Financial Analyst (Onsite-Memphis)

Company Description

Stratas Foods LLC is the leading supplier of fats and oils to the Foodservice, Food Ingredients and Retail Private Label markets in North America and is a producer of quality bulk and packaged dressings, mayonnaise and sauces. Stratas Foods was formed in October 2008 as a 50/50 joint venture between ACH Food Companies (ACH) and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).

Manufacturing facilities are located in Dallas and Houston, TX; Decatur and Quincy, IL; Englewood, NJ; Fresno, CA; Nashville, TN; and Valdosta, GA. Corporate offices are located in Memphis, TN. We are committed to maintaining a progressive workplace by utilizing the ideas, skills and talents of all of our employees. We strive to make Stratas Foods a great place to work and are building a team capable of meeting our business goals.

Location: This is an onsite position located in Memphis, TN.

Job Description

The Financial Analyst will be supporting management planning and decision making by identifying, maintaining, and evaluating information, as well as recommending actions. This position is responsible for preparing, analyzing, and reporting a monthly summary of operating results for the Business Units and Manufacturing Plants. Additionally, this position will be responsible for developing and reporting KPI's as well as providing special project support to the Controller and CFO.

1. Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes. Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of inventory, cost of sales, expenses, and capital expenditures.
2. Engage with Senior Management Team and Departments heads to identify areas where analysis is required and provide the necessary
3. Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives. Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and accounting support.
4. Partner with business units to create and monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances.
5. Participate in the period end close process by investigating variances and provide explanations.
6. Develop/Consolidate/Publish various non-financial and financial reports to support accounting group.
7. Identify areas where continuous improvement opportunities exist, develop project plans with stake holders to execute continuous improvement in finance/accounting and other areas.
8. Manage data interaction and integration between financial systems by generating exception and error reporting and ensuring timely review and resolution of errors.

Competencies

Analytical - Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data.

Problem Solving - Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Works well in group problem solving situations.

Oral and Written Communication - Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions. Edits work for spelling and grammar; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.

Initiative - Asks for and offers help when needed. Willing to identify processes in need of improvement and suggest corrective courses of action. Must be self-motivated, displaying enthusiasm and ingenuity in carrying out work assignments, seeking new and better ways of accomplishing tasks.

Strong aptitude for learning and understanding multi-dimensional database programs and modeling.

Qualifications

Education: BBA in Finance or Accounting. MBA preferred

Related Experience: 3-5 years financial and/or general business experience. 2+ years of financial analysis experience. Database software experience a plus.

Equipment/Software Skills: Expert level knowledge in Excel (including VBA). SQL, Scripting languages plus.

Additional Information

Essential Physical and Mental Requirements

Physical: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Sensory: Must be able to utilize information provided by report, spreadsheet, query, etc. to prepare summary of results and to communicate issues, questions, and results in a logical format. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Stratas Foods is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee in any manner prohibited by law, including but not limited to, on the basis of race or color, religion, gender, age, genetic information, national origin/ancestry, mental or physical disability, family status/marital status, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, and any other legally protected status.