Dollar General is on the hunt for a Store Operations Sr. Manager of Financial Operations who will be responsible for managing the store operations sales planning, sales exceptions, and operating statements (P&L) programs. It is a high visibility role requiring strong financial acumen and the ability to leverage historical data and predictive analysis.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Create accurate, equitable store-level sales plans accounting for historical exception events and future business impacts.
- Manage the quarterly sales plan exception process to appropriately adjust sales plans for uncontrollable events.
- Create store operations operating statements (P&Ls) to precisely measure store-level profitability and financial results.
- Create the annual budget for retail incentive and accurately manage the financial forecast.
- Manage and present projects related to store ops financial operations.
- Research inquiries from field leaders and provide prompt, informative responses.
- Provide leadership support, coaching and development to WFM analysts
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Project or Smartsheet
- Expertise in MS Access, PowerBI, 1010data, PowerQuery, APT, and Windows automation techniques such as VBS and macros. Experience using enterprise financial software such as Oracle, Anaplan, SAP, or Lawson
- Experience creating sales plans and P&Ls in a retail environment is a significant plus
- Experience with employee incentive compensation programs in a retail environment is a significant plus
- Excellent time management, prioritization and communication
- Comfortable training and presenting to field leadership
Education & Experience
- Strong understanding of retail operations, preferably at a large chain of small format stores
- Bachelor's degree in business or other related field required, MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a sr. financial analyst or financial manager role managing budgets and forecasts.
- Retail operations management a plus.