Finance Manager - Logistics & Procurement

0b279ef4-70b5-43b5-9b1c-ebf799fd2e4c• Evans, GA, US, GA

12h

About The Position

Club Car is seeking a business-minded finance professional to provide financial planning, reporting, and control for logistics operations and finance support for Procurement. The role provides cost visibility across transportation, warehousing, distribution, commodities, and purchased goods and services. It serves as the primary finance business partner to Logistics and a key finance partner to Procurement and Accounting, translating complex operational and procurement data into financial reports and recommendations that support cost performance, working capital, controls, and profitability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
At least 5 years of progressive finance experience.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial modeling.
Highly organized and able to multitask.
Able to perform business analysis by identifying key variances and working with logistics partners to understand root causes and actions needed to drive favorable results.
Collaborative style and ability to work with all levels of the organization, including operations and carrier partners.
Strong attention to detail, control orientation, and focus on meeting key deadlines.
Data-driven, highly motivated, and self-driven, with leadership and team development skills.
Strong cross-functional process leadership across Procurement, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Quality, Operations, and IT, with the ability to establish clear ownership, controls, and common reporting definitions.

Nice To Haves

CPA, CMA, CFA, or equivalent professional certification, or an MBA.
Experience in logistics, transportation, supply chain, or manufacturing organizations.
Freight audit and TMS/WMS data experience.
Experience supporting procurement finance, commodity or category analytics, purchase price variance, procure-to-pay controls, claims reporting, accounts payable automation, and working-capital improvement.
Experience with Hyperion, Planning, Essbase, HFM, AS400/Mapics, Oracle BI, or Tableau.
Experience with ERP purchasing and accounts payable modules, procurement suites, invoice automation platforms, supplier master data, and business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

Prepare annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range plans for logistics operations, and prepare Logistics and Procurement leaders and Finance leadership for Monthly Operational Reviews.
Deliver monthly variance analysis and commentary on transportation, warehousing, and fulfillment results for operational and executive leadership.
Analyze unit economics, including cost per shipment, cost per mile, and cost per pallet, by lane, customer, and facility.
Oversee month-end and year-end logistics close, including accruals for freight, fuel, accessorial, and carrier charges.
Ensure accurate cost allocation across shipments, facilities, and contracts; review balance sheet reconciliations and maintain compliance with applicable US GAAP standards.
Audit carrier and freight invoices and manage freight audit and payment processes.
Support carrier, 3PL, and vendor negotiations through financial modeling and total cost analysis.
Monitor fuel surcharges, detention, demurrage, and other variable cost drivers, and identify and quantify cost-reduction opportunities.
Partner with Operations and IT on TMS, WMS, and ERP integration, including Hyperion Financial Management reporting and automation of repetitive processes.
Perform ad hoc reporting and analytics and build dashboards for the business leadership team.
Serve as finance business partner to Procurement, providing financial analysis, planning, reporting, and decision support across direct and indirect spend.
Develop and maintain commodity opportunity maps by category, supplier, region, and business unit; quantify savings opportunities, prioritize sourcing initiatives, and track realized benefits against plan.
Own purchase price variance reporting and reconciliation, including establishing baselines, resolving differences across purchasing, receiving, inventory, and accounting records, identifying root causes, and driving corrective actions with Procurement and Operations.
Implement claims and first-time-quality reporting with trend, recovery, and cost visibility by supplier, commodity, part, plant, and issue type; partner with Quality and Procurement to improve recovery and reduce recurring cost.
Remap and standardize the procure-to-pay process from requisition through payment; strengthen controls, clarify ownership, and align procurement and accounting reporting, master data, and period-end reconciliation.
Develop and implement days payable outstanding improvement measures while balancing supplier relationships, contractual terms, supply continuity, working-capital targets, and payment-control requirements.
Establish procurement and P2P KPIs and dashboards, including spend under management, savings realization, purchase price variance, claims recovery, first-time quality, touchless invoice rate, exception rate, on-time payment, and days payable outstanding.
Perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.