Finance Senior Analyst, Corporate FP&A
About The Position
The Finance Senior Analyst, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis performs complex corporate financial planning and analysis to provide support and insights for the organization’s businesses and leadership. With minimal supervision, the role analyzes corporate functions and other drivers, expenses, external benchmarks, and publications to provide a broad view of the financial landscape and identify organizational overlaps, synergies, opportunities, and risks. The position is based at Cargill’s Global Headquarters in Wayzata, Minnesota. The analyst leads reporting, planning, and forecasting processes, including annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, planning-cycle deliverables, stakeholder communications, and governance requirements. The role develops recurring and ad hoc reporting, performance analyses, executive scorecards, commentary, and leadership materials, and partners with finance leadership on analyses and presentations for executive review forums. It also helps establish performance metrics, evaluates planning and reporting effectiveness, improves processes through technology and standardization, supports enterprise reporting systems and governance, and incorporates internal and external perspectives into planning assumptions and strategic discussions.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of relevant work experience; the posting indicates this typically reflects 5 years or more.
Nice To Haves
- Internal Cargill FP&A experience.
- External FP&A experience at a large multinational corporation.
- Detailed knowledge of and experience with multidimensional corporate performance management systems such as OneStream, Hyperion, Anaplan, or similar platforms.
- Detailed knowledge of and experience with Cargill planning and reporting processes and systems.
- Experience developing and maintaining executive reporting and presentation materials in Workiva.
- Proficiency in using AI tools and capabilities to optimize financial reporting and commentary, streamline report preparation, and improve the quality, speed, and consistency of insights.
Responsibilities
- Analyze financial results, planning assumptions, business drivers, and enterprise performance to support executive decision-making.
- Assess performance against competitors and industry trends, helping leadership focus on critical risks and opportunities.
- Lead reporting, planning, and forecasting processes, including annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, planning-cycle deliverables, stakeholder communications, and governance requirements.
- Develop and communicate planning guidance, assumptions, and financial drivers; coordinate collection, validation, and publication of planning inputs.
- Develop recurring and ad hoc financial reports, performance analyses, executive scorecards, commentary, and leadership materials.
- Partner with finance leadership to prepare analyses and presentations for Executive Team Business Reviews, Quarterly Business Reviews, and other executive forums.
- Establish and monitor performance metrics informed by historical analysis and external benchmarking.
- Apply advanced modeling to develop new views of the business and evaluate planning and reporting effectiveness, including timeliness, submission quality, forecast accuracy, stakeholder engagement, and operational efficiency.
- Suggest and support improvements to planning, forecasting, and reporting through technology, automation, standardization, and enhanced reporting capabilities.
- Refine processes and leadership materials based on feedback to improve efficiency and decision support.
- Serve as a subject matter resource for enterprise financial reporting tools and processes, including template administration, cycle readiness, troubleshooting data discrepancies, governance, enhancements, and stakeholder adoption.
- Research and interpret internal and external perspectives to evaluate performance, identify emerging risks, and inform planning assumptions and strategic discussions.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit program, including medical and/or other benefits depending on the position offered and hours worked.
- Discretionary incentive award dependent on company and personal performance.
- Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accrual of one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
