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This position will provide finance and accounting support to the International Support teams located in Corporate, as well as International entities and business teams to enable Best Buy to develop successfully internationally. Attention to details, process mindset and ability to work independently in a cross functional team environment is critical to success in this role. Cultural diversity and sensitivity, developing strong relationships with business partners and process oriented mindset and the ability to work independently in ambiguous situations is critical to success in this role. Each day will bring unanticipated and undefined challenges that will provide the opportunity to demonstrate leadership in resolving, responding and providing solutions.

The primary responsibility of this position requires cross functional work with Corporate functions including HR, Legal, FP&A as well as other International Support business partners to record all relevant financial transactions. Key activities of this position include processing wires related to international activities, executing cross charging of expenses to ensure compliance with intercompany policy and recording such transactions via journal entries in the appropriate period. On a monthly and quarterly basis, this position is responsible for reviewing account reconciliations and conducting variance analysis for International Support and assigned international entities. In addition, this role requires compiling, preparing and reporting total Best Buy International results to both Internal and External Reporting teams.

This position will also drive continuous improvement in the efficiency and quality of accounting, analysis, and reporting processes within international entities through establishing and documenting Standard Operating Procedures. Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and ability to independently research and resolve accounting, reporting, system, and process issues are essential. Strong Microsoft Excel skills are required and good systems skills including Hyperion (Smartview), SAP, Oracle, Discoverer are strongly preferred.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Accounting or MBA with a concentration in Accounting

2 or more years experience in Accounting and/or Finance

Flexibility regards to time schedules since there are needed interactions around the globe.

Ability to travel and commit to the demands of the international schedule and time of day

Strong Microsoft Excel

Preferred Qualifications :

CPA strongly preferred

Good systems skills including Hyperion (Smartview), SAP, Oracle, Discoverer are strongly preferred.

Fluent Spanish and/or Mandarin preferred

Cultural diversity and sensitivity

4 or more years experience in Accounting and/or Finance

2 or more years experience in Retail business

Strong interpersonal skills

Organizational agility and effectiveness

Job: Accounting/Finance
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US Corporate
Job Type: Regular/Full-Time
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Relocation is not avaiable for this role.

The Information and Records Management (IRM) Office at Best Buy is responsible for leading and administering Best Buy's IRM program. The Manager-Information and Records Management is responsible for the planning, development and implementation of IRM program components.

Detailed responsibilities include:

· Provide IRM expertise and experience to Best Buy and develop subject matter expertise related to the records management function.

· Lead IRM initiatives around policy and procedure development and implementation, including operations, retention management and IRM technology.

· Participate in the development and enhancement of policies and procedures related to the following:

·Physical records,

·Electronic records (structured and unstructured),

·Email and instant messaging,

·Retention and disposition processes,

·Social media

·Audit, monitoring and compliance with IRM policies and procedures.

· Collaborate closely with Best Buy Technology Group and manage detailed implementation plans related to deployment of appropriate IRM technologies, including technologies for hardcopy and electronic records management.

· Participate in the development and management of detailed plans for communications, training and change management components.

· Identify additional needs within the IRM office to enhance IRM capabilities and compliance at Best Buy.

· Interface and collaborate with teams across the enterprise to plan and execute on IRM goals.

The Manager Information Records Management's external facing responsibilities include participation in professional organizations and networking and collaboration with other IRM professionals in the field.

This position requires a high degree of independence, along with the ability to collaborate with other Best Buy functions including Legal, Information Technology, Tax, Information Security, Privacy, Risk Management and Compliance, Business Leaders and other key stakeholders

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's Degree

3 or more years experience in field of records management

1 or more year's leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced degree

2 years Retail or other applicable business experience

Job: Legal
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US Corporate
Job Type: Regular/Full-Time
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The primary responsibilities for the Manager, Information Technology Controller include ensuring activities for the IT capability are properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP, company policies, and other applicable laws and/or regulations; develop, maintain and modify standardized monthly financial and business reporting; directly supervise four accounting professionals to deliver IT capital and SG&A accounting, reporting and business performance management; maintain the SOX control environment for IT processes and ensure SOX key controls related to IT activities are followed; and oversee budget and forecasting activities for the capability. This position will report directly to the Enterprise Capabilities Controller. The incumbent will need to work effectively cross-organizationally, including with Accenture, the Best Buy Technology Group, enterprise decision support and controllership teams, and enterprise FP&A, in order to achieve outcomes.

