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Job Number:
1000000063

Description

Best Buy Corporation, Inc. is an innovative Fortune 50 growth company that continually strives to create superior customer experiences. Though more than 1,400 retail stores across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Turkey and China our employees connect customers with technology and entertainment products, as well as services.

Best Buy is a strength-based organization that inspires leadership, enables positive work/life balance and values each employee. You will have opportunities to develop yourself and expand on your career. It is a place where - you contribute most when you offer up your unique strengths and experiences to the needs of the business.

At Best Buy, our most important asset is our people. We place a high value on learning and growth, and we encourage our employees to excel in their fields. We offer a rich array of benefits that help contribute to balanced lives, general well-being, and supportive personal and professional relationships. We also offer competitive pay, employee discounts, and excellent career opportunities.

To find out about career opportunities at Best Buy, go to http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com

To learn more about Best Buy's products and services go to http://www.bestbuy.com

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Accounting Analyst Internship

A 12 week paid internship for accounting majors at our corporate headquarters in Richfield, MN. An internship will consist of approximately:

* 85% performing tasks that are fundamental to an Accounting Analyst position in our External Reporting, Domestic Controller or International Controller teams
* 15% opportunity for intern training, networking activities and special projects or other work as directed by supervisor

Intern Responsibilities:

This internship position will assist with technical accounting research and analysis; financial close process; consolidating domestic and international financial results, quarterly earnings release and SEC documents; Sarbanes Oxley compliance; external audit process; budgeting and forecasting processes; business performance management activities including financial reporting and analysis.

Basic Qualifications:

Currently in the Masters of Accountancy program.

3.0 GPA or above

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

Preferred Requirements:

Accounting, Finance or related business major

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work individually and on a team

Ability to generate results in an ever-changing and ambiguous environment

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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Job Number:
100000015R

Description

ONLY FOR ATTENDEES OF THE NSHMBA CONFERENCE 2010

Chicago, IL

WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING ON SITE AT THE CONFERENCE FOR THIS POSITION PLEASE COMPLETE THE APPLICATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN INTERVIEW AT THE CONFERENCE,

If we are interested in your background, we will contact you prior to the conference to arrange the interview time, and booth location

***This posting is specifically for those interested in an internship for the summer of 2011. If you are graduating with your MBA in Dec 10/Spring 11 or if you are looking for a current Senior Financial Analyst opening please refer to our other postings on the NSHMBA conference site***

Best Buy Finance Summer Internship - Senior Financial Analyst Intern

Best Buy has a 40+year history of giving people amazing opportunities to grow personally and professionally-and to have fun while doing it. Our company has changed radically over the past 40 years, and we will do that again over the next 40 years. We are looking for energetic individuals that aren't afraid to dive in and to be a part of continuously transforming our business to better serve our customers and define our future growth. We view our intern program as a key source for hiring full time finance professionals that want to contribute to the growth of Best Buy-wherever that might take us as a company and as individuals.

Internships are offered in many different areas of corporate finance, including financial analyst positions supporting our merchants, store/on-line leadership and corporate functions plus positions in financial planning and analysis, M&A and projects in the business analysis group (a group designed to build business cases for large value creation ideas). Duties and responsibilities can include specific project related work, as well as designing financial models, investment analysis, planning and performance management, analyzing business cases, etc.

This program is a 10 - 12 week paid internship for MBA candidates concentrating in Finance and/or Accounting at our corporate headquarters in Richfield, MN (Suburban Minneapolis). As a Senior Financial Analyst intern, you will be an integral part of the business team and are expected to contribute your ideas and suggestions day one.

Sample Responsibilities for Senior Financial Analyst Interns

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

* Measuring the impact of key merchandising or store initiatives and making recommendations to drive incremental shareholder value
* Evaluating the potential financial, customer, and employee impacts of adding new products, services, or distribution channels
* Building financial models to evaluate a potential minority investment in a start-up company
* Decision support - Profitability and/or risks and opportunity analysis for operating units (including competitor or vendor analysis, promotional analysis, territory performance, cost analysis, etc.).
* Financial reporting and analysis - Process improvement and accuracy check implementation for monthly and mid-year forecasting processes, benchmarking, and new report design & development.
* Corporate investment analysis - Analyze market strategies, investment alternatives, and strategic alternatives for Best Buy.

Basic Qualifications:

* Must be eligible for permanent employment in the United States upon graduation
* MBA Candidate with Finance or Accounting background and/or preference
* Completed first year of MBA studies (3.0 minimum GPA) by Summer 2011
* Attending the NSHMBA conference in Chicago, IL in 2010.

