Senior Financial Analyst

Overview

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you’ll operate at the crossroads of business strategy and commercial performance. You will own the sales and margin outlook for PCC, while playing a pivotal role in planning, performance insights, and executive decision support. Through strong partnerships with Merchandising, Promotions, Marketing, and Accounting, you’ll deliver forward‑looking analysis and recommendations that sharpen strategic choices and elevate financial performance. 

Job Locations

US-WA-Seattle

Address

1320 4th Ave

Our Culture

If you’re a people person, you’re a PCC person. Maybe it’s our co-op roots, or maybe it’s our Northwest nature, but we embrace stewardship and take action because we care. As one of the most trusted grocers in Seattle, we foster high standards and look to our staff members to build trust by acting with integrity — toward our members and shoppers, and toward each other.  

PCC is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We value all the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our staff members invest in their work, stores and communities. Valuing diversity is a significant part of our culture, our values and PCC’s success. 

PCC provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Main Job Responsibilities

Enterprise FP&A Planning:  

• Lead financial planning cycles (monthly forecast, annual operating plan, long‑range plan) for sales, margin, and enterprise‑level KPIs. 

• Consolidate cross‑functional inputs to create aligned, data‑driven financial plans across key business units. 

• Own monthly performance reporting: actuals vs. plan/LY, financial commentary, and variance analysis. 

• Partner with Accounting during close to reconcile sales, margin, and COGS. 

• Improve forecast accuracy through continuous refinement of assumptions, data inputs, and analytical methods. 

 

Sales Forecasting & Reporting:  

• Lead store‑level and enterprise sales forecasting, ensuring projections reflect real‑time trends and market dynamics. 

• Build and maintain a driver-based forecasting model (membership, traffic, conversion, basket size, price/mix, seasonality, weather/holidays, promo calendars). 

• Deliver monthly sales flash and executive‑ready reporting highlighting risks, opportunities, and actionable insights. 

 

Margin & COGS Analytics:  

• Build and maintain PCC’s gross margin model, including price, mix, promo discounts, vendor funding, shrink, and sourcing effects.  

• Partner with Merchandising to analyze category profitability, mix shifts, and item velocity—recommending actions to expand margin dollars while supporting value perception. 

• Monitor margin leakage (markdowns, shrink, unplanned discounts) and partner with Loss Prevention/Store Ops to reduce waste and loss.  

• Provide rate/mix/volume decompositions during monthly close. 

 

Decision Support & Business Partnering: 

• Serve as the primary finance partner to Merchandising, Promotions, Marketing, and other stakeholders—bringing financial clarity and strategic insight to discussions. 

• Translate complex data into clear recommendations on pricing, promotions, product mix, assortment, and funding negotiations.  

• Build self‑serve dashboards and automate recurring analyses using Power BI.  

• Drive cross‑departmental understanding of P&L impacts and financial implications of operational decisions. 

• Provide ad‑hoc financial analysis and strategic support for emerging business questions, special initiatives, and leadership requests. 

What Success Looks Like (Role KPIs) 

• Forecast accuracy: Weekly & monthly sales/margin accuracy. 

• Promo ROI: % of promos meeting ROI threshold; reduced promo cannibalization. 

• Margin dollar lift: Contribution from mix and promo optimization. 

• Execution excellence: Deliver consistent quick, reliable reporting enabled by strong analytical rigor and smart automation.