Senior Financial Analyst

Job Description

The Senior Financial Analyst leads processes to include the development of planning, evaluation and assessment of corporate initiatives, analysis and proposal of strategic alternatives to enhance  market position. This position will provide financial and analytical support to Senior Financial Management,

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting or related field
Minimum of 4 (four) years Finance and/or Accounting experience
Strong understanding of income statements and balance sheets
Intermediate level skills with MS Excel such as analyzing large data sets, vlookups/hlookups, creating pivot tables, filtering options, waterfall charts,

Additional Requirements

Prefer experience in the transportation / logistics industries
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of management
Must be skillful at problem solving, self-motivated and able to prioritize work load
Ability to think and plan in a proactive and innovative manner
Motivated self-starter, able to work with minimal guidance when necessary
Strong interpersonal skills, particularly the ability to communicate complex financial / operational information to various levels of the organization
Intermediate level skills with MS Word such as including styles, mail merge, tabs, tables, columns and breaks, graphics, fields, headers and footers, working with margins, page orientation, and spelling/grammar
Intermediate level skills with MS PowerPoint such as working with templates, using multimedia objects and custom animations, adding interactions, and publishing completed presentations
Experience with MS Access and / or other database tools helpful but not necessary

Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis: To include forecasting, business planning and branch performance analysis.
Operational Initiatives: Work closely with Group Logistics Manager (GLM) and Logistics Manager (LM) to identify and recommend opportunities for cost/productivity improvements
Month-End Closing: To include journal entries as necessary to re-class revenue / expenses; explanations of variances vs. forecast / annual plan; general ledger research to ensure all possible billing opportunities are captured
Customer invoicing, revenue posting to general ledger, monitoring of monthly aging reports
Training: Provide financial training to operations staff, including policies, procedures and financial tools
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Operations audits, as needed, to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Corporate: