Senior Financial Analyst - Dairy Foods Sustainability & Risk Management

Senior Financial Analyst - Dairy Foods Sustainability & Risk Management

We are actively seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to provide financial planning & analysis support for businesses within the Dairy Foods portfolio ($4B in sales).  You will be a trusted business partner and key player in providing insights and decision support. Your focus will be across all of Dairy Foods Sustainability and Dairy FoodsRisk Management.

This role is located at our Arden Hills, MN headquarters (hybrid work arrangement each week)

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Support Dairy Foods sustainability by:

  • Ensuring adequate processes and controls are in place to support Dairy Foods Sustainability

  • Analyzing and advocating for financially sound sustainability decisions

  • Contract review (pressure testing for risk)

  • Providing support to cross functional teams in pursuit of sustainability goals

• Be a liaison between P&L owners and sourcing team for all risk positions

• Prepare and communicate weekly commodity risk positions and financial impacts for Dairy Foods, main focus will be US Dairy Foods (USDF) and Specialty Powders

• Prepare periodic outlook of opportunities and risks to total Dairy Foods performance 

• Monthly reporting on Global Dairy Ingredients (GDI) financials

• Special projects as assigned for Dairy Foods Businesses

Experience & Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline; CMA or CPA desired

• Minimum 5-7 years related work experience

• Strong understanding of the interconnectivity between the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows

• Previous experience with executive level reporting and communications

• Prior experience with Hyperion Essbase Planning, OBI, Power BI, JDE applications, Microsoft Office or other similar systems

Competencies & Skills:

• Highly driven, self-motivated and strong internal drive

• Intellectual curiosity; strive to challenge for continuous learning

• Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to perform well in a dynamic environment

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, including ability to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience

• Strategic thinking and planning skills

• Analytical and quantitative with strong financial analysis skills

• Able to work with and gain insights from various sources of data across the organization

• Process orientation, including ability to question, streamline, and improve existing processes

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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