Primary responsibilities include:

·Work collaboratively with Accenture, various controllership and decision support teams, and IT leadership to ensure capability SG&A and capital costs are properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP and company policy.

·Directly supervise four accounting professionals to deliver accurate accounting, solid control environment, and actionable IT capability SG&A and capital reporting

·Develop, maintain and modify, as necessary, monthly financial and business reporting, variance analysis, reporting, and ad hoc analysis. Provide reporting to internal management to outline key drivers of IT SG&A and capital impacts, and pending risks/opportunities.

·Complete budgeting and forecasting activities by working with Accenture, decision support and controllership teams, Best Buy Technology Group and enterprise FP&A.

The ideal candidate will have:

Ability to lead and influence

Ability to read and interpret legal language

High attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting

7 years accounting, reporting and/or forecasting experience

Strong MS Excel skills/experience

Management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

CPA, CMA, or MBA

Internal Best Buy experience, Public Accounting, or Fortune 100 accounting experience

Experience creating budgets and forecasts

Finance and accounting experience with the IT function at a Fortune 100 company

Hyperion Essbase

Oracle

2 years management experience

Job: Accounting/Finance
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US Corporate
Job Type: Regular/Full-Time
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This is a newly created position within an expanding Global Tax Department.

The Sr. Analyst, Indirect Tax Compliance will be responsible for compliance with state and local sales, use and excise tax laws and regulations and other financial reporting requirements for all Best Buy companies and subsidiaries.

Responsibilities:

·Analyze and reconcile all sales, use and excise tax accounts.

·Collect and analyze sales, use and excise tax data for all Best Buy companies and subsidiaries.

·Assist with the review of sales & use tax returns as required in all jurisdictions.

·Manage the New Store Opening Process (NSO) including the update of 4 systems and coordination with the field to obtain proper sales tax jurisdictional assignment.

·Ensure Best Buy is registered and filing transaction taxes in all jurisdictions where required.

·Maintain and periodically verify rates in all selling and purchase systems.

·Coordinate with outsourcing partner to timely respond to sales and use tax notices.

·Prepare documentation and correspondence when required.

·Communicate with state and local tax authorities when appropriate.

·Respond to and provide information to internal groups such as audit, treasury, finance, and corporate real estate.

·Prepare budget and forecasts for vendor's compensation and other sales tax expenses.

Basic Qualifications:

·Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration

·3 or more years of experience, preferably within a corporate tax environment or a combination of experience within a corporate tax environment and a CPA firm

·Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience

·Excellent analytical skills and experience

Preferred Qualifications:

·Experience with Oracle, Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and Tax Software such as Vertex and Vertex Tax Decision Maker

·Experience in accounting and sales/use tax within a retail organization

·CPA or CMI preferred

Job: Accounting/Finance
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US Corporate
Job Type: Regular/Full-Time
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Manager, International Income Tax

This is a newly created position within an expanding Global Tax Department.

The Manager, International Income Tax position will be responsible for U.S. tax compliance matters related to Best Buy's rapidly expanding foreign operations, including preparation and review of U.S. tax reporting for foreign operations, calculations of foreign tax credits, subpart F, E&P, tax pools, etc.

Additional responsibilities include:

- Teaming with the tax planning group to ensure accurate implementation of planning projects

- Researching and authoring tax memoranda

- Accounting for income taxes (FAS 109 and FIN 48) related to Best Buy's international operations

- Serving as a technical expert on U.S. international tax rules both within/without the tax department

- Responding to IRS information requests related to Best Buy's international activities

- Developing and maintaining positive relationships with local country tax professionals, external service providers and other corporate partners

- Proactively understanding and interpreting the effects of ever-changing tax laws on Best Buy's structure and operations

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Accounting/Finance

6 or more years of income tax experience in Public Accounting and/or a large multi-national company, including 4 or more years of international experience. This experience should include reviewing returns, research and writing

Preferred Qualifications:

MBA/MBT/JD/LLM

CPA

Job: Accounting/Finance
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US Corporate
Job Type: Regular/Full-Time
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This is a newly created position within an expanding Global Tax Department.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Management of federal income tax compliance process including the preparation and review of the complex consolidated federal tax return, estimated tax payments, extension calculations and cash tax forecasts.

