Senior Financial Analyst, Animal Nutrition, Regional Strategy

Land O'Lakes • Arden Hills, MN

2d • $93,360 - $140,040 • Hybrid

About The Position

Senior Financial Analyst, Animal Nutrition, Regional Strategy Land O'Lakes is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join our team. In this new role, you will focus on supporting the Animal Nutrition regional operating model. You will be the primary finance support for a regional cross-functional leadership team. You will provide in-depth review and analysis of financial performance as well as build robust financial models for key initiatives. This role is located at our Arden Hills, MN Corporate headquarters (Tuesday through Thursday each week) Qualified internal candidates outside of MSP may be considered for a virtual work arrangement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance and/or Accounting. MBA or CPA/CMA desired.
• A minimum of 6+ years combined Finance and related business experience required.
• Experience with budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Previous experience analyzing data and providing recommendations.
• Advanced excel and power point skills.
• Previous systems experience with Hyperion, SAP, OBIEE, Power BI a plus.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with business partners.
• Results oriented, must be proactive, self-starter with mindset of continuous improvement.
• Curiosity driven learning to learn the inner workings of the P&L.
• Sound working knowledge of accounting concepts and principles.
• Problem solving aptitude to use insight analysis to create hypotheses and eventual recommendations.
• Strong communication skills including ability to work effectively across multiple levels, functions and organizations.
• Ability to work in a fast pace, changing environment and prioritize workload as needed.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or CPA/CMA desired.
• Previous systems experience with Hyperion, SAP, OBIEE, Power BI a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide and enhance standard monthly reports to the business on financial performance, including in-depth analysis and review of variances.
• Build robust financial models to assess growth/cost initiatives.
• Responsible for anticipating & identifying risks and opportunities and proposing action plans for initiatives to improve performance.
• Partner with cross functional leadership team to drive performance of national strategies at the regional level.
• Collaborate and gather key inputs from business partners to inform the budget and forecast process.
• Support on-going ERP reporting initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level