Analyst, Strategic Financial Transformation

| Austin, TX | Hybrid
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Why project44?  

Our mission is to usher in a new era of trust and predictability to transportation and logistics, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. The industry is massive, as is the opportunity. We’re looking for bright, ambitious individuals to join our growing global team and help us enable a more productive and successful world. We’re changing the way the world ships, and we’re looking for you to help us get there!  

Title: Analyst, Strategic Financial Transformation

Location: Chicago, IL | Austin, TX

Job Description

Project44 is actively seeking an Analyst to support program coordination, transformation, and change management initiatives within Finance and across the organization.  You will be responsible for coordinating program activities with Transformation Managers within the Strategic Financial Transformation team, as well as partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to drive various transformation projects (e.g., IPO Readiness, Strategic Goal Deployment, Finance M&A Integration, process improvement, technology implementation).  As part of these responsibilities, you will support Transformation Managers with the creation and execution of change management strategies to ensure organization, process, and technology changes realize maximum impact.  You will get as much responsibility as you demonstrate you can handle! 

  • You will work with a large range of stakeholders, be required to navigate ambiguous challenges, and partner effectively to deliver change
  • Support the planning and execution of complex enterprise and finance projects while collaborating with global, cross-functional teams
  • Gather and analyze new business requirements in support of transformation project planning
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, technical teams, and project sponsors to define overall project goals, approach, deliverables, and timelines
  • Analyze implementation requirements and provide recommendations to project stakeholders in support of key decisions
  • Perform program administration activities by ensuring adherence to project plans, tracking risks / issues, and coordinating and facilitating defined project governance cadences
  • Facilitate evaluation, escalation, resolution, and ongoing monitoring of stakeholder issues
  • Coordinate with teams to ensure execution is on track and aligned to overall project goals
  • Develop communication and training strategies for impacted stakeholders and end users to support success of transformation initiatives
  • Develop collaborative working relationships with stakeholders and execution teams, maintaining effective communication channels

Basic Qualifications

  • 2-3 years of experience in Management Consulting, Corporate Finance, Financial Operations, or Process Improvement
  • Knowledge of business and finance necessary
  • BS/BA Degree in Finance, Accounting, Math, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
  • Significant Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability to prioritize and organize projects for self and cross-functionally
  • Experience advising or working in high-tech startup company with a fast-paced environment, specifically in SaaS
  • Management Consulting experience is a plus
  • Experience working in, or with stakeholders in, Europe / Asia-Pacific a plus
  • The highest standards of accuracy, organization and precision and the ability to think creatively and strategically while acting tactically
  • Demonstrated ability to establish positive relationships and work effectively with all internal and external constituencies
  • Outstanding communications and interpersonal skills
  • You must be assertive, highly driven, and self-motivated
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with well-developed analytical capabilities

Diversity & Inclusion

We're designing the future of how the world moves and is connected through trade and global supply chains. We can only deliver a truly world-class product and experience if our teams are as diverse and unique communities we are building for. So it's up to us to create a company where anyone can bring their authentic self to work everyday. We're constantly working to improve, and we accept our responsibility to elevate the voices left in the margins. It's on every one of us.

Our focus on inclusion manifests in the way we hire, the customers we serve, and the regions we prioritize. We're building a company that every one of us at project44 is proud to work for: a company that celebrates you for being you.

We pride ourselves on celebrating everyone — project44 is an equal opportunity employer actively working on creating a diverse and inclusive work environment where underrepresented groups can thrive. If you share our values and our passion for helping the way the world moves, we’d love to review your application!

For any needed accommodations during the hiring process, please email [email protected]. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet just 50% of the role’s requirements.

More about project44 

Since 2014, project44 has been transforming the way one of the largest, most important global industries does business. As transportation and logistics continues to evolve and customer expectations around delivery become more demanding, industry technology must rise to the occasion. In just a few short years, we’ve created a digital infrastructure that eliminates the inefficiencies caused by dated technology and manual processes. Our Advanced Visibility Platform is used by the world’s leading brands to track shipments, collaborate with supply chain partners, drive operational efficiencies, and create outstanding customer experiences.  

More Information on project44
project44 operates in the Logistics industry. The company is located in Chicago, IL and Austin, TX. project44 was founded in 2014. It has 1195 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Volunteer in local community, Partners with nonprofits, Friends outside of work, Eat lunch together, Intracompany committees and Daily sync. To see all 24 open jobs at project44, click here.
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