Analyst FP&A Job Listing at Academy Sports + Outdoors in Katy, TX (Job ID R282306)

Description

Come work at a place where we take pride in creating a workplace environment that values hard work, commitment, and growth.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or equivalent required

Work Experiences:

• At least three (3) years of  relevant work experience
• Previous FP&A or Corporate Finance experience preferred
• Retail/e-commerce experience a plus

Skills:

• Ability to partner effectively with all lines of business internally and interface with clients and vendors
• Strategic thinker who can also understand tactical delivery of analysis as needed
• Ability to analyze financial data, prepare financial reports, statements and projections
• Ability to formulate, initiate, administer policies and procedures for effective fiscal control
• Can handle a high degree of complexity and translate to simplification
• Hard-working and results-oriented
• Analytical and process-improvement oriented
• Ability to apply numerical and analytical skills to support ideas and portfolio performance
• Ability and proven skill in developing and applying complex models to measure risk.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills and be able to establish strong relationships with, your team, peers and senior management.
• Ability to work in an extremely fast paced team environment, deliver under considerable time pressure and ability to embrace constructive feedback.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Team oriented with ability to work well with diverse groups

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and support annual planning and monthly forecasting processes for financial and internal planning partners, including examining wide sources of data and translating it into meaningful and useful insights for internal business partners
• Act as finance support lead for internal business partners
• Produce the delivery of weekly, monthly and quarterly executive reporting including but not limited to monthly performance reporting, corporate goals reporting and other ad-hoc reporting and analysis requests
• Produce benchmarking and KPI data for business leaders
• Interact regularly with senior management teams to help them define and enable business strategies. Respond the requests, asking the right questions to determine what data is really needed
• As key member of strategic initiatives, responsible for providing financial support related to feasibility analysis, ROI, business case development, and ensuring soundness of process used to derive financial results from projects
• Evaluate actual vs. planned/historical performance for both opex and capex
• Identify and drive process improvements
• Take part in the evaluation of impairment reviews

Physical Requirements & Attendance:

• Acceptable level of hearing and vision to perform job duties
• Adhere to company work hours, policies, procedures and rules governing professional staff behavior

Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate with regard to employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law.​