University degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
4+ years of financial analysis, FP&A, or business-partnering experience
Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and month-end reporting
Familiarity with Supply Chain, Logistics, and Distribution operations
Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
Proficient in ERP systems, Excel, and Power BI; S/4HANA experience is a plus
Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and communicate complex information clearly
Responsibilities
Manage freight and warehousing cost and performance
Analyze logistics costs and key cost drivers
Own logistics performance reporting and variance analysis
Identify cost reduction opportunities with Logistics teams
Develop analyses to support optimization decisions
Serve as Finance partner to Logistics and Warehousing teams
Lead monthly forecasting and performance reviews for Logistics
Benefits
Commitment to preserving a diverse and people-focused culture
Encouragement of learning, sharing ideas, and experimentation
Full Job Description
Job Overview:
Responsible for providing financial planning, analysis and business partnership for Logistics, with a focus on freight, warehousing and distribution performance. This role partners closely with Logistics and Supply Chain teams to drive cost visibility, productivity, forecast accuracy and fact-based decision-making that improves service, profitability and end-to-end supply chain performance.
Analyze freight, warehousing and distribution costs, including rate, volume, mix, fuel, accessorial, storage and other key cost drivers.
Own recurring logistics performance reporting and variance analysis versus budget, forecast and prior periods.
Partner with Logistics teams to identify cost reduction and productivity opportunities and track project-level P&L impact, timing and benefit realization.
Develop cost-to-serve, lane, carrier, warehouse and network analyses to improve transparency and support optimization decisions.
Support logistics sourcing, carrier and 3PL evaluations through total-cost analysis and financial modelling.
Investigate material variances and work with business partners to define and follow through on corrective actions.
Logistics Financial Planning & Business Partnership
Serve as the primary Finance partner to Logistics and Warehousing teams, providing financial insight on freight, distribution and warehousing performance.
Translate Logistics priorities and operating plans into budgets, forecasts, latest estimates and actionable financial targets.
Provide clear visibility into logistics cost drivers, service trade-offs, risks and opportunities to support business decisions.
Build trusted relationships with Supply Chain, Operations and Finance stakeholders and provide timely, fact-based recommendations.
Support annual planning and long-range planning for Logistics, ensuring assumptions are aligned with business and network requirements.
Financial Reporting, Forecasting & Month-End
Lead monthly forecasting, reporting and performance reviews for Logistics and related supply chain cost centres.
Prepare month-end accruals, journal support, reconciliations and variance explanations to ensure accurate and timely financial results.
Maintain an integrated view of freight and warehousing spend, productivity and key operational drivers.
Identify emerging financial risks and opportunities and ensure they are reflected appropriately in forecasts and latest estimates.
Partner with Accounting and Supply Chain Finance to improve forecast accuracy, data quality and reporting consistency.
Maintain strong financial controls and support compliance with corporate policies, SOX and audit requirements.
Decision Support, Productivity & Working Capital
Develop financial models and business cases for logistics initiatives, network changes, service improvements and capital or technology investments.
Support scenario modelling and trade-off analysis across freight cost, warehousing capacity, inventory, service and customer requirements.
Provide financial validation of logistics productivity initiatives, including baseline, timing, savings methodology and realized benefits.
Partner with Supply Planning, Logistics and Finance to understand inventory-related cost and working-capital impacts within the distribution network.
Ensure material logistics risks and opportunities are quantified and communicated to appropriate stakeholders.
Analytics, Systems & Continuous Improvement
Develop and improve analytics, dashboards and reporting that increase visibility to logistics cost, productivity and service performance.
Use ERP, Power BI and other analytical tools to simplify recurring reporting, automate manual processes and improve decision support.
Support implementation and adoption of S/4HANA and other Finance and Supply Chain systems and tools as required.
Standardize financial processes and documentation and identify opportunities to improve control, speed and efficiency.
Collaboration & Influence
Partner cross-functionally with Logistics, Warehousing, Supply Planning, Operations, Procurement, Commercial Finance and Accounting.
Communicate financial and operational insights clearly to business partners and senior leaders, highlighting implications and recommended actions.
Provide analytical support and financial coaching to Logistics stakeholders to strengthen cost ownership and performance accountability.
Contribute to cross-functional projects and continuous-improvement initiatives across Integrated Supply Chain.
Demonstrate company values, strong ownership and a continuous-improvement mindset in day-to-day work.
The Recipe for Success:
Completion of university degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline
Minimum 4 years of progressive financial analysis, FP&A, accounting or business-partnering experience.
Experience with budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting, variance analysis and financial modelling.
Experience supporting Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehousing, Distribution and/or Operations.
Strong knowledge of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and variance analysis.
Strong understanding of Logistics financial drivers, including freight, warehousing, distribution, productivity, rate, volume, mix and cost-to-serve.
Strong analytical, financial modelling, business-case, reporting and problem-solving capabilities with high attention to detail.
Ability to build relationships and influence cross-functional stakeholders in Finance and Supply Chain.
Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear actions.
Experience with ERP systems, Excel and Power BI or similar analytics tools; S/4HANA experience is an asset.
Demonstrated ability to improve processes, automate reporting and work effectively with large data sets.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
What we can offer:
As we grow, we are committed to preserving the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people-focused and are core to our success at every size. Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something.
Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas, experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply directly.
