Senior Financial Analyst

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.

Key Responsibilities:

Freight, Warehousing Cost & Performance Management

• 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 val