Senior Financial Analyst

Kohl's Corp.; Menomonee Falls (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohl's Corp. is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to maintain accurate accounting and improve profitability through value-added analysis and strong cross-functional partnerships.

You will lead forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning for capital and expenses, drive the month-end close, and develop advanced reporting to support internal and external reporting needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field.
• Advanced knowledge of Google Suite, Microsoft programs, and other Financial Software programs.
• Excellent accounting, budgeting and forecasting skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Critical thinking, attention to detail, time management and collaboration skills.
• Adept multitasker.

Responsibilities

• Active contributor in weekly forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning for capital and expense expenditures.
• Drive the month-end close process, including recording advanced journal entries, preparing month-end reporting and performing account reconciliations.
• Aggregate and summarize data using technical tools, accounting principles and relevant business knowledge.
• Identify and communicate trends, variances and their underlying drivers.
• Ensure data integrity before presentation of findings and compile relevant findings for presentation.
• Systematically identify appropriate variables, relevant assumptions and key performance metrics.
• Develop sensitivity analysis, rate versus mix or correlation analysis.
• Develop new complex reporting, peer review and report summaries.
• Review contracts and derive proper accounting treatment.
• Determine capital versus expense.
• Assist with continuous improvement of accounting processes, systems, and reporting.
• Understand basic technical accounting and financial reporting issues, document conclusions and recommend accounting treatment to ensure internal and external reporting requirements are met.
• Additional tasks may be assigned.

Skills

Accounting

Forecasting

Budgeting

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field

Tools

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Financial Software

Job description

About The Role

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will maintain accurate accounting while improving company profitability through leading value-added analysis, driving cross-functional collaboration and building business partnerships.

About The Role

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will maintain accurate accounting while improving company profitability through leading value-added analysis, driving cross-functional collaboration and building business partnerships.

What You’ll Do

• Active contributor in weekly forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning for capital and expense expenditures
• Drive the month-end close process, including recording advanced journal entries, preparing month-end reporting and performing account reconciliations
• Aggregate and summarize data using technical tools, accounting principles and relevant business knowledge
• Identify and communicate trends, variances and their underlying drivers
• Ensure data integrity before presentation of findings and compile relevant findings for presentation
• Systematically identify appropriate variables, relevant assumptions and key performance metrics
• Develop sensitivity analysis, rate versus mix or correlation analysis
• Develop new complex reporting, peer review and report summaries
• Review contracts and derive proper accounting treatment
• Determine capital versus expense
• Assist with continuous improvement of accounting processes, systems, and reporting
• Understand basic technical accounting and financial reporting issues, document conclusions and recommend accounting treatment to ensure internal and external reporting requirements are met
• Additional tasks may be assigned

Required

What Skills You Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field
• Advanced knowledge of Google Suite, Microsoft programs, and other Financial Software programs
• Excellent accounting, budgeting and forecasting skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Critical thinking, attention to detail, time management and collaboration skills
• Adept multitasker

Preferred

• 2+ years of experience in Accounting or Finance
• CPA or MBA