IT PORTFOLIO ANALYST

Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day.® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com/about-us.html.

General Summary:

Plans, governs, and measures IT success-using flexibility, transparency, and value conversations to shape the business demand to optimize and transform Dollar General.  Instrumental in the support of the CIO including, but not limited to program management, coordination, communication, and oversight.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Strategic Financial Management
  • Develop and produce complex financial analytics to support Strategic Solutions
  • Coordinate and provide funding request management, reporting and tracking
  • Establishes enterprise wide accounting and budgeting policies and processes, as well as necessary forms and templates to support them
  • Facilitate the budget/forecasting process, including distribution of assumptions, gathering of inputs, validation, and reporting of results across the enterprise
• Govern & Measure
  • Ensures appropriate compliance & governance controls are in place for policy and protection of any sensitive data
  • Facilitates change management, governance processes, champion organizational change, and enforces compliance to changes throughout the enterprise
  • Guarantee IT maintains business partnership and service oriented view, ensuring IT and business strategies alignment
  • Tracking, analyzing, benchmarking, and consolidating reports for key performance indicators  
  • Consolidate project/initiatives and portfolio performance metrics from across the organization into varying views
  • Develop and produce executive enterprise and IT leadership level strategic reporting and presentation materials
  • Develop, produce, and coordinate written materials and presentations executive and board-level reporting  
• Portfolio Management
  • Gain insight across and provide varying views and analysis into IT project/initiatives portfolio (health checks, scorecards, at-a-glance, retrospectives)
  • Support project change management providing basic tools, templates, and structures intended to keep any change effort monitored and transparent.
  • Develop and produce roadmaps for the portfolios across IT and the consolidation of overlapping teams and projects/initiatives
• Team Development
  • IT coordination & representation for companywide committees, action teams, professional networks, and resource groups and programs

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Demonstrate leadership skills with the ability to manage through consulting, advising, and influencing all levels of the organization.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to effectively listen and communicate efficiently both verbally and in written form
• Knowledge of and/or experience with development methodology and/or Infrastructure management
• Ability to organize, prioritize, delegate and follow-up, with emphasis on adherence to deadlines
• Ability to proactively identify financial risks, issues, action items, and facilitate the identification and implementation of alternate solutions
• Resolve conflicts and create lasting productive partnerships enterprise wide
• Comfort dealing with ambiguity and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills
• Creative ability to access information from different sources and compile for analyses and presentations
• Detail oriented – must be able to detect errors, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements
• Ability to thoroughly understand how decisions impact other areas of the enterprise (Big Picture Perspective)
• Extensive knowledge of the MS Office Suite with expertise in excel formulas and functions
• High proficiency with financial modeling and techniques

Work Experience &/or Education:

• Two to four years experience in IT required
• Three to four years experience in Business Financial Analysis and Corporate Accounting required
• Certified Scrum Master preferred
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Retail experience preferred
• CAPM preferred or willingness to obtain