Senior Financial Analyst

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you’ll operate at the crossroads of business strategy and commercial performance. You will own the sales and margin outlook for PCC, while playing a pivotal role in planning, performance insights, and executive decision support. Through strong partnerships with Merchandising, Promotions, Marketing, and Accounting, you’ll deliver forward‑looking analysis and recommendations that sharpen strategic choices and elevate financial performance. 

If you’re a people person, you’re a PCC person. Maybe it’s our co-op roots, or maybe it’s our Northwest nature, but we embrace stewardship and take action because we care. As one of the most trusted grocers in Seattle, we foster high standards and look to our staff members to build trust by acting with integrity — toward our members and shoppers, and toward each other.  

PCC is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We value all the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our staff members invest in their work, stores and communities. Valuing diversity is a significant part of our culture, our values and PCC’s success. 

PCC provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Enterprise FP&A Planning:  

• Lead financial planning cycles (monthly forecast, annual operating plan, long‑range plan) for sales, margin, and enterprise‑level KPIs. 

• Consolidate cross‑functional inputs to create aligned, data‑driven financial plans across key business units. 

• Own monthly performance reporting: actuals vs. plan/LY, financial commentary, and variance analysis. 

• Partner with Accounting during close to reconcile sales, margin, and COGS. 

• Improve forecast accuracy through continuous refinement of assumptions, data inputs, and analytical methods. 

Sales Forecasting & Reporting:  

• Lead store‑level and enterprise sales forecasting, ensuring projections reflect real‑time trends and market dynamics. 

• Build and maintain a driver-based forecasting model (membership, traffic, conversion, basket size, price/mix, seasonality, weather/holidays, promo calendars). 

• Deliver monthly sales flash and executive‑ready reporting highlighting risks, opportunities, and actionable insights. 

Margin & COGS Analytics:  

• Build and maintain PCC’s gross margin model, including price, mix, promo discounts, vendor funding, shrink, and sourcing effects.  

• Partner with Merchandising to analyze category profitability, mix shifts, and item velocity—recommending actions to expand margin dollars while supporting value perception. 

• Monitor margin leakage (markdowns, shrink, unplanned discounts) and partner with Loss Prevention/Store Ops to reduce waste and loss.  

• Provide rate/mix/volume decompositions during monthly close. 

Decision Support & Business Partnering: 

• Serve as the primary finance partner to Merchandising, Promotions, Marketing, and other stakeholders—bringing financial clarity and strategic insight to discussions. 

• Translate complex data into clear recommendations on pricing, promotions, product mix, assortment, and funding negotiations.  

• Build self‑serve dashboards and automate recurring analyses using Power BI.  

• Drive cross‑departmental understanding of P&L impacts and financial implications of operational decisions. 

• Provide ad‑hoc financial analysis and strategic support for emerging business questions, special initiatives, and leadership requests. 

What Success Looks Like (Role KPIs) 

• Forecast accuracy: Weekly & monthly sales/margin accuracy. 

• Promo ROI: % of promos meeting ROI threshold; reduced promo cannibalization. 

• Margin dollar lift: Contribution from mix and promo optimization. 

• Execution excellence: Deliver consistent quick, reliable reporting enabled by strong analytical rigor and smart automation. 

• Stakeholder satisfaction: Known for being a go‑to resource—proactive, solution‑oriented, and consistently earning high marks from business partners. 

Must-haves 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a closely related analytical discipline. 

• 3-5+ years in FP&A, Merch Finance, Category Finance, or Data Analytics—retail/grocery/CPG strongly preferred. 

• Proven sales forecasting and margin analytics experience (rate/mix/volume decomposition). 

• Advanced Excel modeling to build and audit complex models using advanced formulas (INDEX/MATCH, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS), dynamic arrays, pivot tables, scenario analysis, and automation techniques, ensuring fast, accurate, and scalable financial insights. 

• Experience with data visualization (Power BI/Tableau/Looker) and building repeatable dashboards. 

• Clear, concise executive communication—storytelling with data and a bias to action. 

• Comfort in fast-cycle environments (weekly business reviews, promo calendars, in-Quarter pivots). 

Nice-to-haves 

• Experience with promo science (uplift modeling, test vs. control, price elasticity). 

• Exposure to labor/scheduling, shrink, or vendor funding mechanics. 

• Background in grocery, natural/organic, or co-op retail environments. 

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365. 

• Keep yourself and your family healthy. Medical, dental, and vision plan  

• Care for yourself and loved ones. Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program. 

• Take time off. Paid time off starting at 0.08 hours per hour worked, plus 6 paid holidays per year, and bereavement leave. 

• Save for your future. 401(k) profit sharing contribution 

• Save on expenses. Discounted ORCA bus pass, PCC cooking classes discount, staff discount on in-store purchases, free PCC co-op membership, Flexible Spending Account with pre-tax savings on eligible health and child care expenses.  

• Learn more at https://www.pccmarkets.com/about/jobs/benefits/  

Reports to:  Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Physical and Environmental Workspace 

Work occurs in an office, a variety of off-site environments and in a grocery store environment which includes surfaces that can be wet and slippery, moderate noise level, and temperature extremes in controlled environments in the cooler and freezer, and depending on location, working outside in all temperatures. There may be exposure to certain allergens and / or chemicals. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, and other applicable state or local law, we will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. 

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties, responsibilities, and requirements, but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function within our company. PCC Community Markets reserves the right to amend and change duties, responsibilities, and requirements to meet the changing industry or business needs as necessary.