Job Purpose and Impact

In this role you serve as the primary finance contact for the Wahpeton, ND CSSTNA Facility.The Plant Finance Senior Analyst will apply in depth knowledge to provide financial decision support and insight as the finance business partner to both management and operational teams for complex facilities. In this role, you will work closely with various stakeholders to ensure results are timely, qualitative, analyzed and understood. You will provide essential partnership in the business decision process by providing continuous improvement of financial processes.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide finance business partnership for management teams by understanding and supporting strategic business priorities, challenges and impacts within the assigned plants.
• Evaluate and measure relevant cost drivers to manage manufacturing costs and plant performance to drive value creation and preservation.
• Develop and maintain relationships with business leadership and business teams.
• Foster continuous improvement in the finance team, challenge the status quo and play a leading role in increasing effectiveness and efficiency of our broader finance team.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Collaborate on plant budgeting process, including expenses controlling, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Knowledge of manufacturing cost drivers
• Experienced leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with SAP
• Initiative and results driven
• Ability to influence and communicate
• In depth knowledge of cost accounting methodologies and processes
• Experience working in a financial role in a manufacturing environment

US Covid-19 Vaccination Update: Cargill highly encourages vaccinations but does not mandate at this time. Upon hire, you will be asked to provide your vaccination status, and if unvaccinated or if you choose not to disclose, you would be expected to follow Cargill’s safety protocols for unvaccinated employees (i.e., mask mandates, and social distancing).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.