Sr Finance Analyst

About This Role

The Sr Finance Analyst will provide critical financial support across the supply chain, acting as a corporate liaison for plant manufacturing costing, and serving as a key partner to ESG and Procurement teams. This role involves complex financial analysis, costing, and reporting, with responsibilities including forecasting, annual operating plan, and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze weekly and monthly manufacturing variances for Lamb Weston production facilities, distributing results to internal staff and management
• Partner with Procurement, Plant Finance, and Contract Manufacturing teams to develop and maintain accurate costing standards
• Review costing changes for accuracy and ensure proper documentation to support audit requirements
• Support management reporting processes, including earnings releases, board presentations, and planning activities
• Coordinate input into the financial planning system and assist with the consolidation of annual operating and strategic plans
• Serve as a business partner for designated functions on accounting and finance-related matters, assessing business needs, providing comprehensive financial analysis and modeling, identifying risks and opportunities
• Contribute to month-end and quarter-end close activities, ensuring timely completion of tasks and resolution of unusual items
• Collaborate with Procurement to review and analyze actual and forecasted internal and external inflation assumptions
• Support ESG and Sustainability initiatives by providing insights on regulatory requirements and assessing compliance impacts
• Act as Finance lead for ESG and Global Engineering projects, securing alternative funding opportunities such as grants, incentives, and strategic investments

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• Minimum 5 years of professional general business and financial experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of general business concepts
• Fundamental knowledge of and driving compliance of GAAP
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to balance attention to extreme detail with broader goals and time limitations
• Ability to self-motivate in a fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to deal with ambiguity, change and a dynamic business environment
• Proven ability to develop strong relationships and partnerships with internal customers, peers
• Proven ability to self-direct and manage multiple projects simultaneously to successful completion in a deadline driven environment
• Strong knowledge in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required.
• Minimum 5 years of professional general business and financial experience

Nice to Have

• MBA or CPA/CMA certification
• Experience with SAP, Power BI, or other software tools

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits