Manager Finance – Financial Planning and Analysis

Job Description

Finance Manager – Stores Finance Operations | Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Lowe’s Companies, Inc., located in Mooresville, NC, at our corporate headquarters. Lowe’s is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company operating over 1,750 home improvement stores. This role is crucial for partnering with complex business areas to convert strategic plans into actionable forecasts and budgets. You will provide critical analysis and recommendations to optimize business performance, directly supporting company strategy and developing junior team members.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Mooresville, NC

• Team: Manages junior talent (Senior Specialist, Analyst, Senior Analyst) within their team and collaborates across Finance and other business areas.
• Mission: To partner with complex business areas to convert business plans into quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans, providing proactive analysis and recommendations to optimize business performance.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Develop Talent: Guide and develop junior team members (Senior Specialist, Analyst, Senior Analyst) by managing daily workloads, reviewing their output, and providing continuous coaching and mentorship to foster their growth.
• Lead as SME: Serve as a primary subject matter expert and thought leader for your respective team, contributing deep financial knowledge and strategic insight to complex business areas.
• Facilitate Planning: Facilitate crucial financial forecasting and planning processes with functional partners and business units, culminating in accurate quarterly forecast updates, comprehensive annual plans, and strategic long-range plans spanning 2-3 years.
• Provide Insights: Provide thorough root cause analysis and deliver actionable insights based on both financial and non-financial data, collaborating across the business to communicate these findings clearly to leaders through well-prepared analyses leveraging multiple data sources.
• Model Business Cases: Develop robust financial models and comprehensive business cases for key strategic initiatives and major programs, including identifying organizational risks, engaging business owners in mitigation discussions, and defining key leading and final indicators for success.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent years of experience.
• Experience: 6 years in a finance or analytical role in a public company or accounting, with at least 1 year in financial forecasting or analytical modeling. Requires previous experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Corporate Accounting, alongside experience in structuring and writing formal documents, developing and delivering group presentations, project planning, and/or cross-functional collaboration.
• Skills: Strong knowledge of financial and business analytics principles, ability to influence and interact with senior leaders, and proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Bonus: Master’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field. Experience leading people (directly or indirectly), developing and managing operational initiatives, managing implementation of mid-size projects, programs or processes, or working in a big box/large retailer or Fortune 500 company.