Sr Financial Analyst, Field

Job ID
57562
Location
5140 Cartron Drive, Dallas, TX 75227, United States
Job Category
FP&A
Locations
Dallas
Job Schedule
Full Time
Job Shift
Shift Start Hours
Shift End Hours
Workdays
Work Place
On-site
Travel Required
Y
Travel Frequency
0-25%
Other Hiring Locations
  • Rochelle, IL, United States
  • Sioux City, IA, United States
  • Kansas City, MO, United States
Join the Cold Chain That Feeds the World.

For over 120 years, Americold has connected producers, processors, distributors, and retailers to ensure food stays safe, fresh, and accessible. With 240+ facilities across four continents and 14,000+ team members, we’re a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics. Our mission is to help our customers feed the world – and we’re looking for people who share that purpose. We value customer service, innovation, and inclusion, and we invest in our people’s growth and well-being. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in a company that puts people first, Americold is the place for you.

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:
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills sufficient to prepare financial documents, reports, and presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to work on teams, exemplified by implemented results or changes to processes.
• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems in a fast-paced environment where deadlines and scopes may change regularly while maintaining accuracy.

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.

• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• Requires some travel by automobile and airplane up to 10% of the time
• May require visiting facility environments in temperatures at or below freezing
• May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lift, carry, position, or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools
• Occasionally works evenings or weekends in order to complete objectives or to attend meetings
• Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
• Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management

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.
What We Offer

At Americold, we believe in taking care of our people. We offer benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and future. Our associates know what’s in it for them – opportunity, purpose and a values-driven culture. When you join Americold, you become part of a mission to help our customers feed the world.

U.S. Only: Americold offers a range of benefits, including medical/dental/vision insurance, STD/LTD coverage, 401(k) with Company match, FSA, life insurance, EAP, and paid time off, some of which may vary depending on the particular position and whether it is covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA).