Finance Analyst, Food North America
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 Information
This role is onsite majority of the time at our West Columbia, South Carolina Beef Processesing Plant (1964 Old Dunbar Rd, West Columbia, SC 29172). Read more about the plant here: https://careers.cargill.com/en/westcolumbia-sc
Job Purpose and Impact
The Finance Analyst, Food North America job performs moderately complex managerial accounting activities in support of financial decision making at our ground beef plant in West Columbia, SC. With limited supervision, this job analyzes financial data and proposes recommendations on budgeting and forecasting processes. This job also participates in the continuous improvement of management information systems, reporting standards and business metric development to drive data informed business decisions.
Key Accountabilities
- BUSINESS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: Works with business to analyze and interpret business performance against plans, budgets, forecasts and other key performance indicators and draws linkages between non-financial key performance indicators and actual costs for effective tracking, analysis and reporting.
- DECISION SUPPORT: Identifies insights based on financial analysis and research to support strategic business decision making.
- COST ANALYSIS: Analyzes costs associated with products, projects, or specific plants to help better understand cost drivers and opportunities for improvement.
- CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Participates in continuous improvement initiatives within the department by researching industry trends and accounting standards and finding opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
- RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Maintains positive relationships with business leaders and business teams to understand local and regional business needs.
- RISK & CONTROL REPORTING: Reviews various moderately 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, vulnerabilities, or inefficiencies in an organization's control environment.
Qualifications
MINIMUM & TYPICAL YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.
- Data analytical skills for using spreadsheets or business intelligence tools.
- Experienced leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience using accounting technology applications.
- Professional experience working in a plant environment.
- SAP experience
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