Data Analyst ( Financial Performance & Analytics ) – IS Operational Experience

Company Description

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

 

As a Fortune 500 company, Expeditors employs more than 15,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 300 locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. Our services include the consolidation and forwarding of air or ocean freight, customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definite transportation, order management, warehousing, distribution and customized logistics solutions. Expeditors is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

 

Job Description

Expeditors is seeking a member to join its Financial Reporting & Analytics team. The FP&A team administrates the company financial consolidation software in addition to its associated financial business intelligence components. Using these programs, the team is the primary source for global financial data used by key decision makers in the company.

 

This position will involve the following job duties:

 

Preparation of high priority recurring financial reports for world-wide senior management, branch operations and other internal stakeholders

Carry out maintenance of existing reports

Administration financial reporting applications including monitoring and security

Support international controllers and external financial reporting teams during month end close process

Produce timely Ad Hoc reports from general direction as required

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or accounting information systems required.

Two years Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and SmartView experience

Two years PowerBI experience

Excellent computer skills with a proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Attention to detail, data integrity and accuracy

Demonstrated ability to manage priorities and timelines in a fast-paced environment

Good verbal and written communication skills

Proven ability to adapt and learn new technologies and processes

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

 

Two of experience in accounting or accounting information systems

Logistics Industry or Expeditors experience

Intermediate to advanced Excel skills (INDEX, MATCH, IF, VLOOKUPS, DATE, TEXT functions and VBA)

SQL Programming Language skills

Additional Information

REPORTING STRUCTURE

 

Manager, Operational Experience

 

The position would be based in Chennai.