Preferred Requirements:

* Strong analytical skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Comfortable working with or leading cross-functional initiatives
* Ability to work individually and on a team
* Ability to generate results in a fast paced and ambiguous environment
* Comfortable presenting to Senior Management

Job: Finance

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Occasional/Seasonal

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Job Number:
100000015G

Description

ONLY FOR ATTENDEES OF THE NSHMBA CONFERENCE 2010

Chicago, IL

WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING ON SITE AT THE CONFERENCE FOR THIS POSITION PLEASE COMPLETE THE APPLICATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN INTERVIEW AT THE CONFERENCE,

If we are interested in your background, we will contact you prior to the conference to arrange the interview time, and booth location

***This posting is specifically for those interested in a Full-Time position.***

Best Buy Finance- Senior Financial Analyst

The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) role is an exciting and critical role within the Best Buy Finance Department. As a new MBA, you will be placed into one of three dynamic and challenging SFA roles. You will experience 2-3 rotations as an SFA, which will prepare and develop you to take on greater responsibility as your career progresses toward becoming a Finance Manager.

Your first role on the Business Analysis Team, a Finance Business Unit Team, or a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Team will give you the opportunity to learn core foundational skills and will provide wide organizational visibility. You will identify and help solve real business problems, hone your analytical skills, demonstrate your ability to drive for results, , build strong relationships across the organization, interface with senior leaders, and have an immediate impact. In each role, you will work collaboratively with your business and other cross-functional partners, as you are challenged to drive significant value creation.

The Roles

SFA Business Analytics:

The Business Analysis team supports our Enterprise growth strategies by providing analytical support to identify and leverage strategic growth opportunities, including enhancing operational efficiency, developing new businesses, and establishing key partnerships.

As an SFA on the Business Analytics team you will have responsibility for:

·Developing business cases on opportunities expect to delivers significant economic value to the Enterprise. The work will include market analysis, competitive positioning, financial viability, and ensuring strategic fit with our brand and capabilities.

·Supporting business initiatives across multiple functions at all levels within the Domestic and International organizations; will work either independently or within a small team to quickly address opportunities.

·Presenting actionable recommendations to Sr. Management that materially impact the Enterprise's value to shareholders

SFA FP&A:

As an SFA on the Enterprise, International or Domestic FP&A team, you will play a critical role in the forecasting and planning processes.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

·Leading both short & long-term forecasting & planning activities

·Working with business leaders to analyze key assumptions & drivers of performance

·Translating results into forward looking perspectives; providing appropriate risk & opportunity assessments

·Distilling down & effectively framing up information for leadership to make timely actions & trade-off decisions

·Partnering & communicating with broad networks of contributors to understand business outlook

·Bringing in external perspectives to shape forward-looking scenarios & help to define ranges of success

·Projecting financial & business impact of various business strategies under consideration

SFA Finance Team Lead

The Senior Financial Analyst will be a key business partner within a Business Unit or Capability Group , and will be empowered to drive results and shape decisions.

The role will focus on three areas:

Continuous Business Enhancement & Optimization

·Partner with the Business Teams to create top & bottom line value through key driver evaluation and optimization

·Deliver insights and recommendations that influence and optimize business performance

Evaluation and development of new business opportunities

·Partner with the Business Team to bring a financial lens to ideation, modeling, negotiation, implementation, and analysis of new business ideas

Strategic "CFO" Support Capabilities

·Explain business results, including key drivers. Identify risks and opportunities and provide analysis and insights to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities

·Understand value creation levers and provide a perspective on strategic value creation

·Teach business and financial acumen to business partners

For all roles, successful candidates must possess:

* Demonstrated leadership skills
* Strong critical thinking skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, deployed vertically and horizontally within organization, including with senior leaders
* Ability to work independently, but more importantly, the ability to partner and collaborate with a team
* A passion for driving for results in an fast-paced and ambiguous environment

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Economics/Finance/Business or related field
* 3 or more years of financial and/or business analysis experience
* Understanding of Financial concepts (NPV, EVA, WACC, valuation concepts)
* Advanced knowledge and experience in Excel
* Must be eligible for permanent employment in the United States upon graduation

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience working in retail environment
* Mergers & Acquisitions experience
* Business Development experience
* Previous work experience with a national consulting firm
* 3 or more years of business valuation experience
* MBA with emphasis in Finance

Job: Finance

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

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Job Number:
100000015E

Description

The Senior Financial Analyst [SFA] will be a key business partner to the Best Buy Mobile Field and Corporate Support, responsible for driving results and powering decisions. The primary objective is to provide decision support to Best Buy Mobile's operations, retail and corporate support function leaders and assist with investment analytics around new business opportunities.

