Logistics Finance & Operations Manager serves as a key financial and operational business partner supporting Sony's domestic and international logistics and supply chain activities. This role is responsible for financial planning and analysis, logistics cost management, accounting oversight, operational reporting, vendor financial management, and process improvement initiatives across transportation, warehousing, customs, and trade operations.
Working cross-functionally with Logistics, Supply Chain, Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and Business Unit leaders, this position provides strategic financial insights, drives operational efficiencies, ensures financial accuracy and compliance, and supports informed decision-making to optimize logistics performance and cost management.
Responsibilities:
- Lead month-end and year-end close activities, including accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, company policies, audit requirements, and governance procedures.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, variance analysis, and monthly business reviews for logistics and supply chain operations.
- Analyze financial performance against budget and forecast targets, identifying cost drivers, risks, opportunities, and performance trends.
- Develop financial models, business cases, and strategic analyses to support operational and business initiatives.
- Prepare executive-level financial reports, management summaries, and performance commentary for Finance and Operations leadership.
- Manage transportation, warehousing, customs, duty, insurance, and other logistics-related expenditures to ensure financial control and cost efficiency.
- Monitor freight spend, logistics vendor costs, and trade-related expenses while identifying savings and process improvement opportunities.
- Develop and maintain logistics and financial dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, and reporting tools using SAP, Power BI, Excel, and related systems.
- Manage financial relationships with carriers, customs brokers, warehouses, and third-party logistics providers, including invoice validation and dispute resolution.
- Drive process improvement, automation, and standardization initiatives that enhance reporting accuracy, operational efficiency, and financial performance.
- Serve as the primary finance partner for Logistics and Supply Chain leaders, providing insights and recommendations to improve cost management, accountability, and business results.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in finance, accounting, logistics, supply chain operations, or a related discipline.
- Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, month-end close, and operational analysis.
- Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to influence decisions and effectively partner with multiple business functions.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting logistics, transportation, warehousing, customs, distribution, or international supply chain operations.
- Working knowledge of freight accounting, duty management, logistics cost allocation methodologies, and transportation financial analysis.
- Experience with SAP, Power BI, Power Query, and enterprise reporting systems.
- Demonstrated experience driving process improvements, automation, and operational efficiencies.
- Ability to conduct business assessments and data analysis to identify issues, opportunities, and recommended solutions.
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $96,614 to $128,820. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for an annual corporate bonus plan, which is based on company performance and is not guaranteed, and a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare benefits (medical, dental, and vision), paid medical leave, a 401k plan with matching company contributions, vacation time, education assistance, student loan assistance program, eighty hours of paid sick leave time annually, and up to twelve weeks paid parental leave.
Honesty, integrity, and ethical conduct are material requirements for the responsibilities outlined above.
