Title:  Finance Senior Analyst, Food NA - SST

Job Purpose and Impact

The Finance Senior Analyst, SST (Straches, Sweeteners and Texturizers) in Food NA job performs complex financial planning, analysis and forecasting to enable the development of business strategy, setting clear, financially focused targets for the organization and ensuring effective deployment of capital. With minimal supervision, this job acts as a critical business partner and performs necessary financial rigor and complex analysis to monitor the progress and achievement of financial results to ensure value creation for the organization. This job also leads implementation of the capital investment portfolio across the assigned business to align program outcomes, objectives and technical goals with the corporate, group and functional strategy to deliver business outcomes.

Key Accountabilities

• FINANCIAL PLANNING, REPORTING & ANALYSIS: Reviews and provides timely, accurate and consistent financial planning, budgeting, management reporting and analysis for the assigned product line, translating financial metrics into relevant insights to help improve decision making, performance and business growth.
• MODELING & ANALYSIS: Develops and delivers complex modeling and benchmarking to bring insights to the business, and develops and delivers presentations to communicate insights, including defending positions on controversial topics, and adapting style to continuously seek mutually beneficial solutions.
• CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Leads implementing improvements related to data and technology to support standardization and simplification of financial planning, budgeting, and management reporting.
• REPORTING & PRESENTATIONS: Performs complex financial reporting and presentations to improve the communication process of initiatives and results to business teams and other partners.
• TOOLS, MODELS & REPORTING: Builds strong partnerships with peers in cross functional financial teams to accomplish the finance strategy and strategic goals of the product line, developing and implementing effective and efficient tools, benchmarking, models and reporting to provide insights and ensure accuracy and transparency.
• INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING: Partners to manage key financial risks and implement the monetization of integrated business planning, forecasting and operating review for the business group or function.
• OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: Monitors performance against strategic decisions by providing financial support to accomplish plans, including financial modeling, scenario planning, and valuation.
• STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT: Coordinates commercial conversations, reviews collected stakeholder inputs and prepares quantitative summaries to help influence others to improve decision making.
• CAPITAL PROJECT INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT: Leads implementing capital investment portfolios across the assigned business to achieve strategic goals of the business and broad organizational goals, maintaining governance of portfolio and program practices.

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Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with design, development and implementation of value-added business analytics
• Data analytical skills using spreadsheet and business intelligence tools

Position Information

• Location is Wayzata, Minnesota.
• Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.
• The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
• Schedule is Monday to Friday typically from 8 AM to 5 PM.

The expected salary for this position is $100,000 -$150,000. 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).

Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.