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Job Description:

Summary
The Finance Manager is responsible for creating predictive models to estimate the timing of Ryder’s $1B spent on vehicle maintenance per year.  The Finance Manager also works with Operations leadership to analyze cost variances, identify the drivers of those variances, and how future cost predictions need to be updated to account for operational changes. The candidate will be a member of our Data Analytics Center of Excellence and serve as a subject matter expert on the data as well as building predictive models and promoting data driven decision making throughout the organization.

***REMOTE work from HOME***

Essential Functions

• Create models to in R or Python to accurately predict Ryder’s variable maintenance costs for the balance of year and upcoming year with an emphasis on being able to explain how your model is working and what factors are causing costs to change in the future

• Work under tight deadlines to process the predicted future fleet, update prediction models, analyze new model results vs the previous results, and load the new forecasted costs into Adaptive

• Create monthly actual vs planned cost variance analysis to identify which cost drivers varied from the plan and identify what specific operational actions could be taken to improve results

• Display extreme attention to detail while loading plan and forecast numbers into Adaptive/Workday and validating their accuracy at multiple levels while verifying that ad hoc adjustments and changes made by other teams have been correctly loaded

• Prepare summaries and variance analyses for quarterly sign off presentations

• Improve and expand data literacy and data science culture within the group and the company

• Have the intellectual curiosity to actively seek out new areas of potential improvement and drill into the details to find the root cause of problems. This requires a willingness to question assumptions and an internal drive for continuous improvement

• Mine data in SQL to discover trends and changes in profitability, determine cause-and-effect relationships, and advise business partners on potential actions to improve results

Additional Responsibilities

• Develop ad-hoc reports and analyses as requested by leadership

• Partner with the lines of business leaders to formulate decision science strategies and models

• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills and Abilities

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•Key tools include Excel, SQL, and R or Python

• Proficiency in SQL

• Experience with Workday Financial Management and Adaptive Insights is a plus

• Advanced knowledge of financial modeling and how business actions impact financial statements

• Must have a proven ability to drive business results with their databased insights

• Have a passion for discovering solutions hidden in large data sets and working with stakeholders to improve business outcomes

• Ability to arrive at and give recommendations to senior management based on available information

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or equivalent

• Master's or MBA degree preferred

• Ten (10) years or more in Finance or Accounting required

• Ten (10) years or more in Transportation, Logistics, or equivalent industry preferred

• Four (4) years or more of management experience required

DOT Regulated
No

Applicants from California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York City, and Washington:

Salary is determined based on internal equity; internal salary ranges; market 
data/ranges; applicant’s skills; prior relevant experience; certain degrees or 
certifications, etc.

The salary for this position ranges from $80K to $120K. Employees may also be eligible 
to receive an annual bonus, as applicable

Ryder offers comprehensive health and welfare benefits, to include medical, 
prescription, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance options, as well as paid time off for vacation, illness, ber