Business Analyst
Provide financial and analytical support to Senior Financial Management and Directors of Operations, Sales and Rental, and Ryder's Fleet Management Solutions business.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, accounting or related field.
Minimim of 4 (four) years Finance, Accounting or Operations experience.
Intermediate level skills with MS Word such as including styles, mail merge, tabs, tables, columns and breaks, graphics, fields, headers and footers, working with margins, page orientation, and spelling/grammar.
Intermediate level skills with MS Excel such as freezing/unfreezing panes, hiding/un-hiding data, setting print titles & page breaks, linking workbooks, creating external links, re-directing links, customizing toolbars & menus, protecting a worksheet, filtering options, and chart formatting options.
Intermediate level skills with MS PowerPoint such as working with templates, using multimedia objects and custom animations, adding interactions, and publishing completed presentations.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Prefer in experience in Public Accounting.
- Prefer in experience in the transportation / logistics industries.
- Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of management
- Must be skillful at problem solving, self motivated and able to prioritize work load
- Ability to think and plan in a proactive and innovative manner
Demonstrated problem-solving abilities.
- Motivated self-starter, able to work with minimal guidance when necessary.
- Experience with MS Access and / or other database tools helpful but not necessary.
- Strong interpersonal skills, particularly the ability to communicate complex financial / operational information to various levels to the organization, from Vice Presidents to shop Service Managers.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Financial Planning & Analysis: To include forecasting, business planning and branch performance analysis.
Operational Initiatives: Work closely with Director of Operations (DOO), Director of Sales (DOS) and Director of Rental (DOR) to identify and recommend opportunities for cost/productivity improvements. Follow up with tracking / reporting / further recommendations.
Month-End Closing: To include journal entries as necessary to re-class revenue / expenses; explanations of variances vs. forecast / annual plan; general ledger research to ensure all possible billing opportunities are captured.
Training: Provide financial training to Business Unit staff, including policies, procedures and financial tools.
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Branch audits, as needed, to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Corporate: Act as Business Unit liaison with Ryder's Shared Services Center and Ryder's Corporate Accounting group.
