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Ross Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nation’s second largest off-price retailer with fiscal 2008 revenues of $6.5 billion. As of January 31, 2009, the Company operates 904 Ross Dress for Less® stores in 27 states and Guam and 52 dd’s DISCOUNTS® locations in California, Florida, Texas and Arizona.

Job Summary
A highly visible role, the Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for working with key executives and supporting the Retail store’s teams at ROSS Dress for less and dd’s Discounts. With guidance, this individual will design and conduct financial and operational analysis to understand performance drivers, diagnose causes of weak performance and identify profit improvement opportunities. In addition, this person will work with the Director to support projects critical to the success and growth of the Stores organization including payroll process improvements, long range capital planning and ROI analysis, 5 year stores’ strategy and other initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Perform practical, action oriented, & comprehensive data analysis in support of business and process improvement initiatives
• Support improved 5 year and annual budgeting processes
• Develop compelling materials to communicate results of analysis, key insights and recommendations to mid and “C” level executives within the company
• Responsible for effectively utilizing Ross’ APT tool; this includes, but is not limited to, understanding relevant statistical techniques, proper uses of the tool, and the maintenance of automated data feed and static attribute data tables
• Participate on and lead small teams to change processes and improve the accuracy of tracked metrics (including moving to a weekly allocation process from the current monthly process)
• Develop standardized tracking and reporting mechanisms to monitor key performance metrics including returns on capital spending, payroll allocation and volume driver accuracy.

Skills Required
• Outstanding analytical ability and a data driven approach to problem solving.
• Ability to demonstrate and articulate knowledge of basic financial, statistical and economic concepts.
• Excellent communication skills – must be able to clearly communicate results and implications of analysis in both verbal and written (PowerPoint) forms
• Detail oriented
• Demonstrated experience working in teams cross functionally and cross departmentally

Minimum Experience Required
• Bachelor’s degree required (degrees with an analytical focus preferred)
• Minimum of 2 years post college experience, preferably with a top-tier consulting firm or retailer
• Expert in Excel and Powerpoint and strong computer savvy; must have an ability to learn new business process software applications (PlanStaff, DART, Flash Sales).

Texas A&M University is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and minorities.

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While the Search Committee will accept applications until a new finance faculty is selected, interested individuals are encouraged to submit separately their letter of interest, graduate transcript, names of three references, sample of student evaluations, and examples of scholarly work to the following by September 1, 2009 to assure optimal consideration. Send information to: Joan Hammer, Administrative Assistant, Department of Finance, College of Business, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292 or electronically to joan.hammer@louisville.edu.

Members of the Search Committee (J. McCabe, R. Christie-David, D. Preece) will be in attendance at the annual meetings of the Financial Management Association, the Southern Finance Association and possibly the American Finance Association conventions conducting onsite job interviews. Additional information about the Department of Finance and the College of Business can be found at http://business.louisville.edu/finance. The University of Louisville is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

LYZ Capital Advisors LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

LYZ Capital Advisors LLC is located in Stamford Connecticut near the Stamford train station and is close to Manhattan. To apply, please send resume, publications and working papers, and school transcripts to jobs@lyz.com.

The finance group offers high quality, research-active colleagues and an environment that promotes and supports research. Salary and benefits are competitive. The University of Kansas is located in Lawrence, Kansas, a vibrant university community located just 45 minutes west of downtown Kansas City.

A complete application will include the following PDF files: a letter of application, a resume or curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, and samples of research. Please attach these files to an email sent to cfsearch@ku.edu . Applicants should indicate which professional meeting they will be attending: the October 2008 FMA meetings in Dallas and/or the January 2009 ASSA meetings in San Francisco. Screening of applications will begin on September 15 for candidates interviewing at the FMAs, and on November 10 for candidates interviewing at the ASSAs, and will continue until our applicant pool has been determined. For more information regarding this position go to https://jobs.ku.edu. EO/AA Employer

Oct. 1 for interviews at the FMA meetings and December 1 for interviews at the AFA meeting

Senior Quantitative Equity Researcher
This position requires a PhD in econometrics, finance, or related quantitative discipline, and entails heavy empirical research into U.S. equity market inefficiencies. Must be familiar with financial statement analysis, pricing and expectational data, have knowledge of financial and statistical literature, and experience with multiple statistical packages and techniques. Responsibilities include conducting exploratory data analysis, testing various statistical approaches, developing and enhancing models, and reviewing financial literature. Ideal candidate would be self-motivated with minimum 3 years empirical equity research experience.