Financial Analyst

Posted:
11/6/2024, 4:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Minnesota, United States

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Finance & Banking ⋅ Sales & Account Management

Workplace Type:
Remote

Your Title: Financial Analyst

Job Location: US -Remote

Our Department: Finance

Are you ready to join Trimble Transportation in revolutionizing freight movement with cutting-edge software solutions for shippers and carriers? As the leader in Transportation, Asset, and Fleet Management Software, we’re dedicated to driving the trucking industry toward unmatched efficiency, reduced costs, and optimized operations.

What You Will Do

We’re looking for a motivated Financial Analyst with strong FP&A expertise to drive financial optimization through digital technologies, accurate forecasting, and insightful analysis. In this role, you’ll leverage critical thinking, a deep understanding of financial statements, and problem-solving skills to create impactful financial models and identify key opportunities for cost savings and efficiency. Working closely with IT, Finance, Operations, Legal, and Supply Chain, you’ll deliver data-driven recommendations that support strategic decision-making across the organization. If you excel at both strategic and tactical thinking, we’d love to have you on our team!

  • Strategic Business Partner: Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders in Sales, Sales Ops, R&D, and Product Development, offering actionable insights and guidance.

  • Financial Stewardship: Manage accounting and finance functions, including month-end close, account reconciliations, and variance analysis. Clearly communicate the story behind the numbers and key business drivers.

  • Data-Driven Forecasting: Conduct in-depth financial analysis, build reliable forecasts, and proactively highlight opportunities and risks in financial plans and budgets.

  • FP&A Leadership: Lead complex financial modeling, create forecasts for bookings, revenue, and churn, and use data analysis to evaluate business performance against KPIs, providing actionable insights for management.

  • Strategic Reporting: Contribute to data analysis, due diligence, and creation of financial materials for quarterly business reviews.

  • Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements and create reports using BI tools, partnering with IT to support digital transformation.

  • Collaborative Coordination: Work closely with the finance team to ensure alignment on financial data, forecasts, and insights.



 

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

  • Qualifications: Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 5–10 years of progressive finance experience, showing a proven record of driving change and achieving results. 

  • Analytical Excellence: Critical thinker with strong Finance and Accounting expertise, advanced analytical abilities, and sound reasoning skills.

  • Technical Proficiency: Proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and experienced with Workday Adaptive Planning (or similar tool), ERP systems (Oracle and Netsuite preferred) and BI tools.

  • Proactive & Strategic: A “roll-up-your-sleeves” self-starter who excels in both detail-oriented tasks and strategic thinking.

  • Independent & Organized: Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work autonomously in dynamic environments with minimal guidance.

  • Strong Communicator: Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and build relationships across all organizational levels.

  • Industry Experience: Proven track record in high-growth environments within the Hardware and Software industries.

  • Preferred Expertise: Hands-on experience in Hardware, SaaS, and HaaS models is a strong plus.

Trimble’s Inclusiveness Commitment

We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.

We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.

Trimble’s Privacy Policy

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Pay Equity

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Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Hiring Range:

75400

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100000

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Bonus Eligible?

Yes

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Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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Trimble is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and embrace our
candidates' diversity and take affirmative action to employ and advance individuals
without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy (including
childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, marital status, genetic

information, and all other legally protected characteristics. We forbid discrimination and
harassment in the workplace based on any protected status or characteristic. A criminal
history is not an automatic bar to employment with the Company, and we consider
qualified applicants consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

The Company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for
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