Sr Financial Analyst, Field

Primary Responsibility :

Supports the Regional Director of FP&A and the warehouse operations team with analyzing and summarizing financial and non-financial data to help drive decisions, performs analyses on different scenarios and helps to draw conclusions, and prepares appropriate and relevant reports and presentations to upper management. Primary focus will be on the domestic Warehouse segment (approximately 40+ temperature-controlled warehouses generating $300+ million in annual revenues).

What You'll Do :

1. Assists with the forecasting, annual operating budget for facilities within the region, including loading data to the Oracle EPM system and compiling final product into a presentation format.

2. Assists in the month end close process, variance explanations, and researching and reviewing financial and key metrics results for sites within the region by providing information on trends regarding price / volume / mix and discrepancies, along with recommendations.

3. Assist in integration for newly acquired locations. This would consist of training and development of the site's General Manager and Office Manager to ensure a smooth transition to the company's month end closing processes.

4. Gain a deep understanding of assigned warehouse locations to help provide opportunities for forecasting, yield management initiatives, and return on investment opportunities.

5. Review and work with the TSG team (IT team) to ensure that the data being utilized for reporting in Oracle is accurate. Report anomalies and work with TSG on correcting data.

6. Serves as a critical resource for data collection, analysis, and presentation.

7. Assists in consolidating business commentary and results into key themes.

8. Preparation of management reports summarizing operational results for the period, including both financial and non-financial data, and assists in developing slides for executive presentations as needed or as requested.

9. Works with and partners with the Corporate Finance team to drive value-add projects, strategic initiatives, and business cases, and partners with other functional departments on assigned projects as necessary.

10. Performs other special projects and duties as assigned.

What Experience and Education You Need :

• BS Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Economics, and 3 years of relevant financial analyst experience.
• Previous exposure to Operations, Manufacturing, Transportation, or Warehousing industries is preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Previous demonstrated experience with financial and business intelligence systems. Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Oracle and Oracle-BPC is preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of budget and reporting systems such as HYPERION, ESSBASE, Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC), SAP Analytics Cloud, Tableau, etc.

What Could Set You Apart :

Physical Requirements :

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.

EOE / AA M / F / D / V DFW.