Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

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Your Opportunity

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.

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.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• 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.

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

• 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.

Smithfield Foods provides pay ranges that reflect its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the company reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of hire. Individual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, location of the position, the candidate’s qualifications and experience, internal equity, external market pay for comparable positions and budget considerations. At Smithfield Foods, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about our benefits package here.

EEO Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.