Job Description
Job Description
At Blue Bird (BLBD), we come to work every day with one common goal: to design, build, sell and service North America’s finest school bus. That's what we do - no distractions, no competing priorities. Since 1927, we have focused on listening to our customers, embracing their needs, and delivering innovations that lead the market. Today, we are a billion-dollar school bus manufacturer headquartered in Macon, Georgia with manufacturing facilities located just over an hour south of Atlanta, in Fort Valley, Georgia.
We are pleased to share that we have a career opportunity for a Financial Analyst as a member of the Blue Bird Finance Team. This position will be expected to drive process improvement and identify and implement cost reduction actions. This position will provide support to supply chain personnel and be responsible for actionable insights that ultimately drive value.
JOB SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Vice President, FP&A, this role is responsible for focusing on financial planning and analysis with the primary focus on supporting the IT department. The ideal person for this role is data-driven, with the ability to understand the bigger picture and provide business partnering support across the Finance and IT teams. This support activity includes general accounting activities such as accruals and expense management as well as general financial analysis and planning activities related to budgeting and forecasting. This role also supports the logistics function with responsibility for review of inbound/outbound freight invoices as well as the creation of accruals to support the accuracy and completeness of the GL as it relates to these functions.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide single point of contact support to the IT department for all Finance needs.
- Support the preparation and submission of the IT department budget and forecast.
- Ensure timely and accurate completion of monthly finance activities related to the IT department.
- Support the monthly close process with IT related items, Bus driveaway, Freight accruals as well as the monthly closing issues process.
- Review and approve IT related purchase requisitions for accuracy and completeness.
- Evaluate IT related requests for expenditures to determine the appropriate classification (operating expense versus capital expense). Assist with the creation of associated requests for expenditure as needed.
- Support internal and external audit requests on an as-needed basis
- Lead/support global finance initiatives as required
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Strong knowledge of accounting and finance activities.
- Exercise judgment in financial, operational, or transactional analysis to identify and help resolve issues.
- Comfortable working in ERP systems to understand transactions at lowest detail and how they drive actual spending.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as variance analysis/root cause analysis
- Demonstrate ability to effectively work in a team environment both within and outside of assigned area of responsibility.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred but not required
- 5+ years' experience in a Finance Analyst role
*The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria necessary to successfully perform the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Blue Bird’s winning culture is fueled by our ability to respect, encourage, celebrate and embrace the unique perspectives of all of our employees. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer who is committed to providing all of our employees with a work environment free of discrimination or harassment. We base our employment decisions on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, national, social or ethnic origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire.
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