AddressWork Location Type: Hybrid
As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we’re dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.
Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we’re looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.
Position Details:
As a Senior Financial Analyst (SFA), you will help support Grainger's strategy by supporting programs that add value and create bottom line growth. You will provide high-quality insights that tell the story behind the financials and business operations and bring a unique and diverse perspective to the table. You will report to Manager Financial Analysis and work hybrid 2-3 days per week in our Lake Forest, IL office.
You Will:
- Make improvements by automating, refining, and implementing tools, and deliverables both within Finance and supporting departments.
- Develop complex modeling solutions and analysis to support strategic programs
- Guide functional partners to ensure sound financial decisions. Oversee applicable financial metrics that impact Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow performance.
- Dive deep and understand the upstream and downstream effects of decisions
- Use a controllership mindset in creating clear and transparent financial analysis on the health of the business; understand end-to-end process, standard work and controls
- Assess risks and opportunities and identify important operational and financial issues to be addressed. Provide recommendations and influence decisions, which include presentations to senior management.
- Prepare annual budget, quarterly and long-range forecasts.
- Review monthly results and provide insights to aligned partners
You Have:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business
- 3+ years of experience, which may include forms of analysis beyond corporate financial analysis.
- Experience working with high volumes of data
- Advanced Excel (can perform complex functions)
Rewards and Benefits:
With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
- Paid time off (PTO) and 6 company holidays per year
- Automatic 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period
- Employee discounts, parental leave, 3:1 match on donations and tuition reimbursement
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.
