Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Petco is a leading company in the pet supplies industry, dedicated to improving the lives of pets and their owners. They are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support strategic decision-making through financial planning, profitability analysis, and performance optimization across their retail business.
Responsibilities
- Lead financial planning processes including annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning for a business unit/category
- Analyze cost of goods sold, sales, margins, inventory, and promotional performance to provide actionable insights
- Own product costing analysis, including tracking changes in cost of goods sold (COGS), vendor pricing, and landed costs
- Partner with merchandising and operations teams to evaluate pricing strategies, assortment decisions, and vendor funding opportunities
- Monitor key retail KPIs such as comparable sales, gross margin, inventory turns, and sell-through
- Develop and maintain financial models to support business initiatives, new store openings, and category performance
- Conduct variance analysis vs. plan, forecast, and prior year; clearly communicate drivers and risks
- Support month-end close process, including accruals, reporting, and reconciliations
- Create and present executive-level reporting and dashboards
- Identify process improvement opportunities and drive automation in reporting and forecasting
- Provide ad hoc analysis to support strategic initiatives and senior leadership decisions
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA or CPA preferred)
- 4–7+ years of experience in financial analysis, preferably in retail, consumer goods, or e-commerce
- Strong understanding of retail financial metrics (margin, markdowns, inventory productivity, etc.)
- Advanced Excel skills (financial modeling, pivot tables, complex formulas); experience with financial systems and BI tools (Looker, Power BI)
- Experience working with large datasets and translating data into insights
- Strong business partnering and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with merchandising finance or category finance
- Familiarity with retail systems (MicroStrategy, Oracle, Bamboo Rose)
- SQL or data analytics experience is a plus
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