Sr. Financial Analyst

Our client is a well established growing large third-party logistics (3PL) company that's a leader in their industry. They are looking for Two (2) Sr. Financial Analysts to join their North American Finance team.

Reporting to the Area Finance Manager, the Sr. Financial Analyst is responsible for the company’s financial forecasting, annual planning, operating plan variance analysis and special projects. The position provides financial consulting and support to operations personnel as well as senior management. The analysis includes preparing financial presentations, analyzing operating data and client P&Ls as well as other ad hoc reporting. This is a hands on role that requires the analyst to work directly with the operations personnel by getting involved to understand and improve the business.

Major Responsibilities:

• Perform required monthly financial close related activities including preparing required journal entries to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Analyze financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes
• Update and monitor key performance indicators and key financial metrics, highlighting trends and analyzing variances, to understand and be able to communicate the financial health of each location
• Work with the operations team to develop annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and KPI reporting, including financial performance, variance explanations, and cost analysis
• Provide senior management and the operations team with in-depth financial analysis of actual spend to drive insights on trends, investment areas and opportunities to optimize costs, driving better decision making
• Deliver ad hoc reporting and analysis
• Perform other duties as assigned
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 3-7 years experience in financial planning, analysis, or modeling
• Strong analytical skills required
• Logistics/Operations experience preferred
• Must be able to exercise moderate independent judgment with direction from supervisor
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required; Proficient in use of other MS Office products
• Detail oriented and highly analytical, able to translate data and trends into clearly understandable messaging
• Highly organized and self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic and ability to thrive as part of a financial management team
• Strong understanding of the importance of hands on collaboration with the Operations team and the personnel at the Area, Region and Corporate levels
• Quality program certification (Six Sigma, ISO, LEAN, etc.) preferred
• Some travel is required
• Complete employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required