Primient

Manufacturing

SeniorFinancialAnalyst,OperationsFinance

$84–105k Schaumburg, Illinois, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Financial Analyst, Operations Finance at Primient. Skills: Financial analysis, Cost accounting, Budgeting, Forecasting. Monitor plant performance. Analyze manufacturing costs”

Industry & Context.

Manufacturing
Problems you'll solve

Analytical skills; Translate analytical findings

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

BAS Degree in Accounting, Finance, 5 to 10 years of experience, knowledge of manufacturing cost accounting, knowledge of standard costing, knowledge of variance analysis, Background in budgeting and forecasting, Experience owning full month-end close, Experience owning quarter-end close, Experience owning year-end close, experience analyzing variable costs, experience analyzing fixed costs

Nice to Have

MBA preferred, Prior experience with financial reporting systems, Prior experience with visualization tools

What You'll Do.

Monitor plant performance

Analyze manufacturing costs

Analyze standard cost performance

Identify opportunities for improvement

Prepare financial reports

Communicate financial reports

Prepare variance analysis

Communicate variance analysis

Support budget development

Support forecast development

Provide analysis for budgets

Provide explanations for budgets

Provide analysis for forecasts

Provide explanations for forecasts

Maintain bills of materials

Validate bills of materials

Maintain costing structures

Validate costing structures

Support financial reporting

Ensure integrity of financial reporting

Ensure accuracy of financial reporting

Ensure integrity of capital reporting

Ensure accuracy of capital reporting

Assist logistics with manufacturing activities

Assist demand teams with manufacturing activities

Support capital strategic business plans

Prepare presentations for senior management

Assist with presentations to Operations Leadership

Assist with presentations to Capital Engineering Team

Assist with presentations to COO

Assist with presentations to CFO

Support capital cash flow forecast

Prepare financial capex analyses

Review financial analysis for small projects

Provide financial consulting on initiatives

Support special project work

Provide ad hoc reports

Provide ad hoc analysis

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with site operations; Partner with senior leadership; Partner with operations management; Partner with supply chain; Partner with cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Financial reporting; Variance analysis; Presentations

Full Job Description

Senior Financial Analyst, Operations Finance | Primient # **About Primient** Primient is a century old company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are a leading producer of food and industrial ingredients made from plant-based, renewable sources. We deliver value through deep technical, commercial, and operational excellence that is backed by our long-standing corn wet milling heritage. Wherever we are in the process, from field to customer, our priorities are focused on ensuring we produce the safest, highest quality products through practices that uphold both our responsibility and commitments to the challenge and drive for excellence, our people and our planet. We are a privately held company with locations across the US, Mexico, Poland, and Brazil. We’re investing in our plants and people to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth, we’re focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every teammate. ### # About the Role The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) is a highly visible role that will be responsible for supporting the Sr. Plant Controller and Global Process Engineering team as a business resource and a partner to site operations, responsible for driving positive financial performance and enabling informed decision-making. This role supports the development and communication of accurate financial results and plans, maintains a strong internal control environment, and ensures alignment to company-wide policies and financial standards. In addition, this role supports day-to-day capital spending and cash flow activities as well as providing analysis to support overall operations finance. These finance activities include capital spending and manufacturing site reporting, operational and direct cost analysis, monthly capital spending and cashflow forecasting, annual budgeting, and miscellaneous project work. A successful candidate will be comfortable and seasoned

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