Senior Financial Analyst

About the role

The Home Depot is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst for its US Retail Finance team. The role performs financial analysis to support ongoing financial operations and the allocation of capital for investments, working closely with stakeholders to support strategic initiatives. It reports to a Manager or Sr. Manager and has no direct reports.

Key responsibilities

• Planning, forecasting and reporting (about 40%): lead annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and monthly financial reports, use financial modeling for variance analysis, report to senior leadership and support month-end close.
• Preparing and delivering insights (about 30%): present financial analysis visually and verbally to business leaders, give recommendations based on business operations and financial impacts.
• Cross-functional collaboration (about 20%): work with business leaders up to VPs and with finance and accounting stakeholders to link business and financial stories.
• Project-based analysis (about 10%): analyze investment initiatives and capital allocation, model what-if scenarios and explain metric variations.

Required profile

• Aged 18 or older and legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field related to the job; preferred: 2 years of experience.
• Ability to work independently, with strong strategic thinking, problem solving and attention to detail.

Required skills

• Preferred: working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Tableau and presentation software such as PowerPoint.
• Preferred: advanced Excel and PowerPoint, SQL, GBQ and Tableau basics, and data visualization.