Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Central Valley Ag - CVA is a member-owned farmers' cooperative headquartered in York, NE with locations throughout Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa. Established in 2003, CVA has over 900 employees and is an innovative leader providing products and services in grain, agronomy, feed, and energy. You can find more information about Central Valley Ag by visiting www.cvacoop.com.
Responsibilities
SUMMARY:
The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis acts as a collaborative business partner for Central Valley Ag’s business units. This position provides accurate, timely analysis of Capital Expenditure budgets, Annual Business Forecasts, financial trends, Benchmarking, and KPI's for division leadership teams. This position will also assess accounting risk for each business unit, providing appropriate feedback while helping to drive effective accounting policies and efficient practices
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESinclude the following:
Assist in the preparation of and monitor the performance of all Capital Expenditure budgets for CVA’s Departments
Organize and coordinate the evaluation and execution planning (due diligence and integration) for mergers and acquisitions.
Create ProForma reports on all Non-Rolling Stock Assets over $250,000
Present to Senior Management on an Annual Basis the results of past Capex projects as compared to the ProForma
Direct the preparation of and monitor the performance of Annual Business Forecasts (budgets) for CVA’s Departments
Work with CVA departments to share monthly financial results and consolidated financial and production variance analysis; communicate opportunities and engage in corrective action plans
Work with CVA HR and Operations to help establish Wage Bands and make corrective changes as Market metrics change
Champion exercises in developing trending, forecasting, and what-if analysis models and tools including leading business intelligence integration in business planning.
Work with operations management through target setting and performance such as Headcount needs
Help to Establish CVA metrics on Fixed Asset Efficiencies, such as Application Acres per machine, Cost to deliver from different locations on a per mile basis
Capable of managing (and articulating from) large data sets
Other Duties as Assigned
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
A minimum of a BS; a CPA and/or MBA would be a plus
At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in agriculture/cooperative accounting
Experience working with information technology staff to manage company IT System
REQUIRED SKILLS
Strong relationship builder and communicator with experience leading diverse work teams, developing an organization wide strategy for location excellence, engaging company partners, and partnering with a CFO
Passionate about Central Valley Ag Cooperative’s mission and able to promote and communicate the philosophy, mission, and values of CVA to external and internal stakeholders
Broad understanding of Agriculture, and in particular Agronomy, Grain, Energy, and Feed businesses
Strong written, content development and oral communication skills
Goal oriented and focused
Drive, energy and enthusiasm and strongly proactive
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and interpret documents. Ability to develop content for customer/patron and prospect correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
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