Merchandising FP&A Analyst — Forecasting & Insights

Lowes; Mooresville (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe’s in Mooresville, NC seeks a Financial Analyst to partner with business units as a financial SME, translating complex plans into quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans. You’ll develop scorecards, business cases, and provide proactive insights to optimize performance in a matrixed organization.

The role supports finance peers, maintains templates, and conducts data analysis to inform strategic decisions. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 1 year in finance/analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or related field, or equivalent experience
• 1 year of finance or analytical experience in a public company or accounting firm
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Experience providing analytical support

Responsibilities

• Supports Senior and Lead Analysts by maintaining templates, systems, and other tools needed to develop quarterly forecast updates, annual plans, and long-range plans (2-3 years)
• Completes updates of operating, program, and business unit scorecards and supports Senior and Lead Analysts in updating commentary and analysis for the scorecard updates
• Compiles data needed to perform root cause analysis, test & learn, and financial modeling; and supports Senior and Lead Analysts in conducting the analysis
• Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area; leveraging an understanding of policies, data, and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating cross-functionally to solve business problems; identifying, recommending, and implementing ways to address improvement opportunities
• Pursues self-development and effective relationships by openly sharing information and knowledge with coworkers and business partners; seeking performance feedback; and adapting to and learning from change

Skills

Forecasting

Data analysis

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerBI

Tableau

Superset

Microstrategy

Qlik

Python

R

SAS

Alteryx

Knime

Job description

Lowe’s in Mooresville, NC seeks a Financial Analyst to partner with business units as a financial SME, translating complex plans into quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans. You’ll develop scorecards, business cases, and provide proactive insights to optimize performance in a matrixed organization.

The role supports finance peers, maintains templates, and conducts data analysis to inform strategic decisions. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 1 year in finance/analysis.