financial analysis of results.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to create partnerships across business teams.
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills to balance and prioritize work.
• Experience with advanced analytical tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, and Alteryx.
• Thrives in a constantly changing environment and has the ability to think outside the box.

What's needed- Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, data analysis or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in an analytics or finance related field.
• Previous experience with analysis, including working with large data sets.

What's needed- Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Oracle Systems, Power BI, Essbase Financial Systems.
• 1-2 years' experience working with SQL.

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