Assisting the Tax Accounting team on the income tax provision, deferred tax balances and FIN48 positions.

Assist with IRS audit defense on federal tax positions providing factual development and technical analysis of issues.

Maximize cash tax savings opportunities by optimizing tax filing positions and participating on global tax planning projects.

Implementing tax technology solutions including partnering with business teams on the tax aspects of Enterprise technology systems and identifying and upgrading technology solutions within the tax department.

Develop and maintain critical relationships between Tax, Controllers, Treasury, Legal, and Business Units to ensure Tax has a well-informed view of the business operations.

Leverage tax knowledge and expertise with both the State and International compliance teams.

Mentor and coach staff to develop technical and professional skills.

We are looking for an individual who demonstrates excellent communication skills, both to management and staff, and can lead a team of various experience levels. This person must also be organized, a self starter and able to multi-task. In this position you must be able to provide outstanding service to other corporate functions and develop relationships with our internal customers.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree preferably in Accounting/Finance

7 or more years of public accounting or large corporate income tax department experience

2 or more years of experience managing staff

Preferred Qualifications:

CPA

Insource, TaxStream and Oracle Software experience

Advanced Excel experience

Job: Accounting/Finance
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US
Job Type: Regular/Full-Time
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Best Buy's Asset Protection department is a successful branch of the greater Best Buy Enterprise "tree" whose main purpose is to provide support (i.e.- the tree's "roots") for insuring a successful, ethical and safe operation across all of Best Buy's brands worldwide.

The Summer Internship program in Asset Protection is a 10 - 12 week paid internship for a local Criminal Justice undergrad candidate who is seeking experience in either retail/corporate loss prevention or law enforcement. As an Asset Protection intern, you will be an integral part of the corporate Asset Protection team and your contributions will help establish a greater efficiency and provide a more effective infrastructure for the department in succeeding fiscal years.

A summer intern experience in our corporate Asset Protection office may include the following:

·Procure and analyze data regarding Asset Protection equipment currently deployed in Best Buy stores

·Evaluate vendor performance, specific to first-time resolution, response time, and billing accuracy

·Gather prototype information regarding new technologies or vendor products

·Research standard operating protocol (SOP) documentation to assist in ease of information retrieval and consistency with current policy

·Analyze yearly capital and expense spending, per store type, revenue band, age, etc.

·Develop and/or query reports for Exception analysis

·Convert audit research data (analytics, safety) into a usable format

·Follow-up on store based Asset Protection or safety trainings to determine overall effectiveness of the same

·Compare shrink results throughout brands, territories, and by product category

Basic Requirements:

·Junior year status-graduating in winter of 2010 or spring of 2011

·Minimum 3.0 GPA

·Must be eligible for permanent employment in the United States upon graduation

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Must be a Criminal Justice or Business major

Preferred:

·Retail experience

·Consume electronic experience

Job: Loss Prevention/Asset Protection
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US Corporate
Job Type: Internship
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The Best Buy Mobile Real Estate team 9 month to 12 month occasional/seasonal opening for a Senior Manager of Real Estate.
This position can be located anywhere within the US - Relocation is not available.

Description: Successful candidate will be responsible for site selection, deal negotiation, lease completion, and landlord issue liaison for 50 new Best Buy Mobile stand alone stores located in enclosed malls. Required to develop and maintain outstanding business relationships with internal retail, finance, market analysis, construction partners as well as landlord leasing, legal, and tenant coordination counterparts.

Critical Functions:

·Sources best sites in the best malls.

·Negotiates deals effectively to minimize occupancy and construction cost.

·Ensures lease documents accurately reflect the transaction and protect the company's investment.

·Ensures construction scope reflects quality of mall to maximize cost savings.

·Leads internal and external partners through the New Store Opening process and ensures on time completion within budget.

People Management:

·No direct reports but must manage a team of internal and external counterparts to NSO completion.

