Manager - Finance & Accounting at United Parcel Service (UPS)

Job ID: 066078

Job Summary

• The Finance Manager is responsible for providing profit, cost and revenue information to staff level management and analyzing opportunities in cost reduction. He / She manages the district Finance Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and serves as a liaison between Corporate staff level management and region Finance.

Job Duties
Monitors Business, Cost and Profit Performance:

• Produces reports comparing actual expenses to planned expenses to determine U.S. domestic corporate finance performance.
• Projects cost performance for the current month prior to month-end to provide an estimate of cost results.
• Analyzes cost areas where performance is below target (e.g., billed volume compared to expense, etc.) to determine reasons for variances and to develop action plans.
• Monitors company cost initiatives (e.g., rent, number of trailers, etc.) to understand variances.

Prepares Business, Cost and Profit Performance Reviews:

• Creates presentations to reflect actual versus business plan results to the Management Committee.
• Evaluates cost overruns by region to provide data to the Management Committee for their review and action.
• Enters cost initiative results (e.g., transportation, staffing, etc.) into presentations to reflect percent effectiveness in the planned savings.

Evaluates and Inputs BSC Results:

• Identifies BSC elements and guidelines to ensure accurate scoring occurs on the BSC.
• Obtains information from various business groups (e.g., Business Information Analysis, etc.) to enter in the BSC.
• Populates the monthly results (i.e., actual versus planned) to hold regions and districts accountable to planned targets.
• Determines the scores attained in each element to identify the best and least best districts and regions.
• Publishes Finance BSC results to identify the best and least best districts and regions.

Tracks and Reports on Cost and Staffing Initiatives:

• Enters staffing reduction results by region to hold regions accountable to the plan.
• Consolidates the executive summary overview to measure actual versus business plan results in safety, cost, volume growth, production, and service.
• Distributes results to regions to ensure awareness of monthly performance.

Liaises with Region and District Finance and Corp Controller Coordinator:

• Reviews BSC appeals to ensure the data on the BSC accurately represents region and district performance.
• Monitors cost plans to ensure adjustments are made to meet business objectives.
• Reviews customer issues (e.g., billing errors, etc.) to provide guidance to Business Development.

Job Requirements
Job Specific Competencies:

• Establishes Metrics and Performance Tools
• Finance Knowledge
• Report Generation
• Small Package Operations Knowledge