senior financial analyst - Menomonee Falls, United States - Kohl's Corporate

Description

Improve company profitability through leading value-add analysis, driving cross-functional collaboration, and building business partnerships.


ACCOUNTABILITIES

ANALYSIS
Develops value-add analysis to provide business insights
Aggregates and summarizes data using technical tools, accounting principles and relevant business knowledge
Identifies and communicates trends and variances as well as their underlying drivers
Ensures data integrity before presentation of findings
FORECASTING &
REPORTING
Systematically identifies appropriate variables, relevant assumptions and key performance metrics
Develops sensitivity analysis, rate versus mix, or correlation analysis
Provides insight on risks and opportunities to business functional area
Drives and improves the weekly/monthly forecast process in collaboration with business partners
Drives annual budgeting and updating of long-range plans
Proactively identifies process improvements and find operating efficiencies
Develops new, complex reporting, peer review, and creates new report summaries
Books advanced journal entries to ensure accurate month-end close process
Maintains internal controls structure
BUSINESS PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS & SUPPORT
Facilitates timely information gathering
Communicates analysis and insights to business partners
Compiles relevant findings for presentation
Ensures invoices are processed cross-functionally
Enhances value-add reporting to teams and leaders
Drives the month-end close process, including recording advanced journal entries, preparing month end reporting and performing account reconciliations
Reviews contracts and ensures the correct accounting
Determines capital versus expense
Identifies the root cause of any bank settlement variances


ADDENDUM

REPORTING
Prepares SEC Filings (10-Q, 10-K, 8-K)
Prepares quarterly earnings release and conference call materials
Prepares financial schedules and analysis for the Board of Directors, Disclosure Committee and Audit Committee
Performs monthly/quarterly SOX validations to ensure controls are operating effectively
Acts as liaison to the external auditors
Researches technical accounting and financial reporting issues, documents conclusions and recommends accounting treatment to ensure internal and external reporting requirements are met
Analyzes and recommends improvements to major systems, processes, practices or policies

KOHL'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Maintenance - problem solves, in partnership with KT to mitigate future system issues
Quarterly Release - analyzes functionality for system and business process impacts
Roadmap & User Requests - oversees prioritization of backlog to deliver requested functionality, partners with Finance & Procurement leadership and Oracle to help drive roadmap for future enhancements, networks with other Oracle cloud customers to develop and implement best practices


QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field
Advanced knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and other Financial Software programs, along with accounting, budgeting, and forecasting skills
Strong critical thinking, attention to detail, time management, and communication skills
Ability to handle multiple priorities

PREFERRED
3+ years of experience in Accounting or Finance
CPA or MBA
Retail industry experience