Sr Finance Analyst

Title: Sr Finance Analyst

               

Location: Hermiston, OR

               

Job Requisition ID: Req-272203

               

Time Type: Full time

               

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world. 

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

               

Performs complex financial analysis and business partnering activities to support strategic decision-making and operational performance. Provides insights, forecasting, reporting, and recommendations to business leaders while identifying risks and opportunities. Acts as a resource to less experienced team members and may lead cross-functional projects and initiatives.

Job Description

• Serve as a trusted finance partner to assigned business functions, providing financial guidance, analysis, and recommendations to support business objectives.
• Participate in the development of annual operating plans, long-range strategic plans, budgets, and related financial projections.
• Prepare and maintain monthly forecasts, analyzing business changes and communicating risks, opportunities, and key drivers to stakeholders.
• Support monthly and quarterly financial close processes, ensuring accuracy of financial results and timely resolution of issues.
• Analyze financial performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to improve business results.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models to support business cases, investments, pricing decisions, product initiatives, and other strategic projects.
• Lead the creation and ongoing improvement of key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, scorecards, and management reporting.
• Prepare and present financial analyses, reports, and recommendations to management and business partners.
• Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders to evaluate operational and financial impacts of business decisions.
• Support financial planning and analysis activities across multiple functional areas as needed.
• Participate in and/or lead special projects, process improvement initiatives, and other finance-related efforts.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, forecasting, and financial processes through automation, standardization, and best practices.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field required.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive financial analysis, accounting, or related business experience.
• Strong understanding of financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and profit and loss statement management.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data, identify trends, and provide meaningful business insights and recommendations.
• Experience building financial models and performing quantitative analysis to support decision-making.
• Proven ability to build strong partnerships and effectively communicate with stakeholders across multiple levels of an organization.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with enterprise financial systems, ERP platforms, or reporting tools preferred.
• MBA, CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional certification preferred.
• Travel may be required.
• Regular use of standard office equipment, including computers, phones, and related technology.
• Occasional bending, reaching, and lifting may be required.
  

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.

               

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.

               

Anticipated Close Date: 01/11/2027

               

Pay Transparency

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 is listed below.

               

Pay Rate or Range: $86,380.00 - $129,570.00

               

Equal Opportunity Employer

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