What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst (Distribution Center) position at Ross Stores, Inc.?
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Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.
As Part Of Our Team, You Will Experience
General Purpose
The Transportation Financial Analyst is responsible for delivering accurate, insightful analysis that supports operational decision-making, cost management, and long-term financial planning across the transportation network. This role develops, maintains, and improves forecasting models, production reports, and financial tools to support transportation and supply chain activities, including freight accounts, auditing, accruing, and reporting of actuals. The analyst partners closely with business leaders to connect daily work to overall company performance, ensuring budgets, reporting, and financial projects are executed with accuracy and accountability.
Essential Functions
Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer.
Requires sitting, standing, walking, hearing, talking on the telephone, attending in-person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files, etc.
Consistent timeliness and regular attendance.
Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.
Reliable technology access and a productive home workspace are essential to support effective hybrid work.
This role requires regular in-office presence, including to engage in in-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, client support, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback. However, this role can perform duties effectively using a combination of in-office and remote work.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Finance Manager
DISCLAIMER
This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at management's discretion.
Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities and experience. We believe that it is an essential part of the Company's overall commitment to attract, hire and develop a strong, talented and diverse workforce. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.
Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.
As Part Of Our Team, You Will Experience
- Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
- Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
- Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
- Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.
General Purpose
The Transportation Financial Analyst is responsible for delivering accurate, insightful analysis that supports operational decision-making, cost management, and long-term financial planning across the transportation network. This role develops, maintains, and improves forecasting models, production reports, and financial tools to support transportation and supply chain activities, including freight accounts, auditing, accruing, and reporting of actuals. The analyst partners closely with business leaders to connect daily work to overall company performance, ensuring budgets, reporting, and financial projects are executed with accuracy and accountability.
Essential Functions
- Provide accurate and timely reporting of transportation expenses, including long-term planning, variance analysis, and monthly close activities.
- Identify, analyze, and clearly articulate cost drivers, linking results to broader company performance.
- Proactively monitor operational and industry trends, escalating risks and opportunities with recommendations for action.
- Independently lead financial analyses from scoping through execution, delivering insights that inform business decisions.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to support strategic planning, network expansion, and cost efficiency initiatives.
- Develop and maintain financial models and tools that enhance analysis, storytelling, and scenario planning.
- Build and present clear, accurate explanations of financial results and processes to leadership.
- Drive accountability by ensuring accuracy and completeness of all deliverables, while proactively troubleshooting issues.
- Analytical Curiosity
- Financial Storytelling
- Data Translation
- Proactive Thinking
- Accountability
- Results Driven
- Business Acumen
- Technical Finance Skills
- Minimum 2-4 years of relevant experience.
- BS/BA in accounting or finance.
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, XLOOKUP, nested formulas, data validation, conditional formatting, financial modeling). Experience with automation and report improvement is a plus.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect financial outcomes to operational performance.
- Basic knowledge of GAAP. Coursework should have focused on accounting, finance, operations research, computer programming or advanced mathematics and statistical analysis.
- Strong knowledge of month-end close processes, including accruals and journal entries.
- Prior experience with budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis of financials highly desirable.
- Prior experience with transportation analysis highly desirable.
- Familiarity with financial and reporting systems such as Hyperion and Power BI.
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills; confidence to interact with senior leaders in Transportation and Distribution centers.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a proven track record of accuracy in deliverables.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial partners.
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership, follow through on commitments, and deliver consistent, measurable results.
- Self-starter with curiosity to learn, ability to anticipate challenges, and willingness to proactively seek solutions.
Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer.
Requires sitting, standing, walking, hearing, talking on the telephone, attending in-person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files, etc.
Consistent timeliness and regular attendance.
Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.
Reliable technology access and a productive home workspace are essential to support effective hybrid work.
This role requires regular in-office presence, including to engage in in-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, client support, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback. However, this role can perform duties effectively using a combination of in-office and remote work.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Finance Manager
DISCLAIMER
This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at management's discretion.
Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities and experience. We believe that it is an essential part of the Company's overall commitment to attract, hire and develop a strong, talented and diverse workforce. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.