Senior Analyst, FP&A- Boise, ID
Job Summary
The Simplot Company is a diverse privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands phosphate mining fertilizer manufacturing farming ranching and cattle production and other enterprises related to agriculture.
Financial Planning and Forecasting
- Support the annual budgeting monthly forecasting and long-range planning processes for Simplot AgriBusiness Retail.
- Coordinate planning inputs across business units and functions to support consistency accuracy and alignment with strategic objectives.
- Develop and maintain financial models used to forecast revenue gross margin operating expenses cash flow and other key financial metrics.
- Perform scenario and sensitivity analysis to evaluate key assumptions business risks and opportunities.
- Consolidate forecasts and plans and communicate significant changes drivers and implications to finance and business leaders.
Business Partnership and Decision Support
- Serve as a finance partner to business leaders by providing financial guidance and analytical support for operational and strategic decisions.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate business initiatives investments and performance improvement opportunities.
- Translate complex financial and operational data into meaningful insights and practical recommendations.
- Challenge assumptions identify risks and opportunities and help leaders understand the financial implications of business decisions.
- Build effective working relationships across Finance Operations Commercial Human Resources Technology and other support functions.
Performance Management and Reporting
- Prepare monthly and quarterly financial performance reporting and management review materials.
- Analyze actual results against budget forecast prior year and strategic targets and provide clear explanations of key variances.
- Monitor key business drivers and performance indicators and identify emerging trends risks and opportunities.
- Develop dashboards and reporting tools that improve visibility into financial and operational performance.
- Present findings and recommendations to finance and business leadership teams.
Financial Modeling and Strategic Analysis
- Develop financial models supporting business cases investment decisions pricing initiatives workforce planning and strategic projects.
- Evaluate the financial impacts of business initiatives through quantitative analysis and scenario modeling.
- Support productivity analysis cost optimization and other efforts to improve business performance.
- Conduct ad hoc analyses to support executive decision-making and strategic priorities.
Process Improvement and Analytics
- Identify opportunities to simplify standardize and automate financial planning reporting and analytical processes.
- Enhance reporting capabilities through improved data analytics and visualization tools.
- Partner with Technology and Data teams to improve data quality accessibility governance and reporting efficiency.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across the FP&A organization.
- Strong financial modeling forecasting analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with financial planning reporting or business intelligence tools.
- Experience with SAP SAP Analytics Cloud Power BI Power Query or similar platforms preferred.
- Strong understanding of financial statements and the relationship between financial results and operational business to communicate complex financial concepts clearly to finance and non-financial audiences.
- Strong collaboration influencing organizational and presentation skills.
- Five or more years of related experience in financial planning and analysis financial analysis business partnering corporate finance accounting or a related analytical finance role.
Job Requisition ID:27288
Travel Required:Less than 10%
Location(s):Simplot Headquarters - Boise
Country:United States
**The Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion national origin ancestry age sex gender gender identity gender expression genetic information physical or mental disability medical condition sexual orientation military or veteran status marital status or any other protected status.
If the Simplot Company decides to offer you this position such offer will be conditioned on your satisfactory completion of a post-offer criminal background check. For Washington Job Applicants see the Washington State Attorney Generals Washington Fair Chance Act GuideandRCW 49.94.010 for more information.**
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Learn about the J.R. Simplot Company, including our purpose and core values. A leader in global agriculture, we pioneer sustainable innovations to protect resources and feed a growing population.