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Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, marketing approximately 3 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns four feed mills, manages 145,000 sows on 44 farms, and oversees more than 350 nurseries and grow-finish sites. The company employees nearly 1,000 people and maintains 1,500 contract partnerships.

 

From Our Manager:

"There will be many opportunities in this role to develop your FP&A skillset and leverage data to forecast important outcomes".

-Hiring Manager

 

Position Overview and Responsibilities: 

The Financial Analyst position is a critical member of the Finance department. This position plays a key role in working with business leaders across specific departments, namely Procurement, Feed Mill Operations, Production and Finance/Accounting. A successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to identify and pursue business improvement initiatives and cost capturing opportunities. They will also demonstrate the ability to analyze business performance and collaboratively assess and recommend strategic decisions across the organization in areas such as expense and process management. 

 

A successful candidate will demonstrate sound analytical skills and translate the information into key messages and actionable outcomes. They will be highly inquisitive, creative, and most importantly, they will engage with key stakeholders to drive business results. 

 

Majors Areas of Accountability:

  • Responsible for extracting and analyzing data from several applications to monitor trends, support reporting, ad-hoc analysis, special projects, and support decision-making across the organization.
  • Develop and prepare financial reports including cost analysis, trend analysis, variance analysis, and identification of cost reducing initiatives.
  • Collaborate with business leaders to create, improve, and maintain key performance indicators that drive spend optimization and overall organizational effectiveness. 
  • Conduct ad-hoc analysis to support business leaders and special projects to explain key business drivers and influence optimal business decisions.
  • Consult proactively with business leaders to ensure information, analysis and reporting needs are met. 
  • Assist in cost management and financial performance evaluations of departments and divisions. 
  • Collaborate with accounting and business leaders to assist in preparation of annual budgets.
  • Create and maintain detailed financial models including long and short-range forecast and finance models to support special projects and decision support.
  • Prepares return on investment analysis on proposed projects and investments.
  • Other duties as assigned.

 

What You Offer Us:

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance or other equivalent
  • 0-3 years of related experience 
  • Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel

 

STRONG ANALYTICAL SKILLS

  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Ability to identify the significant factors of an issue
  • Employ creativity in identifying causes, implications, and remedies
  • Demonstrate a balance between theoretical and practical solutions
  • Detail-oriented and ensures a high level of data accuracy and reliability

INTUITIVE SKILLS

  • Aptitude and desire to learn other areas of the business for a well-rounded perspective. 
  • Ability to work independently
  • Effectively follow through on assignments with successful outcomes
  • Timely follow-up; meet deadlines; demonstrate a sense of urgency; effectively prioritize multiple projects while setting clear expectations with business partners
  • Strong organizational skills

EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS

  • Efficient and effective oral and written communication skills
  • Strong presentation skills - ability to confidently present to senior management concise and intuitive information to 'tell the story'
  • Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with peers

OTHER

  • Highly intelligent with excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to produce results in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to adapt to change of responsibilities and additional duties demanded by the business.
  • Approaches complex problems and analyses with an open, collaborative mindset
  • Eager and willing to contribute to the success of the finance team through close collaboration and team building
  • Seeks additional training and knowledge to build expertise and proactively shares know-how for betterment of team members and processes
  • Supports and leads areas of assigned responsibility through effective and frequent collaboration and business partnering.

 

What We Offer You:

  • Future leadership career track with many career growth opportunities along the way.
  • We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, a flexible spending account (FSA), life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid time off bank, an employee assistance program (EAP), and more. 
  • Be part of an organization that gives back to the community in many ways---including feed programs that support local farms, food shelf programs, food support for veterans, agriculture education and promotion, FFA/4H support, charitable contributions, etc. 
  • A company that has a passionate purpose for food safety, animal welfare, and for living its core values every day--respect, integrity, excellence, adaptability, and innovation. 
  • A culture that fosters employee growth, promotion from within, and a highly team-oriented workplace environment. 

 

Reports to:

Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis

 

Christensen Farms is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to select the most qualified person for each position in the organization. No employee of CF will discriminate against any applicant for employment or a fellow employee because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, citizenship status, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other prohibited basis under applicable local, state, or federal law.