Sargento · 16 hours ago
Financial Analyst, Operations
St Cloud, WI
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
2+ years expSargento is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for over 70 years. The Financial Analyst, Operations will lead the processes to compile and analyze production-related financial data, collaborate with department heads, and present reporting and analysis to measure performance and drive financial improvements.
AgricultureFood and BeverageHospitality
Responsibilities
Responsible for understanding production order data, providing quality assurances of data including integrity checks, data cleansing and leading work to correct data as needed
Serve as the knowledge expert for plant on production order confirmation process and provide assistance, training, or interpretation of the data
Create, maintain, and distribute reports to aid in the measurement of plant performance, including the tracking of plant incentive goals or other reports as requested
Own the processes to prepare, analyze, and communicate plant line efficiency, material usage, and yield performance. Inclusive of detailed analysis and reporting for giveaway, scrap, trim reporting. Proactively bring recommendations and insights to team for continuous improvements. Connect operational trends, challenges, and changes to bring stronger insights to financial results
Provide support to the plant forecast process for areas of assigned financial accountability (i.e. line efficiency, material usage, maintenance, etc.)
Develop strong working relationships with production departments and leadership. Leverage these relationships to ensure there is a thorough understanding of production order analysis and financial results. Elevate issues as appropriate to the Plant Finance Manager
Own all plant Maintenance expenditure reporting, analysis, and communication. Provide insights and analytics on trends and how operational performance has impacted maintenance spend
Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, BOMs and Routings as needed. Identify updates that maybe required and make recommendations for changes. Set up regular reviews with department heads to discuss if changes are warranted. Collaborate with master data to implement changes identified
Actively engaged with supporting plant continuous improvement activities, including items like monthly cost savings reporting as well as assisting cost savings analytics
Assist Plant Finance Manager, Central Finance teams, and Plant Operations team with ad hoc financial analysis of reporting that can aide production in understanding variances
Facilitate the costing of new products in SAP. This process would be inclusive of technically entering necessary data into SAP and validating results are in line with expected cost estimate expectations provided by the business units while hitting the expected turnaround time. Work through discrepancies with Master Data, Business Units, and Production Managers. As needed raise questions where there are unique situations to the Plant Finance Manager
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Degree (B.A.) in Accounting or Finance from four-year college or university
two or more years financial reporting or accounting experience
Benefits
Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Remote ½ day Fridays
Onsite Health & Wellness Center
Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation
Relocation Assistance
Tuition Assistance
Access to Employee Store
Company
Sargento
With 2,500 employees and net sales of $1.7 billion, Sargento is a family-owned, privately-held company that has been an innovator in cheese for more than 70 years.
1001-5000 employees
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2022 (8)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Louie Gentine
Chairman and CEO
Robert Walmsley
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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