Title:  Director, Finance - Plan & Forecast Portfolio

Job Purpose and Impact

The Director, Finance – Plan & Forecast Portfolio leads the strategy, evolution, and execution of the Plan & Forecast FP&A Capability portfolio, translating the overall FP&A Capability strategy and total Cargill FP&A direction into an aligned capability roadmap, end-to-end process model, product portfolio, and transformation agenda. This role serves as the portfolio leader and global process owner for the capabilities within the portfolio, establishing standards with FP&A partners, prioritizing investments and resources, and ensuring that process, data, technology, and change initiatives deliver measurable business and FP&A Capability outcomes. The role directs Product Owners and aligned teams, partners with other FP&A Capability leaders, FP&A teams, Controllership/A&FR, and DT&D, and provides senior leaders with the insights, recommendations, and decision support needed to improve performance, allocate resources, and advance total Cargill FP&A and FP&A Capability priorities.

Key Accountabilities

• FP&A OVERSIGHT & IMPROVEMENT: Leads the team to provide relevant and insightful analyses to businesses and functions, applying external benchmarks and new viewpoints on financial planning and analysis and management practices.

• REPORTING, PLANNING & FORECASTING PROCESSES: Leads the evolution and implementation of reporting, planning, AI, and/or forecasting capabilities within the assigned portfolio, translating FP&A Capability strategy and total Cargill FP&A direction into aligned process standards, priorities, and improvement roadmaps. Partners with businesses, functions, Product Owners, and delivery teams to improve process effectiveness, adoption, and decision support.

• FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: Establishes the portfolio direction, standards, and priorities for consistent financial analysis, insights, and decision support across Cargill. Guides Product Owners and aligned teams in delivering cohesive management insights for senior leaders, improving investment and trade-off processes, and strengthening performance accountability and value realization.
• SETS PERFORMANCE METRICS: Partners to establish metrics and targets, and leads the benchmarking to assess performance and progress to provide key investment information for executive leaders and the board of directors in the form of data and quantitative details.
• DRIVES IMPROVEMENT: Leads recommendations to improve processes and tools to drive efficiencies and bridge functional strategy and capabilities to enable transformational ambitions and business needs.
• TEAM MANAGEMENT: Manages team members to achieve the organization’s goals, by ensuring productivity, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, giving and seeking feedback, providing coaching, measuring progress and holding people accountable, supporting employee development, recognizing achievement and lessons learned, and developing enabling conditions for talent to thrive in an inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum requirement of 6 years of relevant work experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• History of leading high-performing teams and ability to indirectly influence
• Demonstrated experience leading strategic transformation, process transformation, or data transformation
• Proven track record of success in Enterprise, Business Group, Segment, or functional FP&A
• “Citizen data scientist”: Familiarity with machine learning, deterministic modeling techniques, accuracy measurements, and other forecasting methodologies

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Compensation Data

The expected salary for this position is $150,000 - $200,000. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance.

At Cargill we put people first.  As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).