Finance Manager, Supply Chain

Advance Auto Parts•Raleigh, NC

About The Position

The Finance Manager – Supply Chain will partner closely with Transportation and Distribution Center (DC) leadership to strengthen financial controllership, elevate financial data governance, and drive advanced analytics across a large, complex operating cost base. This role is accountable for financial accuracy, transparency, and consistency across planning, forecasting, and reporting processes, while enabling datadriven decision making. The ideal candidate combines strong operational finance experience with a deep appreciation for data quality, scalable financial frameworks, and rigorous analytics. This role operates in a fastpaced, matrixed environment and requires comfort with ambiguity, strong ownership mindset, and the ability to translate complex financial insights into clear actions for senior leadership.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in Finance/Accounting, Business, Analytics. Advance degree and/or CMA, FMVA, CFA preferred.
Experience in operations finance supporting business teams. Supply Chain Finance (DC Operations and Inventory) preferred.
5+ years of relevant experience in positions that require analysis and reporting financial results.
Demonstrated ability to build and manage financial models for business forecasting, variance analysis, and problem solving.
Must Have: Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
Technical Analytic Skills preferred: SQL, R, Power BI, Access, Hyperion, PBCS/Smartview.

Responsibilities

Financial Controllership & Cost Governance
Own endtoend financial controllership for Transportation and Distribution Center operations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and integrity of actuals, forecasts, and plans.
Lead monthly close, variance analysis, and financial reviews with clear explanations of cost drivers, operational performance, and risks.
Establish and enforce strong cost governance, financial controls, and approval frameworks across transportation and DC cost centers.
Proactively identify financial risks, compliance gaps, and cost leakage; partner with operations to implement corrective actions.
Financial Data Governance & Standardization
Own financial data governance for transportation and DC finance, ensuring consistent definitions, hierarchies, assumptions, and calculations across reporting, forecasting, and analytics.
Define and maintain standardized financial metrics, cost drivers, bridge logic (e.g., volume, mix, rate, productivity), and dashboards to enable repeatable, auditready analysis.
Partner with Finance Systems, Data, and analytics teams to improve data integrity, system controls, and sourcetoreport processes.
Ensure alignment between operational data (volume, miles, labor hours, productivity) and financial results, with clear reconciliation logic.
Drive adoption of scalable financial frameworks and documentation to reduce manual work, improve transparency, and support future automation.
Advanced Financial Analytics & Decision Support
Perform deepdive analytics on transportation and DC costs to identify productivity improvements, savings opportunities, and structural cost reductions.
Build and maintain robust, auditready financial models for scenario analysis, investment evaluation, and operational tradeoff decisions.
Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, executiveready insights that influence decisions on network optimization, carriers, labor strategies, and automation.
Provide adhoc analytical support for major initiatives, business disruptions, and strategic investments impacting supply chain performance.
Business Partnership & People Leadership
Serve as a trusted finance partner to senior Transportation and DC leaders, challenging assumptions and influencing outcomes through factbased insights.
Communicate financial performance, risks, and opportunities clearly to executive stakeholders.