AddressThe Lead Analyst is primarily responsible for supporting a team dedicated to Margin and Cost Accounting for Lowe's US operations. The principle purpose of the Lead Analyst is to work with Leadership in delivering impactful data driven analytics support to the Business team. This position is responsible for following analytical best practices, accurately reporting and analyzing results and identifying insights for decision making. A substantial amount of technical knowledge is needed to support the various user requests and special projects.
This is accomplished utilizing advanced tools and methods to leverage various financial data. A goal of this position is to streamline processes through automation and enhancements of existing business processes. To accomplish this, the Lead Analyst must be proficient in MS Access, MS Excel, VBA, Macros, Teradata SQL Assistant etc.
The Lead Analyst will collaborate directly with various areas of Finance and other areas of the Business in order to ensure Inventory, Revenue and Margin are reported accurately both from an Operational and Financial perspective.
Essential Responsibilities:
Understands retail analytics and works effectively under the guidance of a Sr. Analyst and/or Lead Analyst to deliver impactful data driven analytics insights/recommendations.
Communicates observations and/or insights to the Sr. Senior Analyst and/or Lead Senior Analysts to help prepare analyses through leveraging multiple data sources.
Core Responsibilities:
Practices self-leadership and embraces the culture of constant learning. A quick learner and a passionate problem solver.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's/Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Analytics, or Business
- 8+ years of experience in financial analytics/Reporting working directly with business teams
- Financial/Business Acumen and good understanding of Accounting, Finance and Costing
- Self-motivated, strong leadership skills and excellent verbal/written skills
- Ability to Lead a group of Senior Analyst/Analysts
- Expertise in SQL databases and the ability to write queries/procedures to summarize data distributed across different sources/tables
- Advance Excel experience including Macros and MS Access
- Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools, preferably in Power BI
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders across locations
- Exposure to ETL tools is an added advantage
