Margin Analyst

Job Summary

The CFS Margin Analyst is responsible for analyzing and optimizing profitability within the logistics and trucking industry by analyzing pricing strategies, operational costs, and market trends. This role involves evaluating freight rates, fuel surcharges, and cost structures to maximize margins while ensuring competitive pricing. Working closely with finance, sales, and operations teams to provide data-driven insights that support strategic decision-making and improve overall financial performance. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of financial metrics, and the ability to identify opportunities for revenue growth and cost reduction.

Essential Job Functions

• Reporting and Forecasting
• Develop financial models and dashboards to track revenue, costs, and margins, helping leadership make informed decisions.
• Identify, build and drive full-scope order-to-cash price structure audit projects to create best-in-class order-to-cash billing models, with maximum margin and 100% data integrity.
• Collaborating & Communication
• Work cross-functionally with sales, finance, supply chain, and operations to align strategies and drive profitability.
• Ability to strategically present to and influence decision makers for buy-in.
• Margin & Profitability Analysis
• Assess and track margins at various levels, including lane, customer fleet, and service type (e.g., full truckload and LTL).
• Market & Competitor Analysis
• Monitor industry trends, market conditions, and competitor pricing to ensure competitive positioning.
• Technology & Automation
• Leverage TMS (Transportation Management Systems), ERP systems, and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) to streamline reporting and analysis.
• Contract & Bid Support
• Provide financial insights for customer contract negotiations, RFP responses, and freight bids to ensure sustainable profitability.

Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data and generate actionable insights.
• Proactively identify an assess problems and implement appropriate solutions tailored to the teams’ objectives.
• Statistical Analysis
• Understanding of statistical methods to analyze data and identify patterns.
• Market Knowledge
• Strong understanding tracking operations, freight rates, and transportation cost structure.
• Communication Skills
• Effective communication skills to present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Software Proficiency
• Advanced knowledge / ability to deep dive in data analysis tools like Excel, SQL, and statistical software packages.

Minimum Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge / ability to deep dive in data analysis tools like Excel, SQL, and statistical software packages.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of manipulating large sets of data in excel and data sheets.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a projects-based, team environment
• Proficient in multi-tasking and managing multiple projects
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to change

Salary Range

$60,000 - $70,000/year base salary bonus eligibility

• This is an estimated range based on the circumstances at the time of posting, however, may change based on a combination of factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, education, market factors, geographical location, budget, and demand**

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Disability
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays

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About Us

Hub Group is the premier, customer-centric supply chain company offering comprehensive transportation and logistics management solutions. Keeping our customers’ needs in focus, Hub Group designs, continually optimizes and applies industry-leading technology to our customers’ supply chains for better service, greater efficiency and total visibility. As an award-winning, publicly traded company (NASDAQ: HUBG) with $4 billion in revenue, our 6,000 employees and drivers across the globe are always in pursuit of "The Way Ahead" - a commitment to service, integrity and innovation. We believe the way you do something is just as important as what you do. For more information, visit www.hubgroup.com