SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST – MOTLEY PLANT
Overview
Description
The Senior Financial Analyst – Motley Plant will support the Trident plant management team at the largest surimi seafood facility in North America. The selected candidate will take on accounting and reporting tasks as assigned and will be actively involved in key analysis and insights to guide decision-making and drive financial performance.
This position will be located at Trident’s Motley, MN facility and report to the Plant Controller.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitors and analyzes trends in cost variances, production volumes, and material usage and implements timely adjustments where needed.
- Assists in the accounting month-end process by preparing accrual journal entries, raw material cost allocations, reclassifying operating expenses and distributing manufacturing variances by product and categories.
- Generates and distributes weekly/monthly/quarterly spend, inventory, and production reports as assigned by the Plant Controller.
- Uses analytical techniques and metrics to identify and make recommendations to improve operational performance and lower unit costs.
- Assists the Plant Controller with capital planning, including calculating and evaluating financial payback, for all capital expenditure proposals.
- Supports the annual business planning process for the plant, including preparation of the financial manufacturing business plan and product standard cost inputs.
- Initiates process improvement projects to update transactional, financial, and reporting processes.
- Provides financial support for Lean Manufacturing initiatives at the plant level.
- Provides support with internal and external audit requests as well as compliance reporting to department of revenue, among others.
- Takes on ad hoc reports and a variety of special ‘one-off’ analytical projects.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Performs other similar or related duties as requested or assigned.
- Acquires knowledge of Trident’s Environmental and Safety Policies by completing required training programs and performing designated work activities in accordance with training and procedures/work instructions.
- Notifies designated personnel of any environmental or safety incidents or risks not previously documented, in accordance with Environmental Awareness and/or safety trainings.
Minimum Requirements
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Trident Seafoods has adopted a zero-tolerance and drug-free workplace policy. Pre-employment drug examinations are required for all employees.
Any employment offer from Trident Seafoods is contingent upon the candidate maintaining valid immigration status and work authorization throughout employment, without any need for immigration sponsorship by the company.