Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance & Strategy - Transportation
The Finish Line USA•Indianapolis, IN
•Onsite
About The Position
The Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance & Strategy - Transportation provides critical financial support and actionable insights for JD Group North America’s Supply Chain and Transportation functions. This role drives operational decision-making, cost efficiency, and sustainable savings through robust financial modeling, KPI development, and variance analysis. Acting as a key partner to cross-functional teams and external vendors, the Analyst will support strategic initiatives and help integrate a shared-service model across all JD Group North America brands (JD, Finish Line, DTLR, Shoe Palace, and Hibbett).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Supply Chain, Transportation, Accounting, Operations Management, Finance, Business Administration or other related field from a four-year college or university.
- Additional 3 - 5 years’ experience preferably in finance, supply chain, transportation, or related field analytics.
- Advanced knowledge and abilities with Microsoft Excel and Access.
- Knowledge and experience using SQL queries and Microsoft Power BI preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge and experience using SQL queries and Microsoft Power BI
Responsibilities
- Partner with the VP of Transportation and supply chain leadership to drive financial discipline, cost optimization, and operational efficiency.
- Perform ad-hoc financial modeling and cost-benefit analysis to support strategic investments, process improvements, and contract negotiations.
- Support the ongoing evolution of the shared-service transportation model across all JD Group North America brands.
- Develop, maintain, and distribute KPI dashboards and operational reporting, with a specific focus on parcel transportation performance.
- Conduct detailed transportation analysis—including network optimization, modal composition, shipping revenue modeling, and labor modeling—to identify optimization opportunities.
- Monitor business trends and financial variances to pinpoint root causes and recommend actionable cost-saving levers.
- Support the Supply Chain planning cycle, including annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and ad-hoc financial forecasting.
- Extract and consolidate data from multiple sources, ensuring accuracy while translating complex data into clear, executive-level insights.
- Establish standard best practices, maintain financial governance, improve data reliability, and document centralized business processes.
- Build strong collaborative relationships with Accounting, FP&A, Data Analytics, external partners, and the wider Supply Chain team.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
