Sr. Financial Analyst

Duluth is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Commercial Finance team. This position will report to the Manager of Commercial Finance and will work closely with other members of Duluth Trading’s Leadership Team. This role interacts with several functions within the company, making it a great opportunity to learn various aspects of the business while putting your finance and analytical skills to work.

The Senior Financial Analyst will directly support the Marketing, Merchandising, and Inventory Planning teams, with a heavy emphasis on Marketing.

You will contribute to the success at Duluth by directly supporting financial performance and strategic initiatives. This role leads business performance insights to drive financial results and influence decision making. You will support the development of strategic plans, annual budgets, and monthly forecasts.

Work Environment:

At Duluth Trading Company, we value face-to-face interactions that foster our culture of learning, creativity, and teamwork. The role is based at our headquarters near Madison, WI. You will work in the office Monday through Thursday, with the option to work from home on Fridays if you prefer.

What You’ll Do:

• Deliver insights integrating data from diverse sources, and applying analytics to recommend options and influence business decisions.
• Evaluate financial results at a department, store, and total company level, highlighting risks and opportunities as well as providing strategic and tactical recommendations to leaders.
• Design, build, and maintain complex financial models for various purposes, including scenario and sensitivity analysis, profitability analysis and return on investment (ROI) calculations.
• Communicate and present financial results and forecasts, ensuring reports are clear and understood, including assumptions and dependencies, while summarizing key insights for leaders.
• Serve as a trusted financial business partner and collaborate closely with department leaders and senior management to understand their strategic objectives and translate them into financial plans.
• Support the financial planning process through strategic plan, financial plan, and monthly forecast processes.
• Investigation of existing expenditures with a view to identifying cost savings and a consistent review of existing processes to identify improvements or efficiencies.
• Prepare ad hoc analyses and data-driven recommendations for CEO, CFO and other Leadership Team members to evaluate financial implications of potential business decisions.
• Collaborate with Marketing teams on measuring effectiveness of marketing investments, and their impacts on planned and actual sales, profitability, and related customer metrics.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Equivalent work experience will be considered
• 5+ years of experience
• Experience in project management, establishing business systems and process improvements
• Excellent leadership skills
• Extremely high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills to deal effectively with a wide variety of people
• Ability to synthesize large quantities of data, identify trends and drivers
• Solid analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Power BI (or other data visulization tools)
• Experience with Google Looker data tools and Google Slides preferred
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

What We’re Looking For:

• Travel is required for less than 10% of company-related meetings, programs, and/or events.
• Sitting is required for 90% of working hours.
• Standing is required for 10% of working hours.
• Continuous arm, hand, and wrist movement (ie: typing)
• Occasional reaching, twisting, and bending.
• Noise level no greater than casual conversation.
• Ability to perform work in cubicle workstations or an office setting.
• Work in temperatures ranging from 65 - 75 degrees.

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