Lead Financial Analyst

Belk, Inc. & Belk eCommerce LLC

$91K — $115K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 4-6 years of financial analysis experience, preferably in FP&A with retail exposure
  • Experience with ERP tools, particularly Workday
  • Proven track record of career growth
  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end financial consolidation process for accurate and compliant reporting
  • Develop financial reporting and consolidation packages that meet evolving business needs
  • Drive the budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities with P&L ownership
  • Prepare executive reporting packages and financial updates for leadership review
  • Analyze and deliver actionable insights on financial performance to executive leadership
  • Facilitate capital budget processes and reviews with senior leadership
  • Mentor and develop team members for professional growth

Benefits

  • Opportunity for career growth within a prominent organization
  • Engagement in strategic initiatives that impact the business
  • Access to advanced ERP financial systems for efficiency
  • Dynamic work environment that embraces change and creativity
  • Focus on team development and fostering strong business partnerships
Full Job Description
Lead the end-to-end financial consolidation process, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant reporting across the organization. This role is responsible for developing high-quality financial reporting and consolidation packages while driving process improvements and solutions to support evolving business needs. The position plays a key role in financial planning activities, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, with ownership of the P&L and capital portfolio. Additionally, the role delivers actionable financial insights, performance analysis, and strategic recommendations by leveraging a deep understanding of historical results, forecast implications, and business initiatives to support executive decision-making.

Essential Functions:
  • Lead the weekly and monthly forecast processes, ensuring accurate consolidation of financial updates across all business areas and preparation of executive reporting packages for the Leadership Team and Board of Directors.
  • Prepare and consolidate the annual budget, long-range strategic plan, and monthly financial outlooks, identifying opportunities and risks across revenue, expenses, and key business drivers to improve overall financial performance.
  • Analyze monthly financial results by partnering with business leaders to evaluate performance, identify trends and risks, and deliver insightful commentary and recommendations to leadership.
  • Lead the annual Capital Budget and forecast process, including consolidation of enterprise-wide submissions, financial analysis, prioritization support, and facilitation of monthly portfolio reviews with senior leadership.
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for capital governance, ensuring compliance with company capital approval policies, processes, and reporting requirements.
  • Act as the subject matter expert for financial systems, ERP platform Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning, driving process efficiency and reporting accuracy.
  • Responsible for the coaching, mentoring and professional development of team members.
  • As key member of most strategic initiatives, responsible for providing financial support related to feasibility analysis, ROI, NPV, and business case development


Education:
  • Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience


Work Experience:
  • 4-6 years of financial analysis experience with a proven track record of career growth, preferably in FP&A (retail experience preferred)
  • Experience with ERP tools (Workday experience a plus)


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
  • Excellent analytical, communication, problem solving, and reasoning skills
  • A leader with an opinion to share and an ear to listen
  • Team player that can bring people together but can work independently as the situation demands
  • Proven strong business partner relationships built on trust & transparency. Hard working, results oriented, has high standards
  • Agile - willingness to learn and embrace change
  • Creative - ability to take complex / unprecedented problem and propose solutions
  • Exhibits high sense of urgency
  • Highly organized, strong attention to detail
  • Ability to produce high quality results in an ever changing, demanding environment
  • Ability to manage multiple, conflicting priorities, without sacrificing quality of results


Pay Range

$91,200-$115,000

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

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