Sr. Operations Financial Analyst

Zūm has reimagined student transportation, the nation's largest mass transit system. Our integrated end-to-end cloud-based platform provides a modern service for school districts purpose-built around the needs of kids and the expectations of their families. Zūm provides one seamless, real-time interface for parents, drivers, schools, districts, administrators, and operators, to transport children safely and with increased visibility and personalized care. Our multi-sized vehicle approach includes an electric vehicle-first commitment, reduces student commute times by up to 20%, and coupled with our marketplace, delivers added fleet efficiency and optimization. We have been driving the industry forward since 2015, and with more than 8 million miles completed to date, we are leading a new era of safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as finance business partner to corporate operations management and field operations teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with the broader finance and accounting teams to integrate pro forma and operational forecasts into the corporate budget/forecasting process.
• Liaison with HR/Benefits/Payroll/Data Sciences teams to produce meaningful operational reporting and defining/tracking operational KPIs.
• Provide analysis for operations’ financial data, enhancing efficiency by identifying and addressing challenges at the field operations level.
• Construct frameworks to evaluate and monitor efficiency and impact of compounding initiatives.
• Prepare materials for monthly business reviews with operational leaders, support board presentations with operational updates when needed.
• Deliver precise forecasts for fleet and equipment costs by aligning with operational managers.
• Assist in evaluating union rates and labor hours and provide findings for labor negotiations.
• Reconcile vendor invoices and suggest corresponding adjustments.
• Work closely with the payroll team and operations to ensure accurate recording of hours, wages, and benefits, reconciling weekly reports with the payroll team.
• Support operations team with launches of new business locations or products by delivering variable costing estimates for the above.
• Provide financial guidance to operations on matters involving revenue, cost, and profitability goals.
• Update operations’ policies and procedures as necessary.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis as requested.

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in financial analysis
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related
• Strong analytical and financial skills
• Advanced spreadsheet model building skills are essential, Microsoft Excel user (nested formulas, modeling, pivot tables, etc.), Google Suite: Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Google Docs and Slides
• Experience in operational finance analysis with multi-unit/location operators and unionized labor management strongly preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment, with the ability to prioritize multiple projects while meeting goals and deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills and curiosity to learn the student transportation operations and consistently improve processes
• 1+ year experience using Oracle NetSuite and NetSuite Planning & Budgeting /Hyperion/ Smartview preferred