Manager Finance, Merchandising Analytics & Reporting

Job title: Manager Finance, Merchandising Analytics & Reporting

Company: Sobeys

Job description: Requisition ID: 133582

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Finance Business Support

Travel Requirements: 0 – 10%

Part Time or Full Time: Full Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Ontario (CA-ON)

City: Mississauga

Location: Tahoe Office

Postal Code:

Our family of 127,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawton’s Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Overview

Job Description

The Manager Finance, Merchandising Analytics is responsible for analyzing Merchandising strategic imperatives and providing value added analysis with an aim to improve profitability and manage risk of upcoming initiatives.

• Serve as business partner for Merchandising Team on strategic initiatives such as Cost Harmonization
• Provide analysis, guidance, and recommendations for new business activities and impacts
• Coordinate financial analysis for Merchandising function on longer-term initiatives
• Identify challenges and opportunities to improve performance and profitability for Merchandising
• Build financial models to support budgeting and analysis of upcoming / existing initiatives
• Prepare Financial Presentations on a quarterly basis or as required, including recommendations

Lead functional team and drive employee engagement

• Coach, develop and empower members within functional team
• Review employee engagement results and develop overall action plan
• Create opportunities for skill development and career progression to develop talent

Job Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years or more of progressively increasing levels of responsibility within a finance department in a large retail organization
• Undergraduate degree
• CPA Designation preferred
• Previous finance management experience within Retail
• Experience working with Merchandising departments preferred

• Ability to build processes and augment existing Financial reporting systems
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent knowledge of report writing using Khalix, SAP and Excel
• Ability to create and interpret complex financial modeling
• Effective communication and consensus building skills
• Ability to balance conflicting demands
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (particularly Excel and PowerPoint)
• Good working knowledge of SAP and SAPBW
• Comfortable presenting to senior leaders within a large organization

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.

Expected salary:

Location: Mississauga, ON

Job date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 02:14:20 GMT