Senior Financial Analyst

Position Summary: A Penske Logistics Sr. Financial Analyst is responsible for data mining and analysis, presentation of results, consulting and recommending process improvements and special projects. The position provides support to functional organizations as well as senior management. The analysis includes preparing financial presentations, analyzing operating data and other ad hoc reporting. This is a hands-on role that requires the analyst to work directly with multiple organizations by getting involved to understand and improve the business. Location: Warren, MI or Irving, TX Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm Major Responsibilities: - Perform required monthly financial close related activities including preparing required journal entries to ensure accuracy and compliance - Analyze financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes - Develop, update and monitor key performance indicators and key financial metrics or dashboards, highlighting trends and analyzing variances, to understand and be able to communicate the financial health of each location - Work with the operations team to develop forecasts, and reporting, including financial performance, variance explanations, and cost analysis - Provide senior management and the operations team with in-depth financial analysis of actual spend to drive insights on trends, investment areas and opportunities to optimize costs, driving better decision making - Deliver ad hoc reporting and analysis - Perform other duties as assigned