FedEx Ground Hiring for Financial Analyst – Financial Advisor Job at Brookfield, WI Full Time

Auto req ID: 329414BR
Position Type: Full time
Employee Type: Exempt

Job Summary
Provides financial guidance to management through the analysis of products, operations, capital requests and strategic projects. Assists in supporting cross-functional projects and teams by identifying benefits and costs.

Essential Functions

• Performs analyses regarding financial and/or operational performance on such issues as productivity, operational statistics, cost trends, and revenue trends.

• Assists with assigned projects by performing, analyzing, and tracking financial, statistical, and computer modeling techniques to support department recommendation.

• Maintains analysis models to support recommendation provided to management.

• Performs interim forecasts and systems integrating expense, capital and budgeting.

• Coordinates and analyzes the annual business plan, capital plan and Strategic Outlook (SO). Performs periodic updates and presents operating changes to management.

• Reviews financial plans for completeness and consistency with established objectives and priorities to include monitoring accomplishments of plans.

• Assists management in determining and defining the business impact (both operational and economic) on the operation of proposed systems, capital investments, and/or product changes. Prepares, reports on, and tracks feasibility/profitability studies related to proposed corporate programs and strategies.

• Defines data needs, utilizes various technological solutions to extract, transform and load data for use in analysis

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Information Technology, Accounting or related field required; Master’s Business Administration preferred.

Minimum Experience

• None required.

Required Skills, Abilities and / or Licensure

• Intermediate software skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Must be proficient with spreadsheet formatting, basic formulas, charts and graphs.

• Verbal and written communication skills necessary to explain complex and/or confidential information to business partners and leaders.

• Time management, organizational and multi-tasking skills necessary to work in a fast-paced environment. Ability to handle various tasks and changing priorities, while maintaining a high attention to detail and accuracy to achieve daily assignments and goals.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Ability to identify problems and use sound judgment and fact-based analysis to develop effective and efficient solutions.

• Knowledge of financial analysis applying common financial metrics and methodologies (i.e., Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV), allocation and fixed/variable methodologies).

Other Job Description Information
This position is in the Finance-Capital Planning group. It is a hybrid position which means regularly working both remotely and in the Pittsburgh or Brookfield office.

Some responsibilities will include:

• Developing the annual capital business Plan and Strategic Outlook for various functional areas
• Reviewing and providing financial and operational analysis and recommendations for capital projects
• Analyzing capital variances against Plan and prior year’s results
• Providing forecast updates
• Completing ad-hoc reports and/or projects for upper management on capital projects

Preferred Qualifications:

• Accounting/Finance degree coupled with training and/or experience in Data Analytics and/or Data Science
• Ability to identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets and provide ongoing reports using data visualization tools
• Problem Solving – complex problems requiring creativity and ingenuity
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, specifically Excel and PowerPoint

This position may be domiciled in Pittsburgh, PA or Brookfield, WI.

Address: 1000 FedEx Drive
City: Moon Township
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 15108
Domicile Location: FXG-US/USA/P090/PGH – FedEx Ground
EEO Statement
FedEx Ground is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer (Minorities/Females/Disability/Veterans) committed to a diverse workforce

Search Engine Description: Accounting/Finance
Engineering

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Multiple Locations