Senior Financial Analyst for Merchandise Planning and Analysis

The TJX Companies, Inc. is the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, ranking No. 89 in the 2016 Fortune 500 listings, with $30.9 billion in revenues in 2015*, more than 3,600 stores in 9 countries, 3 e-commerce sites, and approximately 216,000 Associates.

Our Marmaxx Finance group has an immediate need for an Analyst/Sr. Analyst in the Merchandise Planning & Analysis Group within Financial Control. This Analyst will work on projects that drive and support the Merchandise Planning and Buying organization at TJ Maxx and Marshalls.

• Perform standard Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly reporting with excellent attention to detail
• Analyze Gross Margin and Inventory components to provide guidance on business performance and financial plans
• Provide accurate and timely Ad-hoc analysis to address existing and new business needs; investigate variances in merchandise reporting and analysis
• Deliver strategy and recommendations on various initiatives across all levels of Management
• Present on other various deliverables including day-to-day reporting and conceptual topics
• Partner with operational experts and build relationships within the business

Potential Projects:

• Store Planning Initiatives – partner with Store Planning to evaluate various groups of stores
• Merchandising Initiatives – evaluate Inventory Management, Freshness, Receipts, Flow, etc. and seek improvement opportunities to existing reports
• Financial Performance – provide detailed financial analysis for special projects/stores of interest
• Merchant Financial Plans - maintain systemic feeds to various reports, incl. Shrink, Markdowns, Dollar Out and Open-to-Buy
• Strategic Reporting Enhancement – assist in the transition of existing reports to the new Cognos Reporting Platform

• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills, and reporting on large amounts of data
• Strong communication skills with an ability to obtain information and devise business solutions
• Able to concisely and effectively deliver results to management
• Ability to provide strategic recommendations to the business on key Financial/Merchandise plans
• High level of curiosity to explore, learn and understand business information
• 1-3 years of experience working in an Analysis and/or Finance environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Economics/Accounting preferred
• Proficient PC skills: Microsoft Office Excel (pivot tables, power pivot, function logic and lookup/reference formulas and charts); Monarch; Mainframe; Cognos or other data applications
• Strong sense of urgency around delivery of reports and deadlines
• Self-starter with high level of time management skills and ability to prioritize individual workload