Financial Planning & Analysis System Developer

The pay range is $87,000.00 - $156,000.00

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Financial Planning & Analysis System Developer (Hybrid)

Job Overview : About us :

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 500 company and one of America's leading retailers. Right on pace with Target's distinctive retail brand, in a role in Target Finance and Accounting, you will be a truly collaborative partner with a seat at the table. You'll bring your unique point of view, experience, and passion for the work to your team and internal clients. In Finance, you'll be an integral voice in discussions that lead to Target's unparalleled shopping experience. Your analysis and recommendations will be directly applied to critical business decisions, from sales to merchandising, and beyond. Within Finance, you'll enjoy the interesting challenges of the competitive retail space. You'll see your contributions come to life in virtually every area of this dynamic enterprise. And you'll grow and be challenged in your career while having a healthy balance with life outside of work.

A role in Finance Capabilities means partnering with Finance, technology, Data Science and analytics leaders to co-create solutions that maximizes business value and enables key strategies that are critical to the enterprise and for the experiences we create for our guests. Truly an owner and expert of your data solutions and underlying processes, you will set the vision, align on the roadmap and mobilize your team and partner teams to deliver needed outcomes. Given most strategies have a Finance impact, you will also serve as a trusted resource to guide other enterprise partners in their solutions to ensure the success and integrity of end-to-end deliverables.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Financial Planning and Analysis Model System (SAP Analytics Cloud - SAC) Developer to join our Finance Data Analytics team. This is a Target Sr. Data Analyst Role, and you will play a key role in developing Financial Planning Strategy, building, maintaining, and supporting financial planning models, ensuring data accuracy, timely data integration from multiple sources, and a seamless end-user experience across various planning and forecasting routines. You will work closely with FP&A business teams, the technical platform team, and other stakeholders to build robust analytics solutions aligned with strategic business goals and support data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities :

Collaborate with the Lead Data Analyst and FP&A teams to design and develop new SAC models that align with evolving business needs.

Design, optimize, and maintain SAC data actions, stories and data pipelines in accordance with industry's best practices.

Maintain, enhance, and support existing SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) planning models, including stories, data actions, and integration pipelines.

Oversee and manage data load processes and refresh schedules to ensure accuracy, performance, and reliability.

Develop and support both inbound and outbound data integrations between SAC and multiple data sources, including SAP ERP, SAP BW, and third-party systems.

Troubleshoot and resolve user-reported issues related to forecasting, planning, and month-end close activities.

Administer user access management and data security for all SAC objects.

Leverage advanced scripting and calculations within SAC to address complex business scenarios.

Deliver interactive and intuitive dashboards and stories, incorporating dynamic filters, input controls, and rich visual elements.

Perform quarterly regression testing in alignment with SAC enhancement and release cycles.

Proactively identify and implement opportunities to enhance the analytics and reporting framework.

Demonstrates a solid understanding of the impact of your own work on the team and / or guests.

Stays current with SAP / SAC product enhancements and evolving technologiesvia formal training and self-directed education.

This role will require 2 days / week in the office in MN HQ Location.

About you :

Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related fields or related work experience

3+ years of experience working with Financial Planning and Forecasting Data Domain or related field

3+ years of experience with financial forecasting technology (e.g. Anaplan, Adaptive, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BPC); SAP Analytics Cloud preferred

Experience in using SAC Excel Add-in and / or Analysis for Officeor similar reporting tools

Experience working with SQL, ETL tools and reporting or visualization tools (e.g. Power BI or Domo or similar tools)

Solid problem solving, analytical, data curiosity, data mining, data creation and consolidation skills

Support conclusions with a clear, understandable story that leverages descriptive statistics, basic inferential statistics, and data visualizations

Willingness to ask questions about business objectives and the measurement needs for a project workstream, and be able to measure objectives & key results

Excellent communication skills with the ability to speak to both business and technical teams, and translate ideas between them

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with scripting for custom reporting using JavaScript, React or Python

SAP Certification in SAP Analytics Cloud or related technologies

Experience in retail or e-commerce analytics

This position will operate as a Hybrid / Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid / Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here () if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

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