Principal Financial & Operations Analyst

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Position at Matson Navigation Company, Inc

Matson has been the leading ocean shipping and logistics provider throughout the Pacific since 1882. We are the supply chain lifeline for Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and islands of the South Pacific. We also offer the top two ocean shipping services in the world’s largest trade lane - Asia to the U.S. West Coast. With our subsidiaries Matson Terminals and Matson Logistics, our business focus is exceeding customer expectations with quality, reliability, and integrity.

We strive to operate in an environmentally sustainable manner and promote land-based environmental programs in Hawaii, Guam, and Alaska. We help improve the communities in which we work and live through our community giving program that annually supports hundreds of local organizations.

Matson is honored to be certified as a Great Place to Work. Our team of dedicated and talented employees consistently deliver exceptional results for our customers and the communities in which we serve.

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The Principal Financial & Operations Analyst is a key business partner to Operations leadership, combining financial and accounting expertise, operational understanding, and technical capability to solve complex business problems and improve performance. Working at the intersection of operations, finance, data, and technology, this role helps shape how information is structured, analyzed, and used to drive decision‑making across the organization.

The role is responsible for building the data, reporting, and analytical capabilities that support operational and financial performance. This includes enterprise reporting solutions, Power BI dashboards, budget and forecasting models, AI‑enabled analytics, and other tools that help leaders understand performance, allocate resources, evaluate opportunities, and make informed business decisions.

This position offers the opportunity to solve complex operational and financial challenges while building capabilities that shape how the organization operates. The successful candidate will be intellectually curious, self‑directed, and motivated by ownership. They will invest the time to understand the operation, work confidently through ambiguity, challenge assumptions, and identify the underlying business need before developing a solution. They will possess the technical depth to build that solution, the financial and operational judgment to ensure it is meaningful, and the persistence to see it through implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement.

This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work at our Corporate Office in Walnut Creek, CA, three (3) days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines, reporting solutions, Power BI dashboards, financial models, and analytical tools that support Vessel and Network Operations, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
• Establish and maintain trusted sources of financial and operational information by integrating, transforming, and governing data from multiple business systems.
• Build scalable Excel‑based budget, forecasting, and scenario models that incorporate operational assumptions, cost drivers, historical performance, and accounting requirements.
• Partner directly with business leaders to understand operational challenges, identify root causes, define requirements, and develop practical data and analytical solutions.
• Translate operational activity into financial insights through analysis of cost drivers, rate, volume, and mix impacts, contract terms, budget variances, forecasts, and performance trends.
• Partner with Operations, Finance, Accounting, and IT to strengthen data governance, standardize reporting logic,…