Position: Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis 

Job Description: 

The Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis role leads financial planning, forecasting, and analysis supporting strategic goals through highly organized processes and modeling of key performance indicators. In addition, they provide consultative financial analysis and recommendations aligned with and in support of Forward Air’s financial and strategic objectives.   

 

Core Responsibilities & Duties: 

Responsible for providing financial consulting and strategic support to senior management including preparing board presentations, financial presentations, and capital planning analysis, industry comparisons, new business opportunities, acquisition analysis and other projects requested by the senior team   Responsible for building and implementing a revenue forecast and analysis process through collaboration with Sales/Marketing supported by measurable assumptions   Design and perform metric-based cost efficiency analysis projects for both operational and staff functions  Clearly present inputs, assumptions, key performance factors, and basis for recommendations   Key participant in the development of effective financial modeling and analysis to support strategic marketing and new business initiatives and business plans aligned with the financial and strategic objectives of Forward Air   Responsible for providing support to Forward Air corporate and functional strategic planning initiatives  Works with external consultants when required, prepares recommendations, and makes presentations to management as required  Responsible for supporting an ethical and compliant environment in accordance with company policies and procedures and industry regulations and standards  Other duties as assigned  

Qualifications: 

Requires a bachelor's degree in finance or accounting or related field of study, MBA preferred  Must have at least 3-5 years of financial analysis experience performing complex computer modeling and consultation for a large organization, preferably a network-based company     Must have demonstrated project management experience  Must have demonstrated leadership experience, with the ability to engage, inspire and collaborate across all functional areas including external stakeholders   Must have demonstrated experience in developing and managing volume, yield, and revenue forecasts  Must have demonstrated experience in financial, trending and benchmarking analysis and reporting   Must have demonstrated experience leading financial planning and forecasting processes, operations management analysis, and capital expenditure analysis and control   Must have demonstrated experience in decision support, and looks to anticipate the analysis needed for decisions   Must have demonstrated creative idea development capabilities with the executive presence to interact with senior staff and strategic vendor partners   Must have demonstrated advanced modeling capabilities with the ability to work with large data sets   Highly skilled at getting results through influence rather than direct authority 

 

Skills: 

The ideal candidate will possess a “can do” attitude with a “will do” work ethic  Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of operations   Advanced spreadsheet skills and working knowledge of financial planning software   Excellent communication and problem-solving skills  

Forward Air is an Equal Opportunity employer.