Senior Financial Analyst - Downstream

Job Description
The Downstream Financial Analyst is responsible for planning, forecasting, and business performance monitoring for the North America downstream platforms (Coffee, Plant Proteins and FFS), including strategic analysis which will provide comprehensive insights on financial performance to key stakeholders. This position will partner with commercial teams and functions to seek out value-added business ideas.
Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
Planning and Forecasting:
Coordinate the budget process for the North American downstream platforms including:
Coordinate the timeline and ensure proper communication with all stakeholders across commercial and functional teams
Critically analyze and challenge budget assumptions
Prepare effective budget templates and deliverables within deadlines
Coordinate the monthly landing process for the North American downstream platforms including:
Challenge prior budget assumptions and update as needed
Effectively communicate changes to various stakeholders
Prepare effective landing analysis / commentary within deadlines
Coordinate the 5 Year Business Plan process for the North American downstream platforms including,
Serve as a point of contact for the global platforms
Coordinate the preparation of the business plan templates and deliverables within the deadline
Critically analyze and challenge 5-year business plan assumptions
Coordinate Cash flow forecasting
Review and critically challenge assumptions for the North American downstream platforms cash flow forecast
Reporting:
Serve as a stakeholder in various regional reporting deliverables including regional and industrial reviews.
Work with commercial and finance teams to enhance the way information is reported to align with both how management views the business and the reporting needs of the finance function
Produce ad hoc reporting for various stakeholders as needed
Business Partnering and Analysis:
Work with various platforms in analysis of large CAPEX projects including the tracking of spending, approvals, preparation of analysis and presentations.
Participate in commercial and industrial reviews. Take ownership for coordinating initiatives which come from those reviews
Analyze performance/cost of business activities and develop proposals to improve overall financial performance of the company (and manage projects to ensure implementation)
Perform balance sheet analysis on platform metrics and assist in developing strategies to improve metrics.
Provide any ad-hoc analysis upon request to support business decision making