Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager

Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager

Job Details

Job Location

OK Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City, OK

Position Type

Full Time

Description

United Petroleum Transports

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title : Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager (Sr Mgr FP&A)

Department : Accounting

Location : Corporate

Reports To : CFO

FLSA : Exempt

Purpose :

Embrace, promote and achieve the Vision, Values and Mission of the company, and to assist in meeting the Owner’s plan each year. UPT is committed to the Guiding Principles of the Responsible Care initiative and anticipates that all employees will share our commitment by conducting themselves consistent with those principles to make the industry even safer for our employees and communities.

Position Summary

We are seeking an accomplished and highly analytical Senior Manager / Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to join our finance leadership team. This individual will play a key role in driving financial performance and operational visibility across a complex, multi-division transportation and logistics organization.The ideal candidate brings deep financial and analytical experience, a strong understanding of transportation industry metrics, and the ability to connect data across multiple systems — including TMW (Transportation Management System) for both asset-based and brokerage operations, TMT for fleet maintenance, and Microsoft GP for accounting and general ledger. This role partners closely with Operations, Commercial, and Corporate teams to deliver insight, improve decision-making, and strengthen financial rigor across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the company’s financial planning, forecasting, and analysis processes — ensuring accuracy, transparency, and actionable insights across all business units.

Design and maintain consolidated P&L models aligned with divisional reporting and KPIs.

Develop and enhance management reporting, dashboards, and visualizations using Power BI, SQL, and advanced Excel modeling, integrating data from TMW, TMT, Microsoft GP, and other internal systems.

Partner with operational leaders to interpret results, highlight trends, and drive initiatives that improve profitability and capital efficiency.

Create standardized reporting frameworks for asset-based, brokerage, and maintenance divisions, including key transportation KPIs such as operating ratio, cost per mile, revenue per truck, loaded miles %, driver retention, and maintenance cost per unit.

Lead preparation of executive and board-level presentations, including monthly business reviews and strategic planning updates.

Manage and mentor a small team , establishing scalable processes, data integrity controls, and analytical best practices.

Collaborate with Accounting and Finance to align forecasts and analyses with financial statements and GAAP reporting standards.

Support ad hoc strategic projects such as network optimization, pricing analytics, fleet investment analysis, and M&A due diligence.

Champion data-driven decision-making and partner with IT to improve integration and accessibility across financial and operational systems.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA or CPA preferred).

8+ years of progressive FP&A experience, ideally within transportation, logistics, distribution, or asset-intensive industries.

Strong technical proficiency with Power BI, SQL, Excel, and data visualization and reporting automation tools.

Experience working with TMW, TMT, and Microsoft GP or similar ERP / TMS / Maintenance platforms.

Proven ability to consolidate and analyze data from multiple, disparate systems to create unified reporting and actionable insights.

Deep understanding of financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow) and operational metrics.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated success partnering across all levels of the organization — from drivers and dispatch to executive leadership.

Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and self-motivated, with a bias for action and continuous improvement.

Experience managing or mentoring small teams, with demonstrated ability to scale processes as the business grows.

Core Competencies

Financial modeling and forecasting excellence

Transportation & logistics performance metrics

Data integration and system fluency (TMW / TMT / GP)

Power BI, SQL, and visualization expertise

Strategic business partnership and executive communication

Process improvement and operational alignment

Leadership, initiative, and accountability

Physical Requirements :

Sitting for long periods of time, walking, finger dexterity, feeling, repetitive motions, and talking, hearing and visual activity.

Occasional lifting (up to 20 pounds).

Working Conditions :

• Normal office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and copier / printer / scanners.