Finance Senior Analyst, Food NA

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.

Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life's essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing-today and for generations to come.

Location Information

This role is onsite majority of the time at our Butler, Wisconsin Beef Processesing Plant. Read more about the plant here: https://careers.cargill.com/en/butler-wi

Job Purpose and Impact

The Finance Senior Analyst, Food NA job performs complex managerial accounting activities and partners with business leaders to support financial decision making at our ground beef plant in Butler, WI. With minimal supervision, this job analyzes and reviews financial data and makes recommendations on budgeting and forecasting processes. This job also leads the continuous improvement of management information systems, reporting standards and business metric development to drive data informed business decisions.

Key Accountabilities

• BUSINESS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: Works with business to analyze and interpret business performance against plans, budgets, forecasts and other key performance indicators.
• DECISION SUPPORT: Reviews and communicates insights based on financial analysis and research to support strategic business decision making.
• COST ANALYSIS: Reviews cost analysis for specific products, projects, or plants to better understand cost drivers and opportunities for improvement.
• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Maintains knowledge of industry trends and accounting standards, ensuring compliance and driving process innovation and continuous improvement within the department to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
• RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Cultivates and maintains close partnerships with business leaders and business teams to understand local and regional business needs and collaborates with other finance leads to deliver on overall finance function expectations.
• RISK & CONTROL REPORTING: Reviews various complex reports including risk and mitigation controls reports, custom transaction code reports and sensitive role reports for gap assessment and cleanup activities to identify and address any gaps, vulnerabilities, or inefficiencies in an organization's control environment.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Data analytical skills for using spreadsheets or business intelligence tools.
• Experience leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience using accounting technology applications.
• Professional experience working in a plant environment.
• SAP experience

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Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

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