Financial Analyst

Job ID: 2
Location: US-MN-Golden Valley | US-MN-Minneapolis
Category: Central Office - Finance
Type: Full Time
Min Salary: USD $65,000.00/Yr.
Max Salary: USD $85,000.00/Yr.

Overview

Despite the challenges facing retail, Room & Board continues to innovate and pivot in meeting the ever-changing needs of today's consumer allowing us to remain a reputable and financially stable home furnishings provider for the past 40 years. The current environment has consumers focused on home and valuing American made and sustainability more than ever - - practices we have focused on since our early inception of the Room & Board brand recognized today.

We are currently hiring a Financial Analyst at our central office in Golden Valley , MN. In this role, you will join a collaborative 3 person planning and reporting team that is cross trained to serve the various business functions. Your ability to build meaningful relationships and deliver high impact financial analysis and reporting has a positive impact on the decisions made by leaders and staff members alike.

You'll share your talents in the following ways:

• You'll prepare and analyze financial plans, budgets, and forecasts and supporting reports to effectively report, track progress and communicate financial statuses across the organization.
• You'll enjoy building meaningful partnerships with leaders and staff members across functions as you seek to both understand and educate around business processes and financial information.
• You'll provide assistance in the maintenance and support of the Planful (Host Analytics) system including responding to user needs and improving processes (use of templates, reports, etc.).
• You'll participate and support accounting in month end close for assigned areas of responsibility.

You'll bring the following qualities to be successful in the role:

• You're recognized for being a great communicator, adaptable and open minded. You also bring a natural curiosity to your work.
• You seek to understand the business operations and you're respected in your approach to helping non-financial staff easily understand the financial impacts to their operations.
• You're logical and bring an impeccable attention to detail with a desire for accuracy; you're task orientated and deadline driven.
• Your great attitude and adaptability works well in a collaborative environment.

Last, but not least, you bring the following education, work experience and skills:

• 3+ years of experience involving financial accounting, reporting and planning
• Strong understanding of basic accounting principles.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Systems aptitude. Experience with financial reporting systems (BW, Cognos, Essbase, Crystal Reports etc.) preferred. Proficient knowledge-skill in Excel. Prior experience with Planful (Host Analytics) and SAP preferred.

Where you'll grow:

• As a life-long learner, you are fueled by the opportunity to develop capabilities within the role, our tools/reporting functions, and in working with your business partners.
• As a forward thinker, you relish in the opportunity to build best practices and create reporting that is unique to how we do business and more easily digested by internal business partners.
• You'll help build out the functionality of our financial modeling tool, Spotlight.

What you can expect:

• Your finance planning and reporting team belongs to a broader 14 person Finance team that collectively, manages the accounting functions, produces the monthly financial reporting packages and also plays a vital role in protecting the company's intellectual and physical assets. They identify core measures that are fundamental to understanding the health of our business allowing us to be nimble as we adjust our plans and attain successful outcomes.
• As a private (S Corporation) company that isn't bound to all the public company regulatory reviews, audits, bank examinations or SEC reporting, you'll enjoy more opportunity to focus on strategy and building plans that drive business success.
• We're rooted in philosophies, not rules, so you are empowered to make decisions. Our collaborative spirit leaves little room for bureaucracy and cumbersome rules; instead we keep it simple, take accountability, solve problems and ultimately trust others to do the right thing.
• Our progressive benefits go beyond the basics of health insurance and vacation to support you physically, emotionally and financially. You'll receive a strong competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package including three weeks of paid vacation, generous 401(k) match, profit sharing, and several perks. To view all benefits offered by Room & Board, please visit:

Please, no third-party agency inquiries and/or solicitations. Thank you.

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