About the Role
We are looking for a Finance Manager to join our Strategic Finance team at Uber Freight. Uber Freight is a fast growing business where you would be responsible for holistic financial support - including budgeting, forecasting, and analysis for a key piece of our business - partnering with the leaders of these areas in making strategic decisions that accelerate growth and drive higher margins.
What the Candidate Will Do
- Think strategically and then execute - the models we build aid in decision making and strategy (e.g. using customer profitability to influence capital allocation and strategy shifts) - we operationalize our insights
- Lead a team - supervise a group of financial analysts engaged in monthly forecasting and close, as well as annual budget process for our your assigned area of the business
- Partner across the business - build relationships with senior commercial, operations, and support leaders around the company and collaborate with them to execute our strategy
- Analyze variances between actuals, forecast, and plan - use insights to iterate on forecasts and create action
- Sophisticated financial modeling - build models from scratch, improve existing models, break complex models down into components that consolidate - you can do it all
- Help us scale / transition from startup to enterprise - Part of this is maturing our planning processes, part is ensuring finance best practices spread through the organization
- Innovate - we will push the boundaries beyond traditional forecasting. Be creative, adaptive, and eager to learn new technical skill sets
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics
- 3-5 years in FP&A/StratFin at a large enterprise or startup
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the transportation industry
- Elite Excel or Google Sheets skills
- Working knowledge of enterprise-level financial planning systems
- Strong working knowledge of GAAP
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Strong attention to detail
- MBA, CFA or CPA
- SQL/PowerBI/Tableau skills
Benefits & Compensation for U.S. Employees
Employees working more than 30 hours in the US at Uber Freight are eligible for benefits like a company sponsored health plan, dental and vision benefits, 401k match, financial and mental wellness benefits, parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance and more. US based employees may also be eligible for a performance or sales incentive bonus program, participation in Uber Freight equity awards, and other types of compensation depending upon the role.
Illinois: The salary range for this role is $100,750 to $144,950 a year
About Uber Freight
Uber Freight helps companies move goods more reliably and efficiently. We bring together the technology, people, and transportation capacity they need, using real‑time data from millions of shipments to guide smarter decisions. That helps customers spot issues early, avoid costly surprises, and deliver on time. Uber Freight works with 1 in 3 Fortune 500 shippers across North America and manages over $17B in freight. Learn more at www.uberfreight.com.
Candidate Privacy Notice
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EEOC
Uber Freight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Skills Required
- Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics
- 3-5 years in FP&A/StratFin at a large enterprise or startup
- Experience in the transportation industry
- Elite Excel or Google Sheets skills
- Working knowledge of enterprise-level financial planning systems
- Strong working knowledge of GAAP
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Strong attention to detail
- MBA, CFA or CPA
- SQL, Power BI, Tableau skills
Uber Freight Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Uber Freight and has not been reviewed or approved by Uber Freight.
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Healthcare Strength — Corporate employee coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental/vision, mental‑health resources, and wellness support aligned with Uber’s broader offerings. Coverage spans core health areas and is positioned as a competitive, big‑company package.
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Parental & Family Support — Family‑planning support includes fertility, adoption, and surrogacy assistance, with resources for new parents. These benefits are presented as part of the standard offering for corporate employees.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Personal time off and paid leave are included, with references to generous PTO and a fully paid sabbatical after extended tenure. Time‑off policies are framed as a meaningful component of the total rewards.
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