Sr. Financial Analyst

  • Full-time

Company Description

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) operates a chain of retail stores under the names of Bed Bath & Beyond, Christmas Tree Shops, Harmon, Harmon Face Values and buybuy BABY. The Company is also a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name “Home & More.” The Company sells a wide assortment of domestics merchandise and home furnishings. Domestics merchandise includes categories such as bed linens and related items, bath items and kitchen textiles. Home furnishings include categories such as kitchen and tabletop items, fine tabletop, basic housewares, general home furnishings, consumables and certain juvenile products. Additionally, the Company includes Linen Holdings, a business-to-business distributor of a variety of textile products, amenities and other goods to customers in the hospitality, cruise line, food service, healthcare and other industries. As of May 26, 2012, the Company had a total of 1,180 stores, including 995 Bed Bath & Beyond stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada, 72 Christmas Tree Shops stores, 68 buybuy BABY stores and 45 stores under the names of Harmon or Harmon Face Values. Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol “BBBY” and are included in the Standard and Poor’s 500 and Global 1200 Indices and the NASDAQ-100 Index. The Company is counted among the Fortune 500 and the Forbes 2000.

Job Description

The Sr. Financial Analyst will support operational areas such as real estate, store operations, construction, loss prevention, customer service, e-service and supply chain departments. 
 
This position will require the individual to collaborate between the finance group, business operations as well as members of the management team.  Candidates must have the ability to actively engage and guide the financial and operations teams to meet its goals and objectives.
 
The candidate must have the ability to research, interpret, analyze (at a high level) and report financial data querying from various sources such as; internal reporting, data warehouse and others sources. Exceptional forecasting, reporting and analysis experience is required. 
 
• Defines requirements, creates reporting and manages the delivery of a wide range of financial analytics in a dynamic environment.
• Participates in cross-functional team environments and handling a variety of concurrent projects including ROI analysis, ad hoc analytic projects and on-going reporting.
• Develops and manages new tools/reporting for measuring and understanding the success for various programs. 
• Reviews, analyzes and presents qualitative and quantitative results and data to management.
• Develops process improvements, shares expertise with others and continually strives to improve overall contributions to the department.
• Works with cross-functional teams on the day-to-day execution of analytics, projects and initiatives.
• Ensures quality and timeliness of deliverables that meet expectations while balancing business needs with the appropriate level of analytical rigor.
• Maintains and develops relationships with partner business units.
 

HOME FINDING TRIPS - To assist you in finding a home, we will provide you and your spouse/partner with up to _____ home finding trips to the New Jersey area for up to 3 days/2 nights per trip.  Please contact at least 7 days before your planned travel to book your airfare. Other reimbursed expenses include rental car, Company approved lodging, and meals up to $25 per day per person

Qualifications


Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative (finance, economics, mathematics, etc.) or business-related discipline. 
• 3 to 5+ years of experience as a financial analyst in a management consulting firm, public accounting or retail company.
• Clear understanding of basic financial, statistical and economic concepts.       
• Experience in data analysis and its translation into client recommendations. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented and comfortable with a fast-paced, structured, retail environment.
• Experience in project management.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including pivot tables, macros and v-lookups. Microsoft Access experience strongly desired.

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