**Req ID:** 457503 **BASIC PURPOSE:** Perform financial analysis to measure the profitability of existing or prospective business activities and make recommendations on allocating capital. Applicants should be comfortable collaborating and taking ownership of open-ended projects, working with cross-functional teams, and communicating the appropriate level of detail to management. **MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:** + Collaborate with other analysts and cross functional teams to complete analysis projects within timeframes communicated to management. + Throughout the course of analysis, identify important financial trends and provide recommendations to management on optimizing current or prospective business activities. + Collaborate with Corporate Development and other teams related to acquisition opportunities. + Organize and report on large data sets using Excel and other tools, as necessitated by project goals. + Create and maintain financial presentations as needed. + Perform due diligence for prospective acquisitions as needed. + Identify important information contained in the public financial statements and earnings calls of peers, strategic customers, or strategic suppliers and communicate findings effectively to management. **EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:** + Education: + High School Diploma or equivalent required + Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. + CPA or CFA a plus. + Experience: + 1+ years of previous accounting, finance, or analysis experience required + Previous exposure to, or willingness to learn, basics of SQL a plus **SKILLS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:** + Skills: + Proficient in Microsoft Office and ability to learn new software applications and computer programs. + Advanced Excel skills: if statements, index/match, parsing large sets of irregular data, developing financial models with flexible inputs + Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex financial analysis to senior management + Ability to maintain a workload while working with a diverse set of other functions. Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills; teamwork and time management skills; must be reliable and able to meet deadlines. + Physical Demands: + Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping. + Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds. + Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator. + Requires normal range of hearing and vision. **Job Function(s):** Accounting and Finance Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is the industry-leading travel stop network in the United States. For more than 55 years, we’ve provided customers with highway hospitality and “Clean Places, Friendly Faces.” We’re passionate about serving drivers with clean, modern facilities stocked with fuel, food and supplies. We offer meals from popular restaurant chains, trucking supplies, showers and everything needed to get back on the road quickly. The Love’s Family of Companies includes: + Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest trucking fleets + Speedco, the light mechanical and trucking service specialists + Musket, a rapidly growing, Houston-based commodities supplier and trader + Trillium, a Houston-based alternative fuels expert EOE-Protected Veterans/Disability