Sr. Financial Analyst

This position will be responsible for supporting the Corporate finance function at Old Dominion Freight Line. This individual will provide critical financial insights and analytical support to help drive business decisions. The responsibilities will include financial analysis, reporting, forecasting and dashboard creation. The successful candidate will have a proven record of strong analytical thought process, attention to detail, collaboration, and organizational skills.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform cost center and profit center reporting and financial analysis for various functions
• Create new or update existing financial models and templates
• Analyze financial and business information from internal and external sources to identify underlying business drivers and trends to deliver improved profitability
• Develop cross-functional partnerships and effectively communicate financial information to business partners
• Support financial period close process with assigned tasks
• Perform ad-hoc reporting and analysis on month-over-month and year-over-year trends
• Analyze financial information and provide accurate and timely analysis to management
• Investigate and determine cause of variances and recommend corrective action to business partners
• Support ad hoc projects such as report design, data queries, dashboard creation
• Drive implementation of financial planning best practices
• Execute the company’s service center P&L system

Job Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting or related field
• CPA, CMA or MBA is a plus

Experience:

• Minimum 2-5 years of finance experience preferable in an FP&A function
• Advanced Excel/pivot table skills
• Knowledge of SAP or equivalent ERP systems and reporting is a plus
• Experience with analytics platforms such as Tableau, Qlik, or PowerBi is a plus
• Demonstrated strong analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated