What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Financial Analyst position at Lacoste?
Summary Description:
This position supports the Manager of Retail & WHS Controlling in monitoring sales trends, (daily, weekly and monthly), and preparing the budget/forecast. This individual will plan and execute budget procedures including monthly monitoring of expenditures and revenues and communicate the status to the retail & WHS Sr Controllers.
Our ideal candidate will be self-sufficient and possess the ability to make analysis to benefit the company. This is an environment with shifting priorities, so the ability to multi-task and be flexible and adaptable to differing situations is required.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Monitor retail sales and margin trend per store / channel (daily, weekly and monthly); provide explanations on the fluctuations collect and analyze information that affects individual store sales trends, identify potential problems and alerts
- Produce reporting to the parent company comparing actual performance with prior year, budget, forecast and 3 Year Plan
- Support the compilation and preparation of various executive presentations including but not limited to: Market Visit and Business Reviews
- Prepare P&L variance analysis versus prior year/budget/last forecast/3 Year Plan, including explanations of the variances and propose action plan
- Input data regarding actual/forecast/budget in Lacoste information systems and ensure data accuracy between all systems
Requirements/Qualifications:
- BS in Finance or Economics
- 2-3 years of experience in similar position
- Prior experience in a retail / Wholesale environment
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills, ability to work with pivot tables and V-lookups
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Experience with SAP, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System, Hyperion, and Business Objects, a plus
- Passion for sales controlling and analysis.
Core Values and Traits:
Play as One Team:
- Showing respect towards everyone
- Commitment for the team’s work and decisions
Play with Elegance:
- Striving for excellence
- Treating others with fair play and humility
Play by Daring:
- Having the courage to speak up, experiment and take initiative
- To explore new opportunities
Play with Tenacity:
- Constantly seek continuous improvement
- Learning from our failures
Accountable:
- Providing answers to questions
- Propose solutions
- Integrating our role as a global economic player
Collaborative:
- Succeeding together
- Working together
- Sharing information
- Trusting each other
Caring:
- Respecting our people
- Caring for customers
- Different points of view
- Diversity
- Concerned by others
Audacious:
- Taking risks
- Being creative & innovative
- Following the less taken path
- Creating value
*This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. It can be changed verbally or in writing at any time in the discretion of management. We as Lacoste associates must always ensure that all functions of our position are represented with our core values being: Accountable, Audacious, Collaborative, and Respectful.
