Lowe's - Lead Financial Analyst

Description:
About the job:
About Lowe's:
Lowes India, the Global Capability Center of Lowes Companies Inc., is a hub for driving our technology, business, analytics, and shared services strategy.
Based in Bengaluru with over 4,500 associates, it powers innovations across omnichannel retail, AI/ML, enterprise architecture, supply chain, and customer experience.
From supporting and launching homegrown solutions to fostering innovation through its Catalyze platform, Lowes India plays a pivotal role in transforming home improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability.
For more information, visit Lowes India
About the Team:
- The Technology Finance team partners with the CIO org to drive technology goals towards business outcomes in a financially prudent manner.
- It is responsible for providing analyses, insights and reporting that help identify drivers of performance and guide appropriate actions to improve financial outcomes.
- The Tech Finance team partners with the business to deliver insightful and proactive financial analysis that drive fact-based, data-driven decision making for the Technology business.
- We are looking for a Lead Analyst FP&A who will be responsible for delivering operational and financial insights & recommendation to Technology leaders and drive business decisions.

- This role requires a self-starter with strong analytical acumen and problem-solving skills.

- The candidate should have a proven track record of influencing and supporting decisions in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.
Roles & Responsibility:
- A subject matter expert in FP&A/ Corporate Finance
- A self-starter who is independently able to handle complex problem statements
- Able to use & collect data from multiple BI / reporting tools and synthesize summaries / surface insights
- Have an affinity for the Technology business with a sound financial lens and a strong analytical foundation
- Comfortable with presenting & reporting consistent & accurate financial information to leadership
- Drive productivity initiatives & simplification projects to optimize tech spend
- Build scenarios and financial models to support decision-making, raise awareness, and visualize key trends.
- Build business cases and create metrics to measure business impact of Technology projects
- Understand and be able to translate operational & Technology metrics into financial impact.
Primary skill
- Own periodic & ad hoc financial reporting of technology P&L, forecasting & insights

- Working knowledge of financial modelling using MS Excel or related tools
- Track & drive productivity initiatives & other analytical projects for Technology
- Drive development of long term and short-term plan/ forecast strategies and build driver-based budgeting and forecasting processes
- Proactively flag potential risks to spend and propose actionable solutions to mitigate these risks.
- Track & measure business outcomes from Technology deliverables & products
- Own the design, maintenance & development of new metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards, etc. to drive key business decisions.
- Identify ways to automate processes to make reporting easier and spend more time on analysis & recommendations
- Develop business case as and when new technology investment is needed
- Track, analyze & report business impact of technology products / features by designing OKRs and financial measurement
Years of Experience:
- 6+ years of prior experience in FP&A / finance.
- Strong understanding of Finance / accounting concepts
- 3+ years experience working as a member of a technology or cross-functional team
- 3+ years experience analyzing data to detect trends and make recommendations
- Overall, 6-11 Years of work Exp only