Reporting to the Director of Global FP&A, you will lead and manage the financial planning, analysis, forecasting and reporting process, as well as direct the timely and accurate preparation of standard and ad hoc management reports, providing financial analysis and recommendations for management decisions. As a part of a global organization, the incumbent will work with multiple functional areas and project teams across the organization.

• Supervise and direct a team of 4 Financial Analysts.
• Develop and foster the effective and collaborative relationships between. assigned Financial Support Analysts and the Marketing, Communications, R&D, and G&A functions.

• Document and implement processes and workflows to guarantee and to streamline the financial reporting data reliability, consistency, and structure.
• Work with finance digital transformation partners to identify data flow and process issues, conduct root cause analysis, generating analysis of findings that ultimately create solutions to resolve any process gaps.
• Collaborate with other finance partners in the design planning, development, and deployment of reporting solutions.
• Assist in identifying and investigating new and emerging technologies that can be used to improve current reporting processes.

• Manage and direct the preparation and the communication of the financial reports, including the monthly financial dashboard and year-end report.
• Communicate, explain efficiently and regularly the financial statements trends and performance to the organization's stakeholders.
• Provide analysis and interpretation of statistical and financial information in order to appraise the financial performance against previous fiscal year, budget, forecast and other matters bearing on the fiscal soundness and operating effectiveness of the organization.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis financial reporting to the Business Unit and the Group as required.
• Oversee the planning and budgeting processes for all aspects of financial and corporate planning, analysis, budgeting, and forecast.
• Analyze historical data and current trends in order to identify risks and opportunities to company operations and financial results, including rolling forecast.
• Lead, direct, or participate in special projects assigned by the Global Director of FP&A.

• BA/BS Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics required; Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• 5 years of Finance experience.
• Experience working with an international company.
• Strong computer skills to include Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access).
• JD Edwards, SAP, or Oracle and Business Objects/Crystal experience desired.
• Experience consolidating data, accounting entries, balance consolidation, etc.
• Industry: Agriculture, Manufacturing, Consumer Industry, Processing, Automotive all qualify.
• English fluency required.
• Available for domestic and potential international travel (10%)