Sr. Manager Finance - E2E Stores – Store Labor and Selling & Styling Programs- (Hybrid- Seattle, WA)

About the position

Nordstrom is seeking a customer obsessed, results-oriented Senior Finance Manager to join our E2E Stores Finance team supporting Nordstrom Store Labor and the Selling & Styling Programs leadership team. This experienced individual will be responsible for leading a team focused on providing strategic support, analyzing, modeling and communicating impacts across our Nordstrom Store & HR leadership. The role requires an individual with strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills to support business rhythms and deliverables. The candidate will work closely with stakeholders to translate data-driven findings into actionable insights supporting profitable outcomes and productivity improvements. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, demonstrated team leader with a strategic mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and an ability to work in a fast-paced environment, while remaining curious and flexible. This role is Hybrid-downtown Seattle, WA and does require you to be in office 4 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Be a strategic partner with Nordstrom Selling & Styling Programs leadership as well as Human Resources/Compensation to advise on company initiatives
• Create action plans with Store Leadership to drive profitability, deliver efficiencies and increase value through evolution of the service
• Partner with teams across Stores, Store Operations, and HR providing financial support tethered to data and insights ensuring proactive visibility into future labor implications with a sharp focus on risks, opportunities, and business levers
• Lead forecasting, close, and reporting processes including partnership with business and corporate finance, focused on monthly and quarterly goals with clear understanding of trends and implications for the year
• Support the development of financial models and driver trees, analytical and reporting tools and ad hoc analysis/special projects
• Drive process improvements and reporting standardization/automation, leveraging enterprise-wide efforts around KPI definitions, governance and reporting capabilities
• Provide support, leadership and coaching for team of individual contributors through clear vision, prioritization, and support to achieve financial and business objectives

Requirements

• Label: A Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in Finance or Accounting
• Label: 8+ years of experience in finance (retail finance preferred), including 3+ years management experience with a passion for leading and coaching
• Label: Strong Collaborator who demonstrates the ability to influence beyond scope of the position
• Label: Strong strategic planning abilities, critical thinking and storytelling skills
• Label: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail
• Label: Demonstrated ability to leverage a vast range of information from multiple sources to conceptualize, drive creativity, problem solve and follow through on action
• Label: A curiosity that challenges the status quo, actively seeks new experiences, knowledge, and challenges
• Label: Takes risks, learns quickly, and applies to strategies go forward.
• Label: Ability to manage multiple work streams/projects and ad hoc requests with tight timelines
• Label: Team player with a positive attitude and proven ability to develop effective and influential business relationships at all levels of the organization
• Label: Strong technical aptitude, including ability to learn company systems/tools and create process efficiencies

Benefits

• Medical/Vision
• Dental
• Retirement
• Paid Time Away
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Merchandise Discount
• EAP Resources
• 401k
• medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options
• PTO accruals
• Holidays