Basic Qualifications:

·Undergraduate degree

·5 or more years of shopping center real estate experience

·5 or more years of experience with negotiating; including the ability to gain consensus

·5 or more years of experience with taking a project full circle (from conception to finish)

·Ability to work a 9 to 12 month occasional/seasonal role

·Able to travel 75% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

·Mall based shopping center real estate experience

·Real Estate experience in a fast paced high growth environment

Job: Real Estate/Property Development
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US Corporate
Job Type: Regular/Full-Time
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This position is the finance and business lead responsible for managing the business relationship between Best Buy and JP Morgan Chase. This relationship currently includes the issuance of private label cards and related enhancement service products and is expected to include the issuance of a co-branded product in calendar 2010. The Financial Services department provides payment industry expertise, strategy, solutions, and programs to the enterprise and integrates these capabilities with the companies broader efforts. Financial Services encompasses both traditional method of payment solutions as well as value added revenue streams associated with third party financial partnerships. The Manager of FS - Chase Relationship will be responsible for coordinating cross functionally with all parts of the organization to mange and grow the card based relationship between Chase and Best Buy. The position is focused on integrating Chase into Best Buy's financial services processes, programs, strategies, and vision as well as developing new opportunities for the organizations to partner both domestically and internationally within Financial Services. This position will be responsible for the economic and business outcomes of these programs as well as the customer and associate experience associated with them.

Key Responsibilities:

·Maintain and grow this new partnerships with JP Morgan Chase.

o Serve as key relationship liaison with provider.

o Representation at industry events

o Contract management, negotiation, RFP's etc.

o Monitor and drive change within relationship

·Implement strategy for new FS solutions within both Chase and BBY.

o Formulate strategies based upon customer needs and enterprise objectives.

o Provide seamless integration/experience between Chase and other FS providers

o Evaluate new revenue opportunities

·Maintain and build business relationships within the organization to support financial services.

o Coordinate with Merchant teams, Subsidiaries, Retail, IS, Legal, Treasury, Marketing, etc. to drive new business solutions that support strategic direction of the organization.

o Provide decision support to organization regarding FS options.

o Educate and inform key internal partners on Chase relationship and upcoming opportunities within the FS space (Business Acumen).

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Support key corporate initiatives by providing unique solutions across the organization.

o Drive cost reductions/efficiencies through innovations in support of efficient enterprise

o Provide optimum solutions to enterprise initiatives in regards to future payment products, new FS revenue sources and brand differentiation.

·Provide work direction and support to matrixed team members.

Basic Qualifications:

·Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing or related field

·5 or more years of leadership experience in financial services industry preferably with an emphasis in payment solutions or retail industries with Broad based experience with operational, organizational, managerial, and financial aspects of an organization

Job: Finance
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US Corporate
Job Type: Regular/Full-Time
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Relocation is not available

and underwriting. This position will work cross functionally to identify potential new product lines and will be directly responsible for the new product and program design as well as ongoing operations. This is an enterprise function and will work with both domestic and international partners.

Critical Functions:

·Develop strategic business growth plan that contemplates utilization of company insurance captives

·Develop strong cross-functional business team relationships and identify new business opportunities

·New Product Development (domestic and international)

·Policy Underwriting (Risk Selection , Pricing, Policy Development and Issuance)

·Develop Fronting Carrier options by Line of Business and geographic location

·Develop and manage supporting vendor relationships

·Identify and leverage cross functional capabilities internally

·Tax, Accounting and Legal Compliance

Basic Qualifications:

·Degree in Business, Finance, Marketing or Economics

·5 or more years experience working in an Insurance Underwriting, Corporate Finance/Risk Management and/or business development-related capacity

·Experience with successfully developing and executing strategic business plans

·Demonstrate Product Management experience with a successful history of developing and implementing new insurance/assurance products and programs

·Strong ability to influence senior leadership and manage cross-functional business teams

·Strong ability to network and partner with internal and external business partners and industry peers

·Ability to demonstrate the following competencies:

*Project Management; develops project plans, completes projects on time and within budget & quality standards

*Strong Business Acumen; understands business implications of decisions, displays orientation to profitability

*Strategic Thinking; develops strategies to achieve organizational goals

*Change Management; develops workable implementation plans, monitors transition and evaulates results

Preferred Qualifications:

·MBA

·Prior product development and policy underwriting experience for captive insurance companies

·Basic understanding of captive insurance company regulations and compliance

Job: Loss Prevention/Asset Protection
Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield
Organization:Best Buy US Corporate
Job Type: Regular/Full-Time
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