Join us at WinCo Foods, where we're more than just a grocery retailer - we're a growing family of over 140 supermarkets in 10 states with over 22,000 employee owners. Our purpose is to make the lives of our customers and employee owners better by offering the lowest possible prices to feed their families. Currently, WinCo is the second largest Employee-Owned company in the United States. With more than 500 millionaire employee-owners in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our benefits, including top-tier medical plans and tuition support set us apart. In your role, you'll be instrumental in making a real impact in the communities we serve, embodying our purpose every day.

Job Summary

The Staff Financial Analyst supports financial analysis and reporting for key business areas, with a focus on new store opportunities and operational performance. This role assists in collecting data, building reports, and performing financial modeling to help identify trends and support decision-making. The analyst partners with departments across the organization to provide accurate, timely, and useful financial insights.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Aggregate information from Real Estate and Construction to analyze new store site opportunities for presentation to leadership.
• Perform financial analysis on capital expenditures and scenario comparisons using discounted cash flow and internal rate of return, including breakeven & sensitivity analysis on key variables.
• Identify and report on actionable opportunities, such as identifying geographical and product category outliers and trends.
• Build strong partnerships and collaborate with various lines of the business to support departments and achieve strategic initiatives by providing analytical support.
• Assist in understanding of inventory management processes and controls to support efforts around reporting of shrink losses for specific departments, categories and items.
• Support as needed, the training for end users of various reporting applications.
• Perform various period-end accounting tasks.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Analytics, Statistics or related field or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Experience:

• Experience interpreting and analyzing financial and/or statistical information, applying strong analytical and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail, and making recommendations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of accounting/finance principles and exceptional math skills.
• Exhibiting excellent communication skills (oral and written), strong interpersonal, organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrating expert level knowledge in MS Excel and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, etc.) software.

Ability to:

• Maintain a high degree of confidentiality with sensitive information.
• Quickly learn functionality of new software reporting applications.
• Be extremely self-motivated, have a high level of intellectual curiosity, take initiative and drive results.
• Multi-task and work in a fast-paced, multiple-priority environment.
• Write and speak clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings.
• Occasionally work evenings and weekends in order to meet deadlines.

Preferred Education, Experience and/or Credentials:

• Graduate degree in Accounting (or equivalent hours), Finance, Business, Analytics, Statistics or related field.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job.  All employees must comply with Company policies and applicable laws.  The responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of personnel may vary. 

As the WinCo Foods community continues to grow, our variety of perspectives and wide range of experiences are essential to our strategy and success. We are committed cultivating and celebrating an inclusive environment in which all employees are valued and respected.