Financial Analyst

Are you looking to work for a stable, growing company in essential industries?  Come work for our international organization that is a key leader in the global markets, including oilseed processing, animal feed, breakfast cereal, snack food, biofuels and metal-packaging industries.  CPM Holdings, Inc is a global leader in the design, production and marketing of high-quality, efficient, durable process systems, equipment and after-market parts and services across five core business segments: CPM (California Pellet Mill), Extrusion, Thermal, Metal Packaging, and Automation.    

The foundation of our company dates back to 1883 and we continue to leverage our history, experience, and entrepreneurial spirit to increase our global presence through innovative organic growth and strategic acquisition opportunities.  We currently operate in 26 facilities in 11 countries.

Due to business growth and prioritization on advancing our ability to be a data-driven organization, we are adding an exciting new opportunity for a Financial Analyst role based in Blaine, MN or Waterloo, IA. 

The individual in the financial analyst role will be a key member of the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team, reporting to the Director of FP&A, and will have broad exposure to global business units and cross-functional teams in  support of rolling forecast and budget consolidation, weekly cash flow analysis, pricing and cost analytics, capital project analysis, KPI tracking as well as a variety of ad hoc analysis. This collaborative and self-motivated individual will have many opportunities to contribute to the decision-making process in a very entrepreneurial organization through reporting and analysis and will be a key asset in the future growth of the company.

Responsibilities 

• Partner at all levels of the organization to help prepare the weekly, monthly and annual financial and analytical deliverables, and ability to be flexible with evolving deadlines and priorities
• Support the coordination, consolidation, and review of the weekly cash flow forecast, monthly rolling 12-month forecast, and annual budgeting process
• Assist in the development and roll-out of the global Business Intelligence (BI) reporting tool through assisting in report creation, data validation, and ongoing data integrity management
• Provide ongoing access to data, supporting analytics, and commentary as it relates to sales, customers, strategy and supply chain metrics
• Participate in management and board of directors reporting process by preparing data, commentary, relevant analytics, and contribute to process and content improvements
• Assist in evaluating capital investment opportunities with strong cost-benefit analysis processes to assist in strategic decision making
• Establish key relationships with internal and external stakeholders, becoming a trusted business partner
• Perform special projects and other responsibilities as assigned
• Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years’ financial analysis and/or accounting experience
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills including v-lookups, pivot tables, sumifs
• Strong aptitude for working with data, and excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Comfortable developing answers to ambiguous questions
• Comfortable taking on and driving early stage ad hoc requests through review and completion
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work with constantly changing priorities
• Self-motivated, proactive individual who constantly seeks improvement opportunities
• Demonstrated ability to work across functions and with all levels of management
• Ability to work independently and as a member of various teams
• Ability to work with a sense of urgency in a fast-paced matrix, and handle multiple projects to meet deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to a variety of audiences
• Ability to help drive collaboration and communication across globally located teams to help increase awareness and communication of global processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a manufacturing business, particularly a global organization
• Experience with a global ERP, such as SAP
• Experience with Oracle and the Smartview data tool
• Experience developing Microsoft Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Experience with Macros
• Experience developing pricing and costing models
• Experience developing Senior Management level Power Point presentations

A successful candidate must be engaging, proactive and eager to take on new challenges as a team player.  Attention to detail and accuracy is required.  Organizational, problem-solving, decision-making, negotiation, conflict management skills and a continuous learning attitude are required.  Candidates must have the ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally to internal and external stakeholders.  10-25% travel may be required