Title: Finance Analyst

               

Location: Park Rapids, MN

               

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

               

The key role of this position will be to support the finance functions at the Park Rapids plant. The role will also be responsible for monthly/quarterly/annual financial journal entries, Completeness & Accuracy in accordance with company policies and GAAP, supporting SOX controls for inventory counting, daily reporting and financial oversite. This position will communicate frequently with personnel at all levels within the Controllers organization and throughout the Company. The consistency, accuracy, and timeliness of this communication are vital and must clearly convey all outstanding issues.

Job Description

• Perform daily and monthly reporting and control activities.
• Participate in the preparation and compilation of the annual financial plan.
• Play a key role in the month-end close process to include journal entries, account reconciliations and forecasting.
• Play a key role in the raw accounting function including inventory reporting, costing and harvest support. Harvest support would entail pre-harvest preparation, scale ticket review, scale house support, and reporting.
• Maintain the fixed asset module, track capital spending, and ensure capital project close-out timeliness.
• Financial support for various Plant Pillar departments.
• Collaborate with and, as needed, act as a backup for other finance team members.
• Develop tools/reports in support of VeLOCity and support plant operations with Project VeLOCity systems.
• Finance support for cost savings analysis, allocation, tracking and reporting.
• Assists plant personnel with developing and implementing continuous improvement projects.
• Assist in internal and external audits performed at the plant level including compiling documentation and support schedules and communicating with the auditors.
• Be a key player on ERP system implementation and go forward plans.
• Other duties and projects as assigned

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. in Finance, Accounting and/or other Business Field, MBA desired
• Requires strong verbal and written communication skills, and knowledge of general business concepts.
• Ability to analyze and assimilate financial information into actionable data and recommendations.
• Fundamental understating of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, change and a dynamic business environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)
• Knowledge of SAP or other ERP software tools preferred
• Ability to draw on outside resources and work on cross-functional teams
• Appropriately prioritize workload and demonstrate flexibility when requested to work on special projects.
• Experience effectively working across multiple departments to complete a project or resolve an organizational challenge
• Demonstrate ability to self-motivate and work under limited supervision in a fast-paced environment, ability to deal with ambiguity, change and a dynamic business environment

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

               

Job Requisition ID: Req-255575

               

Time Type: Full time

               

Anticipated Close Date: 10/26/2024

               

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate’s work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $67,480.00 - $101,200.00

               

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law