Financial Analyst

As a Petco Financial Analyst, you would be responsible for assisting in preparation of the monthly forecast and annual budget for Petco’s Pet Care Centers, supporting the Petco leadership team, as well as providing regular and ad hoc analyses for the Petco organization. While at Petco, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skill set, think critically about complex challenges, and drive meaningful change. This role will work closely with key members of several teams on various facets of the company to devise strategic solutions to unique business problems. The individual will assist in financial analysis, modeling, and evaluation to keep the business on track to meet its financial goals. This is a perfect opportunity for an individual who is detail-oriented, technically capable, holds a desire to solve problems and efficiently delivers a quality work product in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. This position will report to the Finance Senior Manager, Pet Care Centers. Responsibilities: Build partnerships with the Director of Operations, VP of Sales Development, and Territory General Managers to provide planning and analysis support to ensure the teams are on track to deliver their financial goals. Assist with preparation of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting for the Pet Care Center business. Identify and help implement opportunities to leverage financial systems in ways that will provide visibility and transparency to business leaders in order to track against financial targets. Provide ad hoc analysis as needed in order to help optimize business results. Proactively provide value-added feedback to improve current processes from both an operational and strategic viewpoint. Interface with the business leads to confirm assumptions used for budgeting and forecasting. Assist the Accounting department with the coding of invoices. Required Skills: A minimum of 1-3 years relevant experience operating in a highly analytical FP&A or business finance role, as well as: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field. Basic Accounting knowledge. Passion to continuously provide exceptional customer service to all internal business partners. Demonstrated expertise in leveraging financial systems to empower an organization to efficiently plan and monitor financial performance. Self-starter and ability to manage projects independently. Great interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Passion for innovation and using technology to drive efficiency. Track record of success to drive process improvements. Extremely analytical, quantitative, and comfortable building advanced spreadsheet models. Very detail oriented, with strong organization skills with the ability to maintain and keep track of multiple information sources. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (including strong Excel and PowerPoint skills).

Creado: Jue, 01 de Ene de 1970