Business Consultant - Pharmacy RBU Support (Finance)

The purpose of this position is to provide analysis, direction, consultation, leadership, planning, performance measurement and specialized business and strategic financial advisory services to various levels of assigned RBU and cross-functional strategic initiative teams to enable and support information-based decision making. It serves as financial point of contact for assigned business functions, managing and ensuring consistent support in both strategic and regularly recurring decision-making processes. The incumbent is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with broad knowledge in the field of financial analysis, responsible for project managing the development and deployment of analytical technology solutions, the output of which drive his or her recommendations. It is also to consult with business partners cross-functionally to provide financial-based recommendations to support strategic decision needs that require BAR financial input. These recommendations are regularly relied upon as a primary input into final decision-making processes for matters of significance, and influence strategic decisions related to the products, services, or offerings to which our customers have access as well as internal efficiencies that result in improved use of Publix resources, ultimately impacting both sales and profitability.

Responsibilities include:
•    providing Project Support and Planning, including comprehensive analytical consulting to support an assigned business function, in addition to generally providing financial-based insights and recommendations to support strategic decision needs for the RBU senior leadership and across the enterprise executive leadership (as assigned) that require financial input, including developing and supporting corporate financial planning, forecasting, and reporting structures
•    providing Strategic Consulting to Business Development Directors (BDDs) and Category Managers (CMs), serving as a financial point of contact, consulting and providing financial-based insights and recommendations for assigned business functions, managing and ensuring consistent support in both strategic and regularly recurring decision-making processes, and providing thought leadership, proactively advocating for viewpoints associated with their domain of expertise, while supporting and reinforcing recommendations and standards brought forth from across the Finance function
•    Ad Hoc Analysis, managing analysis & reporting and ad hoc requests to ensure assigned RBU is properly informed when making decisions
•    developing Analytical Solutions by using technology to streamline and reinvent existing reports, tools and processes, create new reports, tools and models that can be highly trusted by decision makers to deliver insights and to influence final decision making, and enhance the production, delivery and ease of use of analytical products to empower RBUs to obtain more self-service insights
•    continuous Learning and maintenance and growth of professional skills in finance/accounting, analytical methods and technology

 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Analytics, Information Technology, Statistics or another analytical discipline with at least 4 years relevant finance, accounting and/or analytical experience in an office environment or equivalent
• Knowledge of Accounting and/or Finance (solid knowledge of accounting principles and exceptional math skills)
• Knowledge of analytical techniques, including how to quickly identify and correct logical flaws and improve the overall accuracy of the analysis
• Knowledge of statistics and quantitative methods
• Knowledge of the Publix retail store environment and operations
• Knowledge of Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) and visual communication tools such as MicroStrategy Developer, Alteryx, Power Query, or similar ETL tool and Power BI, Tableau or similar data visualization tool, respectively
• Ability to perform arithmetic computations and operations to solve practical math problems
• Ability to attend to and verify the accuracy and completeness of detailed information
• Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform, and model data from various sources to discover trends, inform conclusions, and support decision making 
• Ability to interpret, analyze, and explain financial information
• Ability to set priorities and coordinate work activities effectively without close supervision or guidance
• Ability to develop and maintain professional, trusting, positive, and productive working relationships
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
• Basic skills in Microsoft Access

• Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Analytics, Information Technology, Statistics or MBA with concentration in Analytics, Accounting or Finance
• 6 years relevant finance, accounting and/or analytical experience in an office environment
• Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, MS Certified Power BI Data Analyst, certified Alteryx Designer, or other certifications specific to the position
• Knowledge of other Business Units, including their basic roles and responsibilities
• Deep knowledge of assigned business functions, including their strategic long-term business needs and operational decision processes
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access
• Skills in APT Test & Learn, Basket Insights, Benchmarker, and Nielsen IQ
• Knowledge of Publix systems/data sources (SAP, EDW, Host, PIMs, Marwood, FINDSS, DB2, Store Acctg, Enterprise and PcTM (Pharmacy), Oasis, EDW Supplemental data, Nielsen, etc.) and the interrelationships of those systems

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost


• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock


• 401(k) retirement savings plan


• Group health, dental and vision plans plan


• Paid Time Off


• Paid Parental Leave


• Short- and long-term disability insurance


• Tuition reimbursement


• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria


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