Advisor, Finance – Strategic Financial Analysis

Job Description

FP&A Advisor | Fedex

The Tone:
This role focuses on strategic financial planning and analysis at Fedex, a leading global logistics and transportation company. The FP&A Advisor is critical for providing expert financial insights and technical direction to senior management, driving strategic business planning and evaluating diverse business proposals. This position plays a key part in guiding financial decisions and ensuring robust financial health for the company.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Mission: To provide technical direction, project leadership, and ongoing financial technical advice to senior management, enabling effective analysis of business proposals and strategic planning.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategic Direction: Provide technical direction, project leadership, and coordination among financial work groups for the analysis of diverse business proposals and the development of business and strategic plans.
• Executive Advising: Offer ongoing financial technical advice to senior management, demonstrating creativity and initiative in analyzing business issues and proposing solutions while influencing management’s direction.
• Project Leadership: Lead major projects by successfully coordinating efforts within and across departments, proactively keeping all parties and Finance Leadership informed of progress.
• Business Foresight: Anticipate and address business situations that may arise, pursuing them to resolution, and comfortably navigate open-ended assignments (greenspace analytics).
• Team Development: Train and mentor fellow staff members, actively providing and seeking out leadership roles, and maintaining a strong positive influence on the work group’s morale.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business, finance, or a related discipline. This role operates at an Advisor level, indicating a senior career stage in financial planning and analysis.
• Experience: A minimum of five (5) years of directly related experience in financial analysis, financial planning, business consulting, project management, accounting, audit, or operational analysis.
• Skills: Demonstrated creativity and initiative in analyzing business issues and proposing solutions; ability to effectively represent Finance management interests without prompting; capability to comfortably navigate open-ended assignments and influence management direction; consistent ability to meet deadlines and self-manage multiple projects simultaneously; strong communication skills, proactively adapting messaging to diverse audiences and using diplomacy in issue resolution.
• Bonus: A Master’s Degree in a related field, which may offset some of the minimum experience requirements.