Job Description

Job Location: Corporate Office - Columbus, OH 43240Guardian Rail, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is proud to operate one of the country's leading freight rail services and transportation companies with a large network of freight and tank car repair facilities, a nationwide network of running repair agents, and a rail services division that operates short line railroads and contract switching and transloading sites.
We currently have an opportunity for a Financial Analyst or Senior Financial Analyst on our corporate FP&A team who will report to the Manager of FP&A and partner with the Company’s division leadership to support financial and operational matters including accounting, analysis, recommendations, planning, and ensuring the integrity of internal controls.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Deliver timely and accurate division financials support
- Ensure, review, and analyze facility financial performance and coordinate with the operations team to enact appropriate actions
- Support financial process improvements: utilize tools, systems, and reports to provide critical financial and operational information to the division leads and financial leadership
- Calculation, reporting and analysis of various division financial metrics and operational KPIs, and published monthly
- Support the annual monthly close, audit and accounting reconciliation processes
- Monthly income statement & balance sheet review, variance analysis, and reconciliation
- Collaborate with division finance, operational leadership, and organizational personnel
- Capital expenditure, inventory, expense management and other financial process support
- Create presentations, and ad-hoc analysis for division leads and Finance management
- Support and educate non-finance operational team and departmental teams on key financial processes and corporate requirements
- Special projects to improve efficiency, effectiveness and accuracy of financial reporting and related controls; serve on teams as assigned
- Enterprise consolidated financial reporting and analysis
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Qualifications

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business
- 3-5 years experience in an accounting, financial analysis and/or financial planning role preferably in a manufacturing or heavy industrial environment
- Strong financial acumen and knowledge of accounting processes
- Experience with financial analysis and accounting analysis
- Understand P&L and balance sheet dynamics
- Rail industry experience a plus
- Demonstrated experience with accounting & financial processes
- Ability to think both analytically and creatively with diligence
- Ability to prioritize and execute on multiple actions timely and effectively
- Strong written and verbal/interpersonal communication skills
- Collaborator able to work well in a group, take direction, as well as an individual contributor able to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Fluent with MS Office including Excel skills
- Experience in accounting software; NetSuite experience a plus
- Minimal travel required
- Relocation not available for this role