Strategic FP&A Analyst - Logistics & Growth

Ryder System, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Financial Analyst position at Ryder System, Inc. leads planning, evaluation and assessment of corporate initiatives, providing financial and analytical support to Senior Financial Management, Group Logistics Managers, and Logistics Managers.

The role emphasizes forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis, with a focus on cost/productivity improvements and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance within a dynamic logistics environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in business administration, finance, accounting or related field.
• Minimum of 4 years Finance and/or Accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of income statements and balance sheets.
• Intermediate MS Excel skills with large data sets, vlookups/hlookups, creating pivot tables, filtering options, waterfall charts.
• Prefer experience in the transportation / logistics industries.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of management.
• Problem solving, self-motivated and able to prioritize workload.
• Think and plan in a proactive and innovative manner.
• Motivated self-starter.
• Strong interpersonal skills for communicating complex financial/operational info.
• Intermediate MS Word skills including styles, mail merge, tabs, tables, columns and breaks, graphics, fields, headers/footers, margins, page orientation, spelling/grammar.
• Intermediate MS PowerPoint skills including templates, multimedia objects and custom animations, interactions, publishing.
• 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: Act as a liaison with Ryder's Shared Services Center and Ryder's Corporate Accounting group.

Skills

Financial analysis

Communication with management

Problem solving

Prioritization

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

The Senior Financial Analyst position at Ryder System, Inc. leads planning, evaluation and assessment of corporate initiatives, providing financial and analytical support to Senior Financial Management, Group Logistics Managers, and Logistics Managers.

The role emphasizes forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis, with a focus on cost/productivity improvements and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance within a dynamic logistics environment.