Manager of Finance & Data Strategy

Manager of Finance and Data Strategy

Welcome to Gelson’s!
For almost 75 years, Gelson’s has been a trusted name in Southern California grocery retail, distinguished by an uncompromising commitment to quality, service, and excellence. Our legacy is built on delivering a premium shopping experience while continuously evolving to meet the needs of our customers, communities, and partners.

We are currently seeking a Manager of Finance & Data Strategy to join our team! You will partner closely with executive leadership on various functions of the organization, with a focus on data coordination, strategic analysis, and reporting.  This role will have a heavy impact and high visibility on essential business-critical processes and will require superior analytical and presentation skills, and a demonstrated ability to collaborate across a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders. 

Come join the Gelson’s team and help us continue our tradition of excellence in grocery retail.

Job Summary: 

The Manager of Finance is a direct report to the Senior Manager of Finance for Gelson’s Markets.  This position will partner closely with the Senior Manager, Vice President of Finance & Accounting, executive leadership, PPIH and across various functions of the organization, with a focus on data coordination, strategic analysis, and reporting. 

This role will have a heavy impact and high visibility to essential, business-critical processes.  The right Individual will enjoy a fast-paced environment with broad accountabilities typical to a high growth, mid-cap enterprise.  They will display a problem-solving mentality and be comfortable as an independent contributor and working manager, with the ability to take ownership of often complex reporting and problem-solving tasks.  This Individual will have proven success in developing, maintaining, and improving financial analyses and exceptional organizational and data coordinating abilities. 

The role requires superior analytical and presentation skills, and a demonstrated ability to collaborate across a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders. 

This position will also assist Internal Audit on a limited basis as needed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Support Senior Manager of Finance and Vice President of Accounting & Finance in the following finance function accountabilities:

• Serve as the primary contact for financial and other data requests from external stakeholders, ensuring timely and accurate responses and pulling in internal experts for collaboration as needed
• Partner with Accounting, Business Intelligence, Operations, Category Management, and external partners to gather, validate, and build financial reports and presentation decks
• Develop and automate reporting processes to streamline data sharing and enhance decision-making, pulling data from disparate sources while reconciling and confirming accuracy
• Manage organizational capital planning processes, including written proposals, forecasting, tracking, and evaluation of ROI
• Assist in the preparation and streamlining of Gelson’s corporate annual budget and monthly/quarterly forecasts and long-term strategic models
• Assist in the development of various financial analyses for management including monthly budget vs. actual reports for all key metrics, monthly operating reviews and quarterly Board of Director reports, financials, and analytics
• Analysis and evaluation of potential acquisition opportunities including financial modeling of cost/revenue synergies from integration activities
• Generate management reporting that keenly discerns business operations and variances and is systematic, automated, real-time, and insightful
• Analyze and track performance of strategic initiatives and partner with operations management to optimize return or remediate actions
• Business modeling and scenario planning on business initiatives and/or future strategic initiatives and instill measurement parameters for determining success; create appropriate scorecards/dashboards to measure and display progress towards goals
• Build various ad-hoc reports in a presentable manner using Oracle PBCS and MicroStrategy BI at the request of senior leadership
• Assist in Internal Audit tasks as needed
• Performs other duties as assigned and needed

Desired Skill and Experience:

• BA/BS in finance or accounting, economics, or related field from a top-tier university is required while an MBA or CPA is a strong plus
• 5+ years of financial/accounting analysis experience is required, in the retail sector is a strong plus
• Ability to work closely with leadership at various levels from executives to operational staff with a diplomati