Finance Manager - FP&A

Whole Foods Market is seeking an experienced finance professional to lead the portfolio and consolidations vertical within Operations Finance. The Principal Financial Analyst will be responsible for strategic partnerships and proactively identifying areas of opportunity to optimize business performance over the long term. This role will support the mentorship of a senior analyst and will lead partnerships and collaboration across Finance, Accounting, and Operations. Expected responsibilities include, but are not limited to, forecasting, business reviews, decision support, consolidated storytelling, and the ability to create ad hoc analyses in response to critical and time-sensitive requests. Areas of focus include the international store fleet, stores with losses, new store concepts, controllable expenses, cost center accountability implementation, and other work to support location-level profitability. This individual in this role is expected to be a thought leader, strategic partner, and have a deep sense of proactivity and ownership. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, demonstrates strong written and verbal communication, builds cross-functional partnerships, solves complex problems, drives continuous improvement, and has an advanced understanding of financial planning and analysis.Additional Information: This role will observe a 5 day in office model and be based in Austin, TX.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic and analytical partner to Operations Store Support.
  • Act independently to leverage cross-functional partnerships to provide actionable financial analysis and consultation on key business initiatives.
  • Act as financial consultant to business partners in developing financial strategies, metrics, goals and measurement techniques.
  • Provide regular portfolio reviews with cross functional senior leadership to inform strategy and prioritize resources focused on reducing risks, identifying opportunities, and improving profitability.
• Deliver actionable and informed insights into key financial metrics, highlight opportunities, and quantify benchmarking goals and milestones.
  • Seek to better understand business drivers, identify notable trends and validate forecast accuracy.
  • Facilitate conversations between store support partners where forecasts and initiatives are at risk based on economic trends, business trend performance and conflicting assumptions.
  • Coordinate Monthly and Quarterly Review content for Store Support and Retail Operations Leadership.
  • Identify profit improvement areas and proactively lead the development of financial analysis and models to solve complex challenges facing the business and evaluate growth opportunities.
• Partner with the Ops Finance leadership to understand underlying retail business drivers and to manage team deadlines, drive continuous improvement and ensure the team produces strong modeling and analytics.
  • Communicate clearly to all stakeholders on goals / expectations to meet defined timelines.
  • Focused on gaining experience and demonstrating readiness for Senior Team Leader role.
  • Ensure wide-spread sharing and application of lessons learned.
  • Mentor analysts and oversee work product to develop, coach and elevate team performance and deliverables.
• Develop and recommend improved data collection and analysis methods to:
  • Improve automation and standardization
  • Rapidly respond to changing business conditions
  • Ensure data security, availability and integrity

Generate executive-ready, , error-free deliverables

• Maintain a high level of curiosity about our business and collaborate with or lead peers and business leaders to better understand primary drivers of financial performance.

• Provide ad-hoc analysis and other duties as requested.
• The above describes the general requirements for the position.  It is not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements as the business and needs evolve.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree, Finance or Accounting
• Minimum of 5+ years of finance experience
• Possess superb knowledge and understanding of financial systems, financial planning and analysis, and accounting principles.
• Planning/Forecasting experience in a dynamic, scenario driven environment with a strong focus on accuracy.
• Retail operations experience a plus
• Presents problem analysis and recommended solutions in a creative and logical manner.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to present information in different forums and with all/multiple levels of leadership.
• Positive attitude, ability to work well and fast under pressure, exceptional customer service attitude.
• Ability to work independently and be self-directed, as well as be a team player.
• Ability to thrive in an ever-changing environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience in Enterprise Performance solutions –Workday Financials, Adaptive Insights, Power BI a plus.
• Knowledge of Whole Foods Market principles and core values.

At Whole Foods Market, we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Whole Foods Market hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs. Whole Foods Market works with job sites like Indeed, LinkedIn, and ZipRecruiter to promote opportunities at our company. Please be aware that other career sites may not be accurate or up to date and may even be fraudulent. We encourage and recommend all candidates to apply via our site.

At Whole Foods Market, we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Whole Foods Market hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs. Whole Foods Market works with job sites like Indeed, LinkedIn, and ZipRecruiter to promote opportunities at our company. Please be aware that other career sites may not be accurate or up to date and may even be fraudulent. We encourage and recommend all candidates to apply via our site.