Senior Financial Analyst: FP&A & Strategic Initiatives

Ryder System, Inc.; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Ryder System, Inc. is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to lead planning, evaluation and assessment of corporate initiatives, and to provide financial support to senior management and logistics leaders.

The role emphasizes analysis of income statements and balance sheets, forecasting and branch performance assessment. Responsibilities include month-end closing, revenue posting, cost/productivity improvements with GLM/LM, and delivering training on financial tools; ensuring SOX compliance and

Qualifications

• 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

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: Act as a liaison with Ryder's Shared Services Center and Ryder's Corporate Accounting group

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel skills

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in business administration, finance, accounting or related field

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

MS Access

Job description

Ryder System, Inc. is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to lead planning, evaluation and assessment of corporate initiatives, and to provide financial support to senior management and logistics leaders.

The role emphasizes analysis of income statements and balance sheets, forecasting and branch performance assessment. Responsibilities include month-end closing, revenue posting, cost/productivity improvements with GLM/LM, and delivering training on financial tools; ensuring SOX compliance and