Senior Financial Analyst / Finance Manager, Central FP&A

Expeditors • Bellevue, WA

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About The Position

This is a hands-on role on Expeditors’ Central FP&A team, which manages the finance calendar, monthly forecast, annual operating plan, consolidated management reporting, and Board and earnings support. Reporting to the Director, Central FP&A, the person in this role will build and run the models, processes, and reporting behind those cycles and help shape the development of a growing FP&A function.

The position will be filled at the Senior Financial Analyst or Manager level depending on experience. At the Manager level, the role has broader ownership of forecast and reporting cycles, leads workstreams across Finance, and reviews and coaches others as the team grows. The team is seeking someone with strong FP&A experience in a well-run finance organization who is curious about how the business makes money, practical, detail-oriented, and comfortable in an evolving environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• Senior Financial Analyst: four or more years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related discipline.
• Manager: seven or more years of experience, including ownership of a forecast, planning, or reporting process.
• Hands-on experience with forecasting, budgeting, consolidation, and management reporting in a large or complex organization.
• Strong financial modeling skills and advanced proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint.
• Solid understanding of the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and how operating drivers flow through to results.
• Ability to turn complex data into clear, concise analysis and commentary for senior audiences.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and commitment to accuracy and confidentiality.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and work effectively where processes and systems are still evolving.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a mature FP&A organization within a public company.
• Experience preparing Board or earnings materials.
• Experience with Oracle EPM (Hyperion), Power BI, or comparable planning and business intelligence tools, including supporting a system implementation.
• For the Manager level, experience leading workstreams or coaching other analysts.
• CPA, CFA, MBA, or progress toward one.
• Global business perspective.
• Experience in logistics, transportation, or another network-based business.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and consolidate monthly and quarterly forecasts, managing timelines, templates, inputs, and version control.
• Gather and validate inputs from regional controllers, finance business partners, and corporate functions, resolving gaps and inconsistencies.
• Build and maintain driver-based models for the forecast, annual operating plan, and long-range plan.
• Prepare planning assumptions, templates, scenarios, and review materials for the annual operating plan and long-range plan.
• Partner with corporate function leaders on operating expense forecasts and budgets, including headcount and cost center inputs.
• Maintain the finance calendar and track strategic initiatives so their financial impacts are reflected in plans and forecasts.
• Analyze forecast accuracy and variances to actuals and recommend improvements to methods and assumptions.
• Prepare monthly management reporting on results, drivers, risks, opportunities, and outlook.
• Draft commentary explaining what changed, why it changed, and implications for the outlook.
• Prepare analyses and supporting materials for Board meetings and the earnings process in collaboration with senior Finance leaders and Investor Relations.
• Ensure reporting is accurate, reconciled to reported results, well documented, and delivered on time.
• Analyze business performance, cost, headcount, and productivity to support leadership decisions.
• Build scenario and sensitivity analyses that make key assumptions transparent.
• Apply consistent modeling standards for structure, documentation, and quality review.
• Document and improve recurring forecasting, planning, and reporting processes to reduce manual effort and cycle time.
• Support the transition to Oracle EPM Cloud through requirements, testing, data validation, and process design.
• Simplify, standardize, and automate recurring work using Excel, Power BI, and emerging analytical and AI tools.
• Work with regional controllers, Accounting, Treasury, Human Resources, and finance business partners to understand forecast and reporting results.
• Build working relationships across functions and geographies.
• At the Manager level, lead workstreams within forecast and reporting cycles and review and coach the work of others.

Benefits

• Paid vacation (first year prorated based on month of hire, then eligible for 15 days)
• 10 holidays
• 2 flexible days
• Paid sick time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid parental leave (additional eligibility criteria apply)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
• Commuter benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Educational assistance and reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level