Sr. Analyst, Finance Center of Excellence - Reporting & Insights

About the Role

In this role, you will support the overall Finance function for a large, multi-brand retailer in a fast-paced, complex environment. Gap Inc.’s headquarters Finance team provides financial support to various business units and the Executive Leadership teams. The Finance Center of Excellence team is responsible for standardization, best-in-class processes, macro insight generation, and leading continuous improvements across Finance. You will be responsible for establishing business processes, delivering analysis and insightful reporting to improve sales and margin forecasts for the company, partnering closely with representatives from all of our brands.

What You'll Do

• Execute towards modernization of the Finance reporting suite, prioritizing standardization, automation, visualization capabilities, and delivering insight generation
• Synthesize business requirements and partner with business enablement, technical, and data teams to drive priorities and project lead to meet deliverables
• Execute monthly forecast reporting, performing as needed analysis on a variety of sales, margin, inventory, and macro-economic business drivers to support brand company planning teams forecast accuracy and planning processes
• Provide insightful ad hoc, monthly and quarter end reporting supporting CEO and CFO forecast reviews, audit preparation, and Earnings Call preparation
• Deliver to Reporting SLAs

Who You Are

• Proven ability to interpret and synthesize data and clearly communicate complex ideas
• Strong organizational, project and time management skills
• Results oriented with keen attention to detail
• Ability to work independently, think of creative approaches to questions
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel, Power Query, and Hyperion Essbase
• Familiarity with data visualization best practices and principles, such as color theory, visual hierarchy, and storytelling
• Bachelor degree in Finance, Economics, Math or related field; MBA or CPA is a plus.
• 4-5+ years of working experience