Senior Analyst, Finance Logistics

PURPOSE

• Drive visibility and control over logistics cost drivers (freight, duty, co-packing, warehousing) by delivering actionable financial insights, improving forecast accuracy and enabling data-driven pricing and sourcing decisions.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Partner with Supply Chain and Procurement to analyze key cost drivers, including freight, duty, co-packer pricing and warehouse costs, and translate them into actionable financial insights.
• Act as liaison to accounting in reviewing monthly logistics expenses.
• Own monthly logistics financials, including variance analysis vs AOP and forecast, identifying drivers such as volume mix, rate changes and operational inefficiencies.
• Create pro-forma financial models and business plans for new products and changes to existing products in accordance with the Notice of Pack (NOP) process.
• Help ensure that sound financial decisions are made by cross-functional teams.
• Perform financial analysis of data reported within the various financial reporting systems, including SAP HANA and Power BI.
• Build and maintain driver-based forecasting models for logistics costs (e.g., oil-linked freight, duty exposure, co-packer quotes variability).
• Support pricing and commercial decisions by providing cost-to-serve and margin impact analysis across channels and customers.
• Collaborate with Accounting to ensure accurate cost recognition and accruals, including logistics-related expenses and timing differences.
• Help develop operational and statistical reports, scorecards, trackers and benchmarks that are used as a measurement of performance, profitability and sustainability.
• Provide support for processing and developing key financial reports to empower management in decision making.

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE/COMPETENCIES

• 3-5 years of experience in FP&A, operations finance, or supply chain finance.
• Experience working with logistics, manufacturing or supply chain cost structures preferred (not required)
• BS or BA in Finance
• Proficiency in Excel required; experience with SAP, Power BI or similar tools preferred
• Demonstrated prior success in achieving results using team driven philosophies
• Domestic Travel as required – Minimal International Travel possible