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Summit School Services companies share a strong commitment to provide the highest level of transportation safety, quality transportation, outstanding customer service and positive employee relations. Our corporate headquarters, located in Warrenville, Illinois, houses the administrative and corporate support functions for the organization. Our 250+ local customer service centers (CSCs) are supported by regional operations teams located throughout North America.

The **Senior Business Analyst** is responsible for supporting the finance and accounting organization with data and reporting development and support to assist with month-end close processes, financial reporting, budget solutions and data and all ad-hoc requests. This includes working with corporate and field finance, IT and accounting organizations to develop process, reporting and analytical solutions.

The role provides opportunity to refine and develop business, operational, financial and business system knowledge while working with members of multiple disciplines and levels within the organization. The team environment is one where one person can make a difference by utilizing technical and analytic skills to identify actionable opportunities for improvement.

Position responsibilities include:

+ Support month-end close using current financial reporting applications as well as develop future enhancements for close and reporting needs

+ Building and maintaining complex financial models. Will include building or improving models and forecasting/budgeting tools to help the Summit team increase projection accuracy

+ Develop ad hoc internal reports for use by the senior leadership and the executive team

+ Develop solutions and processes, as well as update data, for a number of key performance metrics

+ Develop in-depth reporting for fuel purchasing, along with analytical models to more accurately project needs and expenses

+ Involvement in development of future ERP/EPM systems (new or improvements)

$130,000 - $140,000

Qualifications

Position requirements include:

+ Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering or related field required; MBA a plus

+ 5-8 years of experience desired

+ Proven analytic and quantitative decision-making skills

+ Strong analytical, organizational, data management and problem solving skills

+ Proven analytic and quantitative decision-making skills, including the ability to pull meaningful insights out of large data sets

+ Financial experience / understanding of basic forecasting and budgeting concepts

+ Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office. Advanced capabilities with xlookups, pivot tables, and advanced macro writing abilities, as well as the ability to build complex, scenario based, input driven models is a minimum requirement.

+ Deep experience with Financial/Accounting Systems/Platforms (Oracle preferred) that would enable building application solutions and modules as well as potential administrative tasks.User support experience also will be required

+ Broad business knowledge, organizational awareness and an understanding of business profitability drivers

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interface efficiently with all levels of management – ability to provide clear, concise explanations of complex problems to management

+ Strong work ethic and results orientation required for fast paced, customer-focused environment

+ Strong project management, organizational, and multi-tasking skills

+ Intellectually curious with an ability to handle steep learn

_Summit School Services has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with its policies and values, including sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. Summit School Services is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children and passengers._

_We offer medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance coverage, holiday pay, and PTO accrual. Additionally, employees are able to enroll in a retirement savings plan._

_At Summit School Services our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law._

_Summit School Services LLC’s independent subsidiaries and affiliates are an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer_

_The pay rate range, along with most all of the other terms and conditions of employment, vary between different sites, geographical markets, customer/ contractual terms and positions._