Financial Analyst, Product Consultant

Cargill • Wayzata, MN

5d

About The Position

The Financial Analyst, Product Consultant supports one or more FP&A products within the Reporting & Performance portfolio. Partnering with Product Owners, the role translates business needs into clear, testable requirements and well-defined product outcomes. It bridges Finance and technology by analyzing FP&A processes, data, and user workflows and converting them into requirements, business rules, and definitions for delivery by DT&D and Analytics Engineering teams. The role collaborates with FP&A users, federated subject-matter experts, Controllership/A&FR, and delivery teams to ensure solutions reflect approved finance semantics, controls, and FP&A Capability standards. Through discovery, documentation, testing, and adoption support, the Product Consultant helps ensure reporting, performance, and AI-enabled products are trusted, usable, and deliver measurable value.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate discovery with FP&A users and federated subject-matter experts to understand decisions, workflows, pain points, and controls.
• Develop business needs into user stories, business rules, and testable acceptance criteria aligned with Product Owner priorities and FP&A Capability strategy.
• Analyze end-to-end FP&A processes, source data, hierarchies, and calculations to identify gaps, root causes, and dependencies.
• Document data requirements, lineage needs, and fitness-for-purpose expectations in partnership with supporting teams.
• Support statistical analysis to identify data trends, patterns, and anomalies using statistical software and programming languages for data manipulation and analysis.
• Implement opportunities to improve data collection and reporting processes and apply standard methodologies for data management and reporting.
• Collaborate with multifunctional teams to support data needs and value opportunities, partnering with digital technology and data engineering teams to help ensure data integrity and accuracy.
• Perform moderately complex reports and analyses to support data accuracy, consistency, and security.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit program, including medical and/or other benefits depending on the position offered and hours worked.
• Eligible for a discretionary incentive award dependent on company and personal performance.
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.

What This Job Offers

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