Mgr II - Finance Operations

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for PODS Operational Financial Planning and Analysis; preparing and compiling financial projections and operating metrics for consolidated reviews, identifying and analyzing budget and forecast variances, providing financial support in development of initiative tracking and assisting in all strategic decision making for the company.

Includes Truck fleet management, driver staffing plans, and warehouse management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze the financial and operating results of the respective business unit
• Support operations team to develop asset management process for our Trucks and Forklifts
• Develop and track business initiatives of reducing our fleet Repairs & Maintenance expenses
• Forecast Driver staffing needs aligned with company order demand
• Manage Warehouse Real Estate expenses in partnership with Real Estate and Leasing team
• Prepare financial projections and assess performance against budget, forecast, and prior year
• Prepare the annual budget and regular forecast (cadence determined by business unit) with a high degree of accuracy. Predict long term trends through completion of five-year forecasts.
• Prepare detailed analysis of performance as well as aggregated presentations of financial and operating results for senior management.

Be a data storyteller while having in depth details and analysis.

• Prepare and maintain complex financial models providing technical accounting expertise as well as detailed operational requirements
• Solve complex and ambiguous business concerns bringing structure and rigor through both quantitative and qualitative decision making and analytics
• Provide financial support to business unit leaders to achieve business unit and corporate goals
• Support the business unit leaders with the development of corrective action plans and strategic investments
• Provide assistance and guidance to accounting with all monthly close responsibilities and act as financial stewards within the operational teams
• Manage the tracking of business initiatives and corrective action plans
• Lead or assist with ROI preparation and post mortem. Consolidate lessons learned from all post mortems and share with all finance team members for incorporation into other models and decision making
• Lead or assist with acquisition due diligence
• Drive transformation initiatives throughout the finance organization
• Lead or assist with process improvement and automation, and other special projects as necessary
• Manage others through coaching activities, performance management, compensation reviews and other techniques
• Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis
• Be a valued business partner
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

JOB QUALIFICATIONS : Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; MBA / CPA preferred but not required
• 7-9+ years of relevant experience is required
• Possess math skills sufficient to perform required duties
• Advanced level Excel skills required
• Intermediate level SQL skills required
• Data analytics (Power BI, Tableau, Amazon Quicksight, Domo, etc) required
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience
5 days ago