What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Financial Analyst position at 7-Eleven, Inc.?
▶ Who we are
Imagine working in a place where continuous improvement and innovation is celebrated and rewarded; where fast-paced, high-impact teams come together to positively drive results for one of the largest & most iconic brands in the world.
As the only rapidly growing retailer, you may know us as your friendly neighborhood store. You probably know our familiar name, have seen our pervasive logo, and have tried our highly sought-after products, such as Slurpee® and Big Bite®. “Brain Freeze” is a 7-Eleven registered trademark for our 53-year old Slurpee® and with over 77,000 stores globally (more than any other retailer or food service provider), we sell over 14 million a month.
But there’s a lot more to our story and much more left to be written. We are transforming our business, ensuring we are customer obsessed and digitally enabled to seamlessly link our brick and mortar stores with digital products and services.
At 7-Eleven the entrepreneurial spirit is in our DNA and has been ever since our inception 90 years ago. It’s what drove us to invent the convenience industry in 1927 by envisioning how a simple ice dock could provide household staples such as milk and eggs to better serve the needs of our customers.
Today we are redefining convenience and the customer experience in big ways...we are fundamentally changing our culture and we want talented, innovative, customer obsessed, and entrepreneurial people like you to come make history with us.
▶ How we lead
At 7-Eleven we are guided by our Leadership Principles.
- Be Customer Obsessed
- Be Courageous with Your Point of View
- Challenge the Status Quo
- Act Like an Entrepreneur
- Have an “It Can Be Done” Attitude
- Do the Right Thing
- Be Accountable
Each principle has a defined set of behaviors which help guide the 7-Eleven team to Serve Customers and Support Stores.
▶ About This Opportunity
The primary purpose of this Sr Financial analyst is to support Field Operations (US and Canada) and Multiple Corporate Functional areas with forecasts, analysis of financial results through variance analysis to budget / forecast, Monthly Business Reviews, Annual Field Budget, Franchise Fee Pricing Updates/Reviews, FZ Programs Design, and ad hoc research and reporting for the CFO, leadership in Operations and/or Planning.
Responsibilities
- Regularly interact with Field Operations, Zone Vice Presidents and Director of Operations to provide financial support, producing comprehensive monthly / YTD results financial packages that involve comparative analysis of budgets versus current year forecasts/actual results and prior year results.
- Analyzes trends and other relevant information to develop operating assumptions necessary to complete Business Plans, Budgets, and Bi-Monthly Forecasts. This requires gaining a thorough understanding of key business drivers and effective communication of analysis.
- Address or escalate Field Operations inquires as a primary financial liaison to ensure timely, appropriate action / resolution and/or effective interpretation of the financial implications of business activities.
- Lead Franchise Fees Reviews, Annual FZ Programs Designs, and report on overall financial health of FZ financials.
- Build budgets for all US and Canada stores across 100 financial lines for 12 month annual budget process.
- Participate in department initiatives to build / implement new tools for forecasting and budgeting, with direct support to our Facilities and In-House Maintenance Program.
- Participate in Annual Incentive design review and support HR team in incentive exception review.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelors/4 year Degree in Business or Finance.
- Experience: 4 years of Extensive knowledge of financial modeling and reporting.
- Experience with SQL and PowerBI a plus.
- Requires advanced computer skills using spreadsheet software, familiarity with database applications, downloading data from mainframe systems and use of word processing software.
- Requires ability to draft correspondence that accompanies requests for information in a clear and concise manner.
- Ability to communicate verbally with senior executives.
- Analysis skills and the ability to solve problems independently is critical.
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