Dollar General Hiring for Senior Analyst – Finance & Planning Job at Goodlettsville, TN Full Time

Job Details:

• Plan, prepare and coordinate the capital expenditure forecast to facilitate investment decisions by Senior Management. This includes the following:
• Manage the capital budgeting calendar and processes and collaborate with finance partners to support the overall budget planning process.
• Monitor capital expense procedures, forms, and communications to support funding requests from cross-functional departments and ensure SOX compliance.
• Process company-wide capital investment requests and prepare weekly summary reports for the CFO and SVP of Finance.
• Analyze project requests and perform cost-benefit analysis to determine key financial metrics (IRR, NPV, and payback period) and assist Senior Management in making investment decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to perform research and provide explanations for variances between the forecast and actual results. Design and maintain systems to facilitate the variance analysis process, such as the capital tracking database.
• Develop depreciation expense forecast for annual budget and long-term financial model. Prepare quarterly depreciation forecasts using the fixed asset system, forecasted capital expenditures, and Capital in Progress (CIP) files.
• Utilize various systems and software (Excel, Anaplan, Lawson, Webfocus, etc.) to access, manage, analyze, and summarize data.
• Prepare monthly Capital Expenditure reporting, review invoice, assign project numbers to new investments, and coordinate quarterly forecasting process.
• Support forecasting and ad-hoc analysis for the IT budget. Utilize activity-based budgeting to define and prioritize critical areas of spend.
• Liaison with Treasury to gather information for the implementation of an FP&A view of Balance Sheet and Cash Flow components (fixed assets, other assets).

Qualifications:

• Intermediate proficiency of Excel, with an understanding of key formulas and functions, including Lookups, Pivot Tables, and macros.
• Intermediate Word and PowerPoint skills, with ability to populate template presentations for the Executive Leadership team and Board of Directors.
• Must possess the following skills:
• Knowledge of basic GAAP accounting principles.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Flexible and multi-task orientation. Must be able to manage and prioritize multiple projects without delay. This is especially critical during the annual budget season.
• Creative ability to access information from different sources and summarize in a simple manner.
• Unwavering commitment to meet deadlines.
• Meticulous attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy. Must be able to detect errors and identify trends that indicate unfavorable performance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Customer-driven, team player committed to developing partnerships and who will maintain strong working relationships to facilitate the planning, forecasting, and analytical processes.
• Develop a thorough knowledge of the company, allowing out-of-the-box thinking to understand how a decision made in one department might affect another.
• Prepare monthly Capital Expenditure reporting, review invoice, assign project numbers to new investments, and coordinate quarterly forecasting process.
• Support forecasting and ad-hoc analysis for the IT budget. Utilize activity-based budgeting to define and prioritize critical areas of spend.
• Liaison with Treasury to gather information for the implementation of an FP&A view of Balance Sheet and Cash Flow components (fixed assets, other assets).

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other quantitative field preferred.
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in financial analysis, including a basic understanding of financial modeling, IRR, NPV, and ROI analysis.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

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