Senior Financial Analyst

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Job description

About Us

As a company, we promote a culture of honesty and integrity, and value the trust it allows us to build with customers and employees alike. Our focus on our people is what sets us apart and keeps our customers coming back to work with us!

If you are seeking to be a part of a family, this is the place for you!

Performance Team and Damco Distribution, now part of the Maersk global organization under a combined Warehousing & Distribution division, offer third party logistics services to over 500 customers. Encompassing almost 15 million square feet of warehousing capacity throughout the country and a large transportation segment capturing a variety of services, we have key supply chain hubs in the Los Angeles and New Jersey/New York areas, and other facilities along the Western & Eastern coasts along with multiple locations in the Midwest. Delivering significant sales and profitability growth, we will drive the Inland Logistics and Services business for the combined US business units for Maersk.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and own Weekly Forecasts for responsible sites by working closely with Operations, Accounting and Billing Specialist Teams, and independently utilizing Accounting systems to monitor and track Revenue/Expenses as they are incurred
• Perform financial forecasting and reconciliation of internal accounts
• Ability to lay out detailed assumptions and effectively bridge variances from Budget to Forecast, and Forecast to Actual
• Participate and lead month end close activities for responsible sites, actively working and communicating with Accounting teams, and ensuring correctness/accuracy of P&L figures
• Drive annual Budget process, a bottom's up approach, by working closely with Operations and Commercial teams to build a solid, detailed set up assumptions using historical/future anticipated trends, and following through with pertinent team members that commitments are kept and delivered on a timely basis
• Work directly with Operations to create and implement tools to track pertinent KPI's, including, but not limited to, hourly tracking, volume, productivity, key contractual parameter's
• Identify trends and developments within the Operation and various profit/cost centers and presents the findings and recommended improvements to senior management.
• Conduct special studies to analyze complex financial actions and prepares recommendations for policy, procedure, control, or action.
• Prepare timely and accurate reports, plans, and forecasts for internal and external constituents.
• Evaluate complex profit plans, operating records, and financial statements.
• Establish databases of pertinent information for use in analyzing future plans and forecasts.
• Make recommendations to management regarding cost saving or profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies including the ROI.
• Coordinate with all levels of management to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans, acquisition activity, new business planning, trended future requirements, government requirements, and operating forecasts.
• Has knowledge of and can apply commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within the finance and accounting field.

We are looking for

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university
• 5+ years financial analysis experience
• Logistics, Distribution, Warehouse, or Transportation highly desired. Open to any relatable industry
• Experience in Netsuite and/or SAP ERP systems and ability to adapt to new programs/systems
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel
• Ability to make decisions in the absence of management
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
• Excellent time management skills
• A well organized and self-directed individual who is a team player
• Strong and current knowledge of technology platforms, MS Office products, and ability to quickly adapt to new software.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Physical Setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

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