Financial Analyst | $75k - Virtual Company

Goodlettsville, TN 37072

About the Job

Job Description
Serve as a leading contributor supporting the capital expense and real estate expense budget on Financial Planning and Analysis team. Responsible for analyzing, prioritizing, and managing capital expenditure investments, which exceed $1 billion annually across supply chain, IT, merchandise, retail operations, and administrative departments. Assists in research aimed at improving the company’s ability to forecast sales, profitability, and project financial returns. Provide cost-benefit, variance, and ad-hoc analysis of capital investments for Senior Management.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Plan, prepare and coordinate the capital expenditure forecast to facilitate investment decisions by Senior Management. This includes the following: Manage the capital budgeting calendar and processes and collaborate with finance partners to support the overall budget planning process. Monitor capital expense procedures, forms, and communications to support funding requests from cross-functional departments and ensure SOX compliance. Process company-wide capital investment requests and prepare weekly summary reports for the CFO and SVP of Finance. Analyze project requests and perform cost-benefit analysis to determine key financial metrics (IRR, NPV, and payback period) and assist Senior Management in making investment decisions.	35%
Assist in all aspects of the real estate budget and forecast finance cycle, including: Month end close support – variance analysis, communicating findings, and publishing reports. Reforecast – collaborate with stakeholders and recommend forecast adjustments. Annual budget process – in-depth review of all assigned accounts and assist in the creation of the annual plan.	35%
Utilize various systems and software (Excel, Anaplan, Lawson, Webfocus, etc.) to access, manage, analyze, and summarize data. Collaborate cross-functionally to perform research and provide explanations for variances between the forecast and actual results. Design and maintain systems to facilitate the variance analysis process, such as the capital tracking database. Prepare monthly Capital Expenditure reporting, review invoice, assign project numbers to new investments, and coordinate quarterly forecasting process. Prepare real estate and development reporting to track progress towards department objectives. Support real estate partners on various levels of ad hoc support. Assist in various levels of new and existing store sales budgeting, forecasting, and reporting	20%
Liaison with Treasury to gather information for the implementation of an FP&A view of Balance Sheet and Cash Flow components (fixed assets, other assets).	10%

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): What KSAs are required to perform this job?

Intermediate proficiency of Excel, with an understanding of key formulas and functions, including Lookups, Pivot Tables, and macros.
Intermediate Word and PowerPoint skills, with ability to populate template presentations for the Executive Leadership team and Board of Directors.
Must possess the following skills:
Knowledge of basic GAAP accounting principles.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Flexible and multi-task orientation. Must be able to manage and prioritize multiple projects without delay. This is especially critical during the annual budget season.
Creative ability to access information from different sources and summarize in a simple manner.
Unwavering commitment to meet deadlines.
Meticulous attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy. Must be able to detect errors and identify trends that indicate unfavorable performance.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Customer-driven, team player committed to developing partnerships and who will maintain strong working relationships to facilitate the planning, forecasting, and analytical processes.
Develop a thorough knowledge of the company, allowing out-of-the-box thinking to understand how a decision made in one department might affect another.

???????Work Experience and/or Education: What are the minimum education and/or experience requirements necessary to perform this job?

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other quantitative field preferred.
Minimum 1-2 years of experience in financial analysis, including a basic understanding of financial modeling, IRR, NPV, and ROI analysis.
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
licensure and certification requirements;
office location and other geographic considerations;
other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

Source : Virtual Company