Financial Planning & Analysis Sr Analyst

About the role

Provides expertise and leadership to management in analysis of major projects and proposals related to revenue, strategy, capital, operations, and expense utilizing computer modeling techniques.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates creativity and initiative in analyzing business issues and proposing solutions.
• Effectively represents the interest & perspective of Finance management without prompting or coaching.
• Successfully influences direction of management.
• Comfortably navigates open ended assignments (greenspace analytics).
• Consistently meets deadlines and demonstrates an ability to self-manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Anticipates and addresses business situations that may arise and pursues them to resolution.
• Strong positive influence on work group's morale, respected by peers, and always part of the solution.
• Proactively anticipates questions and adapts messaging to audience.
• EFFECTIVELY presents to diverse audiences and uses diplomacy in working through issues.
• STRONGLY PROACTIVELY anticipates questions and adapts messaging to the audience.
• Effectively presents to diverse audiences and uses diplomacy in working through issues.
• Strongly Preferred Skills:
• Strong analytical skills with ability to develop, maintain, and interpret Activity-Based Costing (ABC) models.
• Solid understanding of cost drivers, allocation methodologies, and end-to-end cost flows across activities, processes, and products.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with Alteryx, Power BI, and SQL preferred for data extraction, transformation, modeling, and visualization.
• Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools or automation techniques to improve efficiency, data quality, or analytical insight.
• Proven ability to work with large, complex data sets, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and integrity of cost model inputs and outputs.
• High attention to detail with a disciplined approach to documentation, assumptions, and model governance.
• Strong problem-solving mindset; naturally curious and motivated by solving complex “puzzles” related to cost behavior and data relationships.
• Comfortable owning assigned cost models or components independently while managing multiple priorities and collaborating with Finance and Operations partners.

Requirements

• Five (5) years of directly related experience in financial analysis, financial planning, business consulting, project management, accounting, audit or operational analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree/equivalent in business, finance or related discipline.
• A master’s degree in a related field may offset experience requirements.

Skills

• Knowledge of advanced personal computer applications such as PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Word, Essbase Tools or others as necessary.
• Strong analytical, human relations and communication skills.
• Understanding financial modeling concepts for cost/benefit and profit/loss analysis.
• Ability to define problems, recognize alternatives, and provide concise recommendations.
• Demonstrates flexibility in shifting priorities to meet changing demands.
• Proactively anticipates questions and adapts messaging to the audience.
• Effectively presents to diverse audiences and uses diplomacy in working through issues.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Additional Details: This is a hybrid position located in Memphis, TN and Pittsburgh, PA. Candidates must live within 50 miles of the campus location. Employees will be required to work at the FedEx campus location several times per week. For details on our comprehensive benefits, click here.

Schedule

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