IND_Analyst FDSandA

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2023 sales of more than $86 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Bengaluru, Lowe’s India develops innovative technology products and solutions and delivers business capabilities to provide the best omnichannel experience for Lowe’s customers. Lowe’s India employs over 4,200 associates across technology, analytics, merchandising, supply chain, marketing, finance and accounting, product management and shared services. Lowe’s India actively supports the communities it serves through programs focused on skill-building, sustainability and safe homes. For more information, visit, www.lowes.co.in.

This includes, among other things, responsibility for financial metrics, reporting, forecasting and analysis. The successful candidate will be analytical, and focus on providing data driven business and financial insights to the relevant stakeholders that will enable sound decision making.

• Perform financial reporting, ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modeling
• Focus to ensure 100% accuracy and timely analysis
• Contribute towards monthly business / financial review meetings and work with HQ Stores Finance managers to ensure effective finance and cost management
• Deliver projects that provide answers to strategic and tactical business questions – sometimes with very basic problem statement (dealing with ambiguity)
• Quickly grasp the business problem and translates into tangible, usable actionable outputs
• Work with business partners and teams in SSC-B and SSC-M through effective collaboration
• Knowledge of working scenario based analysis / multiple approaches to tackle problems and recommending a suitable approach based on facts, figures, data. Ability to story-tell (why/what/how) enabling decision making
• Develop ad hoc business analysis (scenario analysis) and present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions, and planned future initiatives.
• Financial modelling – Ability to build accurate and situational financial models to solve business problems
• Manage the financial planning and analysis effort, forecasting using the key input levers to the business – pricing, promotion, weather, business landscape and such that play a key role in retail dynamics
• Establish and maintain operating and business metrics.
• Work with accounting team to drive the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, as required
  

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in finance, accounting, business and/or Chartered Accountant, MBA
• 4-5+ years of experience with at least 3+ years in Financial Planning and Analysis
• Strong Data collation, compilation, visualization skills
• Analytical skills- querying using SQL, SAS, Python will be a strong plus
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, VBA, Automation
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
  
  

• A work ethic based on a strong desire to exceed expectations
• Strong interpersonal skills emphasizing written and oral communication
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage financial models for business forecasting, variance analysis, and problem solving
• Experience working in FMCG / similar industry / retail will be a plus