About this role
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.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Senior Planning and Reporting Analyst performs financial planning and analysis activities that integrate planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting and analysis to create a deep understanding of business performance.
With minimal supervision, this job preparesfinancial reports, analyzes and reviews financial data and makes recommendations on budgeting andforecasting 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Develops reports and dashboards to track business performance against plans, budgets, forecasts and other key performance indicators.
- Reviews and communicates insights based on financial analysis and research to support strategic business decision making.
- Reviews cost analysis for specific products, projects, or plants to better understand cost drivers and opportunities for improvement.
- Performs complex financial reporting and presentations to improve the communication process of initiatives and results to business teams and other partners.
- Leads implementing improvements related to data and technology to support standardization and simplification of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
- Leads the implementation of effective management reporting practices to improveand ensure data integrity and relevancy.
- Cultivates and maintains close partnerships with business leaders and businessteams to understand local and regional business needs and collaborates with other finance leads to deliver on overall finance function expectations.
- 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, or inefficiencies in an organization's control environment.
Qualifications
- Minimum of four years of related work experience
- Advanced data analytical skills for use of spreadsheets and business intelligence tools
- Proven experience leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making
- Fluent level of English
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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Other facts
About cargill
Cargill is a family company committed to nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. With over 158 years of experience, we sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. Whether it’s making alternative proteins for food manufacturers or helping farmers raise healthier animals with AI, we put as much care into how things are sourced as what we provide. We put people first. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.
What you'll do
- The Senior Financial and Reporting Analyst performs financial planning and analysis activities, preparing financial reports and making recommendations on budgeting and forecasting processes. This role also leads improvements in management information systems and reporting standards to support data-informed business decisions.
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