Inventory Controls & Reconciliation Analyst

NAPA Auto Parts; Duluth (GA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

NAPA Auto Parts is seeking an Inventory Controls Analyst to support the Director of Inventory Controls and Finance in monthly reconciliation processes. The role emphasizes adherence to inventory policies, data-driven insights, and collaboration with Finance and Supply Chain teams to drive accuracy and control improvements.

The ideal candidate will have a business analytics background, 1+ year in analysis/reporting, and proficiency in Power BI and Excel tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business analytics with a concentration in Finance preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of experience with business analysis and reporting.
• Proficiency using Microsoft PowerBI and Excel Power Query, PowerPivot.
• Strong verbal skills and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate complex topics to a variety of experience level.
• Team player; demonstrate success working well with department leaders and peers.
• Must be able to understand, explain, and solve complex problems.
• Must be technologically astute at learning new business technologies.
• Strong detail orientation and organization.
• Ability to manage time effectively, multi-task, prioritize, and work well under tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Create inventory reconciliation events as needed to meet control requirements and established business practices.
• Execute the review and reconciliation of the physical inventory records and inventory ledger on a monthly schedule, and additionally as needed.
• Complete data review for reasonableness.
• Identify data trends for changes in business activity impacting inventory.
• Review inventory investment for non-contributing inventory.
• Collect and enter in-transit data for compilation.
• Compile inventory reconciliation results and investigate any material variance between the ledger and physical inventory.
• Validate the accuracy of results.
• Summarize analysis of review and results investigation into actionable items for the business.
• Detail specific inventory or ledger items that need to be addressed or reviewed by the business.
• Routinely communicate reconciliation results to key NAPA Finance and Supply Chain partners.
• Identify locations with results outside of variance thresholds and report out to NAPA Finance and Supply Chain leaders.
• Meet with the local business to review the reconciliation results and recap recommendations on areas the business can develop action plans to mitigate shrink or improve process related to inventory.
• Review the trends in the analytics for year to date and month over month to demonstrate the directional impact to the business.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data reconciliation

Communication skills

Teamwork

Time management

Problem solving

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business analytics with a concentration in Finance

Tools

Power BI

Excel Power Query

PowerPivot

Job description

NAPA Auto Parts is seeking an Inventory Controls Analyst to support the Director of Inventory Controls and Finance in monthly reconciliation processes. The role emphasizes adherence to inventory policies, data-driven insights, and collaboration with Finance and Supply Chain teams to drive accuracy and control improvements.

The ideal candidate will have a business analytics background, 1+ year in analysis/reporting, and proficiency in Power BI and Excel tools.