Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Smithfield Foods•Smithfield, VA

1d•$60,000 - $87,500

About The Position

The FP&A Analyst plays an integral role in analyzing business results and tracking key financial targets. The position forecasts future performance, may assist in preparation of annual budgets, and provides financial support ensuring that the business meets the key financial targets that are set. Analysts interact with Senior Management, Operations, Finance and Accounting teams and provide insight to support channels and product management in making optimal business decisions. This position ensures proper financial, operational, and compliance controls are in place within the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university and 2+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience, required.
Knowledge of accounting/finance systems and financial and business principles.
Ability to make timely decisions and organize multiple tasks accurately in a deadline sensitive environment.
Capability to improve current processes to make them more effective and quickly identify best practices.
Must be comfortable speaking to groups; explaining and detailing business performance in concise and professional manner.
High standards of accuracy.
Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Ability to think creatively.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong self-motivation and organizational skills.
Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

Nice To Haves

High proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Business Warehouse (BW) experience, preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the Company’s financial reporting and analytical data requests.
Evaluate financial and business related data to provide valuable, accurate and timely information on sales performance. Analyze key performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances.
Prepare financial forecasts and provide results to Senior Management and Business Development teams to focus on growth of business and future strategy.
Improve and streamline the Organization’s planning process.
Utilize business intelligence tools and implements dashboard reporting to monitor daily sales against targets, updates cost trend reports and analyzes results to ensure they are in line with the business forecast.
Work with Business Development team to identify opportunities to increase profitability.
Provide daily direction to business managers and channel management to establish strategy and running daily operations.
Review RFP’s to ensure revenue rates and cost assumptions are valid and projected margins are within business goals. Provide financial support to applicable teams.
Design reports that present both actual and budget data in a concise manner for use by management in decision making, to include variance analysis commentary, metrics and trends.
Develops and prepares financial models, reports, and forecasts and conducts benchmarking and process analysis. Works closely with accounting personnel to ensure correct data is used for all modeling.