Sr Financial Analyst - Store Allocation & Workload

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About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

A role in Financial Planning & Analysis means belonging to a great team of genuine, diverse, courageous and versatile people who put integrity and ethics at the heart of everything they do. Together, you’ll drive outstanding financial results by enabling and accelerating Target’s strategic execution. You’ll nurture influential partnerships with leaders who value your credibility, thanks to the quality and reliability of your insights. To teams across Target, you’ll bring your skills for analytical rigor, creative problem-solving and sound decision-making. You’ll be an active contributor to cross-functional teams. You’ll rise to the challenge of the dynamic retail industry, bringing innovative solutions that have a direct impact on financial and operational direction-setting, merchandising and capital investments and how to best use our resources. All of your good work will help elevate and maintain Target as one of the world’s most recognized and best-loved retail brands.

As a Sr. Financial Analyst, Stores Finance – Store Allocation & Workload, you will lead the governance, allocation, and financial management processes for Target Stores’ sales, payroll, and workload plans, along with providing analysis and insights to leaders across FP&A, Stores (Field & Store Operations), and other HQ partners.

Own the planning, forecasting, governance, allocation, and performance management of Target Stores’ monthly and annual sales, payroll, and workload plans, translating enterprise financial goals into actionable store-level plans.

• Partner with headquarters and field teams, including Store Operations, HR P&D, and broader FP&A, to shape strategies and establish financial goals and forecasts for store workload & payroll.

• Drive financial results and accountability across partner teams through effective reporting, tools, and actionable insights.

• Monitor business performance, respond to emerging needs, and elevate financial risks and opportunities to senior leadership.

• Apply curiosity, initiative, and collaboration to solve complex business challenges and pursue opportunities that position stores for success while maintaining financial discipline.

• Drive Target’s monthly store sales & payroll planning processes, leveraging workload trends and business insights to effectively allocate to the right stores

You will gain direct knowledge of the people, process, and technology required to deliver $100B+ of annual sales through Target’s stores while delivering on the exceptional guest experience that Target is known for. A successful candidate will have a strong data and analytics background, be a connector that is comfortable working with a diverse set of business partners, be highly organized and accountable, and be naturally curious to uncover areas of process opportunity and expense savings.

Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

• Four-year degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, or Finance

• Four or more years Finance/Accounting or related Operations experience

• Experience working with spreadsheet applications (Microsoft Excel) and other financial modeling and visualization tools

• Excellent analytical, decision-making, project management, planning and organization skills

• Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills

• Entrepreneurial spirit with strong initiative and willingness to take risks

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location (Tues, Wed, & Thurs) the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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