Lead Analyst

About the role

The Finance Decision Support & Analytics (FDS&A) Shared Services team partners with HR, Finance and Legal to provide financial planning, forecasting, reporting and decision support for complex enterprise expense areas. The team combines financial analysis, business acumen and analytics to improve forecast accuracy, identify risks and opportunities, and enable informed business decisions.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end planning, forecasting and analysis for complex expense lines across HR, Finance and Legal, including healthcare
• Develop and continuously improve driver-based forecasting approaches, incorporating key cost drivers, historical trends
• Lead variance, scenario and sensitivity analysis; quantify risks and opportunities, explain underlying drivers and recommend forecast or business actions
• Build, enhance and maintain robust financial models and forecasting tools with clear assumptions, validation checks and documentation
• Partner with business and Finance stakeholders across Lowe's India and U.S. teams to challenge assumptions

What you need

• 5–9 yrs of experience
• SQL
• Excel
• FP&A
• Actuarial
• Stakeholder management
• CFA
• Chartered Accountant or CMA or CFA

Good to have

• Variance analysis
• Financial modelling
• Financial analysis