Analyst, Financial Senior

Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for supporting agriculture retailers’ operations leaders through commercial FP&A activity. This position will play a pivotal role in transforming finance through transferring FP&A related responsibilities to a center-led team. This includes, but is not limited to, supporting retail operations, sales, trading, planning, and functional managers through budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis & general business and decision support. The position will also work closely with Ag Finance and Corp. Finance FP&A team members supporting budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and other responsibilities.

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Responsibilities

Partner with and Support Commercial Leaders

• Provide detailed Income Statement flux analyses and variance analyses
• Analyze volumes and margins quantitatively and qualitatively. Provide insights and recommendations to commercial leaders based on findings.
• Analyze sales general and administrative expenses against budgets and forecasts.
• Compare direct plant expenses to budgets.
• Analyze efficiency of assets and make recommendations for improvements. Support BU leaders with producer board material preparations and presentations.
• Support commercial leaders by providing reporting to be shared with local producer boards.

Provide Financial Analysis & Decision Support

• Execute complex financial analysis to identify trends and recommend solutions to improve margins and/or reduce risk.
• Analyze financial data, market trends, and industry benchmarks to gather findings and insights that can be leveraged to improve the BU decision making capabilities; prepare appropriate communications to leaders.
• Enable decision making via the delivery of high impact financial analyses.
• Lead ad-hoc projects without significant guidance from leadership.

Strengthen Financial Forecasting & Analytical Capabilities

• Partner with the business unit and finance team to enhance financial forecasting capabilities and increase forecast accuracy.
• Partner with finance FP&A team to develop financial dashboards, models and reports for commercial leadership and divisional leaders.
• Assist with process improvement projects that focus on budgeting and long-range planning.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics, Business, Business Administration, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, and/or Financial Planning and Analysis

Additional Qualifications

• Ability to solve complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
• In depth understanding of budgeting, long-range planning and forecasting processes as well as various financial statements (Balance Sheet, P&L, Statement of Cash Flow).
• Confirmed proficiency in financial analysis, modeling, and forecasting.
• Demonstrated learning agility with the ability to understand complex business problems.
• Experienced user of ERP systems and forecasting tools as well as strong experience working with various types of data and information.
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks at once.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to teach and mentor others and thrive in a team environment.
• Possess a continuous improvement mindset with the desire to lead change initiatives.