Senior Financial Analyst - NJ

Nesco Resource • Secaucus, NJ

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst - Distribution role serves as a strategic business partner to distribution and logistics teams. It drives operational excellence through financial analysis, forecasting, and insights that improve efficiency, reduce costs, and support decision-making across the supply chain. The analyst translates data into actionable recommendations, develops KPI dashboards, and collaborates with cross-functional partners to optimize performance. The position is hybrid, with four days in person and one remote day.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 3–5+ years of experience in financial or operational analysis supporting distribution center operations.
• Hands-on experience analyzing distribution center KPIs, including cost per unit, unit flow, throughput, labor productivity, and capacity utilization.
• Ability to analyze and forecast inbound and outbound unit flows across freight and distribution operations.
• Experience performing SKU-level analysis to evaluate productivity, shipment trends, and operational efficiency.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, large data sets, and dashboard creation.
• Experience with Power BI or similar business intelligence tools to build operational dashboards and reporting.
• Strong understanding of distribution, logistics, and inventory flow, including operational drivers of cost and efficiency in a distribution center environment.
• Experience supporting labor tracking and distribution center optimization initiatives, including monitoring labor productivity and cost-per-unit metrics.
• Ability to translate operational data into actionable insights and communicate findings clearly to cross-functional partners.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and experience working with distribution, logistics, inventory planning, and operations teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills, with a proactive, continuous-improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver accurate, timely financial reports for distribution, logistics, and inventory functions.
• Conduct variance and trend analyses to identify cost drivers, risks, and opportunities to improve efficiency and profitability.
• Analyze freight and duty actuals against standards.
• Support month-end and quarter-end close processes, including accruals, reconciliations, and variance commentary.
• Develop monthly inventory reporting covering inventory and SKU data by division and aging bucket, including SKU productivity metrics.
• Develop financial models to evaluate warehouse performance, capital investments, and operational initiatives.
• Lead annual budgeting and ongoing forecasting for supply chain operations, including operating expenses, capital expenditures, and unit flows by division and order type.
• Review and update distribution forecasts based on changing supply and demand conditions and monitor unit flows.
• Monitor performance against forecasts, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support long-range financial planning and scenario modeling to assess operational strategies.
• Assist with permanent and temporary warehouse labor planning.
• Design, build, and maintain dashboards tracking distribution, logistics, and inventory KPIs.
• Partner with IT and operations teams to extract and structure data from multiple sources and ensure data integrity and consistency.
• Train stakeholders to use and interpret dashboards to strengthen data-driven decision-making.
• Advise Distribution Center management, logistics leaders, and division finance and sales teams.
• Implement recurring monthly or quarterly cross-functional meetings to review financial performance and KPIs, discuss trends, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Translate financial data into insights for non-financial stakeholders to support cost savings and operational improvements.
• Participate in strategic projects, supplier negotiations, and inventory optimization initiatives.
• Evaluate and enhance financial reporting and planning processes for efficiency and automation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce costs, improve service levels, and optimize the distribution and operations network.
• Support compliance, internal controls, and financial management best practices.

Benefits

• Medical coverage through a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program services

What This Job Offers

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