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Director, Transportation Finance The Director of Transportation Finance will provide financial leadership and oversight for all inbound and outbound transportation activities across Building Blocks, Inc. The role is responsible for financial planning and analysis, budgeting, month-end close, financial controls, and strategic financial analysis. This leader will serve as a key financial partner to Transportation Operations while also ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of transportation financial results. The role requires a strong understanding of transportation payment processes, freight audit, accrual accounting, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial controls. The Director must be able to proactively identify and clearly communicate financial performance, key variances, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership, translating complex operational and financial information into concise, actionable recommendations. This leader will also be responsible for developing team capabilities, strengthening financial processes and controls, and driving sustainable improvements through simplification, automation, and cross-functional collaboration. Job Duties Financial Planning & Analysis Lead monthly forecasting and annual budgeting for inbound and outbound transportation. Develop financial forecasts incorporating key operational drivers, including shipment volume, transportation rates, carrier mix, fuel, accessorials, and other cost factors. Analyze actual financial results against forecast and budget, identifying and clearly explaining key operational and financial drivers. Continuously assess forecast accuracy, challenge underlying assumptions, and identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities that could materially impact future financial performance. Develop forward-looking financial models and scenario analyses to support business planning and decision-making. Create actionable financial and operational reporting that provides leadership with visibility into performance, cost drivers, and opportunities for improvement. Proactively communicate financial outlook, key variances, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to senior leadership. Accounting & Controls Lead the Transportation Finance month-end and quarter-end close processes, ensuring transportation expenses and liabilities are complete, accurate, appropriately supported, and recorded in the correct accounting period. Oversee and continuously improve freight payment process, including validation of accrual accuracy through historical lookbacks. Oversee and review transportation-related journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring appropriate accounting treatment, supporting documentation, and timely resolution of reconciling items. Partner with freight audit providers, Accounts Payable, Accounting, IT, and Transportation Operations to ensure effective controls over invoice matching, exception processing, rate maintenance, and payment accuracy. Identify accounting and control risks, investigate recurring issues, and drive sustainable corrective actions to strengthen financial accuracy and process reliability. Ensure appropriate documentation of accounting procedures and key controls, supporting internal and external audit requirements. Strategic Analysis & Business Partnership Serve as a strategic Finance partner to Transportation leadership, providing financial guidance, constructively challenging assumptions, and influencing business decisions. Partner with Operations to measure and manage transportation spend, including cost per shipment/carton and other relevant cost and productivity metrics. Evaluate transportation cost drivers and develop reporting with actionable recommendations. Develop financial models to quantify the expected costs, benefits, risks, and returns associated with strategic initiatives. Identify and lead opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and improve transportation financial processes, driving measurable and sustainable results. Build effective cross-functional relationships and influence stakeholders to drive timely resolution of financial and operational issues. Lead, coach, and develop the Transportation Finance team, establishing clear priorities, accountability, and a culture of analytical rigor Minimum Requirements Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. 7+ years of progressive Finance and/or Accounting experience, preferably including leadership responsibility. Demonstrated experience leading month-end close, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis. Experience developing and reviewing financial models and translating operational activity into financial results. Demonstrated ability to identify control/process weaknesses and implement sustainable improvements. Experience partnering with senior operational leaders and influencing decisions through financial analysis. Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and executive presentation skills. Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large transactional datasets. Strong sense of urgency, ownership, and accountability. Experience supporting Supply Chain, Transportation, Distribution, or other high-volume operational environments preferred. Preferred CPA and/or MBA. Experience with procure-to-pay/AP processes/three-way match controls strongly preferred. Oracle experience. Hyperion Essbase experience. Alteryx, Tableau, or comparable analytics/automation tools. Experience designing or improving financial controls and supporting SOX/internal or external audit requirements.

Pay:

$100,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person