Manager Finance – Merchandising FP&A Position Available In Iredell, North Carolina

Manager Finance Merchandising

FP&A 1000

Lowes Boulevard
Location
Mooresville, NC (SSC) 1999
Category
Corporate
Job Id

JR02111909

Job Type
Full time
Department
Merch

FP&A/IRP/SM

Your Impact
The primary purpose of this role is to partner with complex and highly visible areas of the business and/or work in support of initiatives aligned with the Company’s strategy and focus areas. This is accomplished by crossfunctional collaboration to convert complex business plans into quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and long range plans; develop and maintain scorecards; develop business cases; and provide proactive analysis, insights, and recommendations to optimize business performance.
The Manager Finance is responsible for acting as a subject matter expert and thought leader on their respective team, as well as taking on the responsibility of mentoring and developing junior team members. To do this, the Manager Finance must have strong knowledge of financial and business analytics principles, and the ability to leverage a matrixed environment to manage projects and analyses to completion by leveraging talent across Finance and other business areas. The Manager Finance should also possess the ability to influence and interact with senior leaders at the Company.
What you will do
Develops Analyst, and Senior Analyst talent by managing and prioritizing daytoday workload and direction; reviewing work output and providing feedback; coaching and mentoring on strengths and opportunities.
Acts as a subject matter expert (SME) and thought leader on respective team.
Facilitates the financial forecasting and planning processes with functional partners and business units that result in quarterly forecast updates, annual plans, and longrange plans (23 years).
Collaborates across the business to provide root cause analysis and actionable insights based on financial and nonfinancial data to functional partners and business units.
Communicates financial and nonfinancial analysis and insights to leaders by preparing analyses through leveraging multiple data sources; identifying complete, consistent, and actionable insights & recommendations; translating insights into clear, understandable themes.
Completes work assignments by applying uptodate expertise in subject area; leveraging an understanding of policies, data, and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating cross functionally to solve business problems; identifying, recommending, and implementing ways to address improvement opportunities.
Develops business cases for key initiatives and major programs by creating robust financial models, tied to a program’s (or initiative’s) strategic narrative; identifying risks to the organization and engaging the business owner in risk mitigation and tradeoff conversations; identifying and measuring key trigger points (metrics) that will provide business insight into an initiative’s success (leading and final indicators).
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
6 years’ experience in finance or analytical role in public company and accounting
1 year experience with financial forecasting or analytical modeling
Experience in structuring and writing formal documents, developing and delivering group presentations, project planning, and/or cross functional collaboration
Previous experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance or Corporate Accounting
Experience with Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint)
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
Experience leading people directly or indirectly
Experience developing and managing operational initiatives to deliver results
Experience managing implementation of midsize projects, programs or processes
Experience working in a big box/large retailer
Experience working at a Fortune 500 company

CPA, CFA, CMA

certification
About Lowe’s
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (

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LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.