Senior Financial Analyst
This role will work in a hybrid (in-office and remote) capacity based out of our New York City Corporate office. Foot Locker, Inc. is seeking a talented and hardworking Senior Financial Analyst to join the Store Development Finance team, supporting how we plan, forecast, and hindsight our company's capital investments. This team member should have thorough knowledge of financial processes and investment modeling. You must understand and communicate capital policy requirements, ensuring consistent global standards and financial controls. Collaboration is key! A successful candidate will be able to partner well globally across the various teams, requesting and deploying capital.
Responsibilities:
- Forecasting Manage Non-store Capital approval process via DocuSign and ensure all projects adhere to company/operating covenant ROIC, ROI, ROCE Hurdle Rates.
- Partner with other corporate areas to ensure questions are fully addressed.
- Maintain Non-Store Capital Approval Model & Central Repository of approved deals.
- Manage Global Company Capital Forecast across Real Estate, GTS, Supply Chain, & Other Corporate Areas.
- Directly own/manage the North America Store/Non-Store/Closing Forecast.
- Present areas of risk/opportunity & capital flexibility to CFO & Senior Leadership.
- Weekly/Monthly Track approved real estate committee deals (Projects, closures, lease renewals) and provide weekly status report update to the business based on latest approvals/date forecasts.
- Partner with Fixed Assets & Treasury to ensure cash payments and capital actuals/accruals are accounted for properly.
- Reconcile Global Company Cash/SAAS Payments and Actuals.
- Reconcile global store count, square footage, taxonomy, global real estate capital/close forecast and assist with the consolidation of Lace Up Metrics with Market Planning (Off Mall Square Footage, Brand Standard, Refresh & Reimagined Counts) used in annual reporting and investor relations releases.
- Maintain internal FP&A system with latest capital, store count, square footage forecasts.
- Partner with various operational areas to understand both process and system flows (i.e, project lifecycles).
- Identify feasibility risk on deploying capital within fiscal year.
Other Responsibilities:
- Visually present data in an easy to digest format for audience to key executive meetings.
- Identify and implement process improvement opportunities.
- Drive efficiency through technology.
- Prepare and present accurate, well-supported financial analysis and ad hoc reporting.
- Deliver completed assignments within the specified period.
- Partner globally and cross functionally with Store Development Finance, Market Planning, Lease Admin, Leasing, Construction, Design, Store Ops, Systems, Fixed Assets, Treasury, & Divisional FP&A.
- Assist with providing capital planning investment insights to leadership (ROCE/ROI/Payback, etc).
- Assist with various presentations & ad hoc requests.
Qualifications:
- Requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance and/or business administration.
- Minimum of two years of financial analysis experience preferred.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Excel, Word, Access, etc).
- Extensive knowledge of Excel formulas (SUMIFS, IF Statements, LOOKUPS, INDEXMATCH, etc.).
- Experience with PowerBI preferred.
- Experience with and/or knowledge of PeopleSoft and running PeopleSoft queries helpful but not required.
- Demonstrated experience working in a team environment as well as working independently with minimal supervision.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Strong organizational and people skills.
- Must be able to work additional hours during busy periods.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- At this time, Foot Locker will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Benefits:
- The annual base salary range is $70000 - $77000 / year.
- Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
- Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes:
- Foot Locker Benefits: Employee Discount Paid Time Off Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage 401(k) | Roth 401(k) Stock Purchase Plan Life Insurance Flexible Spending Account Opportunities for Advancement Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses Strong Company Culture Employee Resource Groups