Senior finance analyst, dt&d - finance

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
Preference is for this individual to be based out of the Wayzata, Minnesota or Atlanta, Georgia office but also open to remote within North America and Latin America.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Finance Analyst, DTD - Finance job performs and reviews financial planning and analysis activities that integrate planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting and analysis to create a deep understanding of business performance and enable business strategy development. With minimal supervision, this job conducts complex analyses to generate insights and leads to implementing continuous improvements to enhance business decision making.

Key Accountabilities

• FINANCIAL PLANNING, REPORTING & ANALYSIS: Reviews and provides timely, accurate and consistent financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting and analysis for the assigned business group or function, translating financial metrics into relevant insights to help improve decision making, performance and business growth.
• MODELING & ANALYSIS: Partners to perform financial evaluation of new business development opportunities, and develops ad hoc analysis and complex modeling including cost of services and associated trends, both financial and non-financial, to enable decision making and evaluate key performance indicators.
• CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Leads implementing improvements related to data and technology to support standardization and simplification of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting 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 business or function, 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 thoughts, and prepares quantitative summaries of future estimates to present to senior team members to improve decision making.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
• Fluent in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in or familiar with Digital Technology and Data.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

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