The Financial Analyst – FP&A will play a key role in supporting the organization’s financial planning, forecasting, Budgeting and performance management processes with a focus on Store Operations. This position will be responsible for delivering accurate financial analysis, supporting strategic decision-making, and providing insights to improve profitability and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate complex financial information effectively across departments and various levels of financial understanding.

Responsibilities

• Regularly interact with Field Operations to provide financial support, verification of results and reporting.
• Researching key P&L lines driving variance budget & forecast variance on the Income Statement
• Analyzes trends and other relevant information to develop operating assumptions necessary to complete Business Plans, Budgets, Mid-Year Plan and Bi-Monthly Forecasts.
• Gain a thorough understanding of key business drivers and effective communication of analysis to support the review of Under Performing Stores.
• Address or escalate Field Operations inquires as a primary financial liaison to ensure timely, appropriate action / resolution and/or effective interpretation of the financial implications of business activities.
• Participate in department initiatives to build / implement new tools for forecasting and budgeting. 
• Work with numerous functional departments to build inputs into the forecasts / budgets.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors/4 year Degree in Business or Finance.
• Experience: 2+ years of Extensive knowledge of financial modeling and reporting.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and financial modeling; experience with ERP (IBM Planning Analytics) and BI tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Power BI) preferred.
• Requires ability to draft correspondence that accompanies requests for information in a clear and concise manner.
• Requires understanding of mathematical concepts necessary to make growth projections and net present value calculations.
• Must understand impact/use of multi-spreadsheet linking capabilities and must have ability to quickly learn systems for implementation/development.
• Analysis skills and the ability to solve problems independently are critical.
• Highly organized with the ability to adapt timing of tasks to meet the business’s needs.
• Demonstrates the ability to question results and find the correct answer without bias.

If an hourly or salary range is included in this ad it represents the range 7-Eleven in good faith believes is the range of compensation for this role at the time of this posting. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in this state. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, long-term incentive compensation, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.