Financial Analyst (Hybrid) job in Irving at Michaels

Support Center - Irving

For nearly 50 years, Michaels has been the destination where Makers get inspired, learn, shop, and create. We strive to cultivate an inclusive shopping environment for all Makers and work environment for all Team Members, providing a place of belonging and empowering everyone to bring their creative dreams to life. At Michaels, every Team Member is encouraged to hone their craft with opportunities for personal and professional growth. From our Stores and Distribution Centers to Artistree and our Support Center, our best-in-class team is passionate about leaving the world a better, more creative place by contributing to every “make”.

Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all Makers to create, innovate and be better together.

The Financial Analyst is responsible for providing support, analysis and insight into the company’s past and future financial performance. This position will help the assigned functional area as well as the business partners in developing monthly forecasts, annual budgets and 5-year strategic plans. This position will also help develop analysis on actual results compared to forecast and budget. The Financial Analyst must possess the ability to create and maintain various financial reports and perform analytics to support its functional area.

Major Activities

• Integral participant in the development and completion of the annual plan and monthly forecasting process for Sales, Gross Margin, and G&A
• Develop insights and understanding of sales performance based on data and statistical methods
• Closely work with the Marketing, Operations, and Merchandising Teams to determine variance explanations on sales
• Ability to interpret various sources of business data, synthesize and deliver actionable insights to leadership team
• Prepare executive level presentations that will summarize operational and financial performance, including effectively communicating variances to forecast.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, comfortable communicating with senior leadership
• Aid in the creation of dashboard(s) for leadership to monitor progress throughout the month.
• Ad Hoc Analysis
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics

Minimum Special Certifications or technical skills  

• Advanced Excel skills
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Access, Word and PowerPoint)
• Hyperion Essbase
• High level financial acumen 

Minimum Type of experience the job requires 

• 1 to 3 years in a Financial Analyst role

Preferred Special Certifications or technical skills  

• Data visualization a plus (Tableau, Power BI)

Preferred Type of experience the job requires 

• Experience in retail a plus
   

Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.