Retail Field Support [50%]

* Partner with Best Buy Mobile leadership teams to create targets and budget
* Assist retail leadership team with performance management analytics
* Teach business and financial acumen to business partners; own their development in this area
* Demonstrating a deep knowledge of the end-to-end business model, challenging status quo where appropriate, and driving the team in the direction of value creation with respect to the strategic intent of their category
* Own the Business Team's understanding of financials and how their KPI's relate; successfully influence the call to action on improving KPIs by connecting indicators to Quarterly and Annual financial targets
* Notwithstanding material variances of actual to forecasted KPI performance, be vigilant in looking forward, being vocal and timely in calling out the need to take action; dimension future financial risk or opportunity miss given status quo.
* Store Operations Decision Support: Partner with Best Buy Mobile Operations leadership to design, validate, measure and manage several components of store operations during rapid store-growth periods
* Apply past learning's, current BBYM and Industry trends to the forward business horizon in communicating insightful recommendations that course-correct, enhance and sustain the overall profitability of the business over time

New Store Investment Analysis [50%]

* Lead the collection and financial analysis of the business case for proposed Best Buy Mobile Stand-Alone-Store locations
* Provide financial models to help in the decision making process around new investments
* Partner with the Business Team to bring a financial and analytical lens to ideation, modeling, negotiation, and implementation of new business ideas
* Articulate the financial risks and benefits of future opportunities relative to the Business and to the Enterprise in terms of Revenue, Net Profit, ROIC and EVA
* Perform post audits on prior period investments to determine accuracy of financial models and profitability of new locations

We are seeking an individual with strong business and financial acumen that is comfortable in communicating to, and influencing more senior positions. This candidate needs to be self-motivated, and should enjoy working in a fast-paced, evolving and changing environment. The ideal candidate will possess the following developed competencies:

* Communication Skills
* Analytical and Problem Solving
* Drive for Results
* Ability to Manage Multiple Projects and Work Independently
* Interpersonal Skills
* Time Management Skills
* Ability to influence business partners (not reporting to you)

Basic Qualifications

* Bachelors Degree in Economics/Finance/Business
* 3 or more years of financial and business analysis experience
* Advanced knowledge in Excel is required

Preferred Qualifications

* MBA Preferred
* Experience working in a Retail Environment is a plus

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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Job Number:
1000000149

Description

General Description of Role

The Senior Financial Analyst [SFA] will be a key business partner to the CSG, responsible for driving results and powering decisions. This position will proactively identify & prioritize business opportunities, and lead complex business analysis that drives significant value creation. The role requires an individual that is skilled in business analytics with strong business acumen.

Enhance & Optimize the Business [50%]

* Take the lead role in identifying key performance indicators [KPIs] and reporting views that will be instrumental in shaping discussion and action plans in support of "run-the-business".
* Own the Business Team's understanding of financials and how their KPI's relate. Successfully influence the call to action on improving KPIs by connecting indicators to Quarterly and Annual financial targets.
* Notwithstanding material variances of actual to forecasted KPI performance, be vigilant in looking forward, being vocal and timely in calling out the need to take action. Dimension future financial risk or opportunity miss given status quo.
* Apply past learnings, current BBY and Industry trends to the forward business horizon in communicating insightful recommendations that course-correct, enhance and sustain the overall profitability of the business over time.

Grow the Business [25%]

* Invest time to stay relevant to the business and consumer. Study industry trends, winners and losers.
* Be a catalyst in driving game changing discussion that keeps the business current, compelling and staged to drive long term accretive growth.
* Partner with the Business Team to bring a financial and analytical lens to ideation, modeling, negotiation, and implementation of new business ideas.
* Be the vocal guardian of the shareholder. Risk assess new opportunities. Recommend and influence design of tests when appropriate.
* Articulate the financial risks and benefits of future opportunities relative to the Business and to the Enterprise in terms of Revenue, Net Profit, ROIC and EVA.

Role of Team "CFO" [25%]

* Partner with the Controller in communicating out specific financial insights at period, quarter and year end.
* Own and proliferate the Team's mental connection between their work streams, KPIs and financial outcomes.
* Teach business and financial acumen to business partners. Own their development in this area.
* Demonstrating a deep knowledge of the end-to-end business model, challenging status quo where appropriate, and driving the team in the direction of value creation with respect to the strategic intent of their category.

We are seeking an individual with strong business and financial acumen that is comfortable in communicating to, and influencing more senior positions. This candidate needs to be self-motivated, and should enjoy working in a fast-paced, evolving and changing environment. The ideal candidate will possess the following developed competencies:

· Analytical and Problem Solving

· Drive for Results

· Ability to Manage Multiple Projects and Work Independently

· Interpersonal Skills

· Communication Skills

· Ability to influence business partners (not reporting to you)

Basic Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Economics/Finance/Business

3 or more years of financial and business analysis experience

Advanced knowledge in Excel

Preferred Qualifications

MBA

Experience working in a Retail Environment

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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