Job Opening for Senior Financial Analyst with Kohl's Department Stores

Senior Financial Analyst

WI - Menomonee Falls

Job Description

POSITION OBJECTIVE

This position is responsible for financial reporting, processing, analysis, and planning. This position is also expected to make recommendations for improving business decisions and processes to ultimately result in improved sales and profitability.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide financial reporting
• Compile and analyze financial information for assigned business unit; prepare periodic (monthly, quarterly, weekly) variance analysis explaining actual results and variances compared to prior period or plan. Communicate findings to Sr. Executive Management as appropriate.
• Extract financial data from various accounting and information systems such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages and graphic packages to assemble, manipulate, and format data and reports.
• Assist in the development of budgets, forecasts, pro-forma analysis and serve as finance liaison to functional managers.
• conduct financial analysis
• Analyze and interpret data for assigned business unit; ensure financial information has been recorded accurately including month-end entries into general journal accounts as needed.
• Record, classify, and summarize financial transactions and events in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals.
• Apply working knowledge of applicable laws and regulations; verify documents for completeness ensuring data integrity before presentation of findings.
• Perform ad hoc analysis and provide recommendations for process improvements within the work area to management resulting in increase revenue and/or reduction of expense.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced knowledge of Excel/PC spreadsheets
• Strong analytical, planning and organization, decision making and leadership skills
• preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant degree.
• Working knowledge of Financial Software programs
• Advanced knowledge of Excel / PC spreadsheets
• Ability to handle multiple priorities

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