Finance Business Partner

Ryder System, Inc. is a leader in supply chain solutions, and they are seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide financial analysis and planning support. The role involves coordinating with multiple departments to deliver financial reports and analyses, ensuring leadership receives timely and informative insights.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with closing books, forecasting balance of year financials, and creating annual plans and budgets
• Review various month end reports including actual versus budget variances
• Consolidate, prepare, and analyze financial data to understand cause-and-effect relationships and identify drivers. Candidate will be expected to perform a broad spectrum of analyses which will require data gathering and extraction from various sources
• Coordinate with Operations, Finance, Accounting, IT, and Sales to consolidate and understand financial results and communicate findings to upper management
• Present close results, operational data, and forecasts in written and verbal formats to senior leadership
• Ability to arrive at conclusions and give recommendations to management based on information obtained
• Participate in various miscellaneous projects as required
• Develop ad-hoc reports and analyses as requested by leadership
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Advanced knowledge of financial concepts and principles such as operating margin, EBT, cash flow, balance sheet, cost of capital, depreciation, ROE, etc
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Detailed oriented with excellent follow-up practices
• Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized, with excellent time management skills
• Ability to present information and ideas clearly and understandably to others
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors)
• Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Flexibility to operate and self-driven to excel in a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter with ability to derive innovative solutions with little direction
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• 5 years or more in Accounting and/or Finance experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) Advanced
• Master's Degree in MBA
• 4 years or more in Transportation, Logistics, or equivalent industry