Finance Analyst

About the role

This position is responsible for financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and business partnerships across Supply Chain, with a primary focus on transportation and warehousing cost analysis. The role supports cost visibility, variance analysis, budgeting, freight and warehouse spend reporting, operational performance metrics, and cross-functional decision support.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, analyze, and report transportation and warehousing cost results, including freight, accessorial charges, storage, handling, labor, and related distribution expenses.
• Analyze monthly variances and root causes across actuals, current estimate, plan, and prior year by cost category, lane, facility, mode, carrier, customer, and other key business drivers.
• Develop reporting and KPIs that improve visibility to transportation and warehousing performance, including cost per pound, cost per case, warehouse spend trends, freight recovery, and service-related financial metrics.
• Partner with Transportation, Warehousing, Procurement, Operations, and Finance to explain cost performance, validate assumptions, and identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency while maintaining service levels.
• Support annual planning, current estimate, strategic plan, and forecast processes for transportation and warehousing spending, including volume, rate, mix, network, and productivity assumptions.
• Support freight bill review, accrual validation, reconciliations, audit requests, system enhancements, and process improvement initiatives that strengthen data quality, controls, and management reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline.
• 3+ years of finance, accounting, supply chain, logistics, transportation, warehousing, or related analytical experience.
• Strong financial acumen, communication skills, and ability to translate complex transportation and warehousing cost data into clear business insights.
• Fundamental knowledge of GAAP, financial controls, accruals, reconciliations, and cost center or expense management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability to identify cost drivers, investigate variances, and develop actionable recommendations.
• Ability to balance attention to detail with broader business goals, time limitations, and competing priorities.
• Ability to self-direct, manage multiple projects, and adapt in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and intermediate to advanced Excel; experience with ERP, TMS, WMS, Power BI, or other reporting and data visualization tools preferred.