Finance Analyst- FP&A

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.; Breda; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. is seeking an FP&A Analyst to support management reporting, forecasting, and planning, primarily within the EMEA region. You will help deliver accurate financial information, identify trends, and surface risks and opportunities to guide business decisions.

You will collaborate with finance, controllers and cross-functional teams, maintaining data integrity and developing reporting tools and dashboards to improve performance visibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Controlling, Business Administration, or related field.
• 3–5 years of FP&A, controlling, or similar roles.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to data accuracy.
• Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with financial systems (e.g., SAP, BI tools).
• Ability to build structured reports and dashboards.
• Structured, organized, and proactive working style.
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Perform month-end close and management reporting.
• Prepare variance analysis vs. AOP, forecast, and prior year.
• Monitor financial performance and highlight key trends and deviations.
• Support collecting, validating, and consolidating financial inputs during forecasting cycles.
• Assist in Annual Operating Plan (AOP) preparation.
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across systems and reports.
• Provide structured financial analysis to support decision making.
• Maintain reports, dashboards, and financial models.
• Contribute to improving reporting processes and efficiency.
• Support development of dashboards and reporting tools (e.g., Excel, SAP, Power BI).
• Assist in maintaining financial systems and reporting structures.
• Support compliance with internal controls and financial policies.
• Assist with audit requirements and documentation.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data.
• Work closely with controllers, finance team and cross-functional teams.
• Provide timely and reliable financial information.
• Support ad-hoc analysis and business requests.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Controlling/Business Administration

Tools

Excel

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Do you enjoy working with data in an international finance environment? Are you analytical, structured, and motivated to turn numbers into meaningful business insights? Then this opportunity as FP&A Analyst could be the perfect next step in your career.

Your Impact As an FP&A Analyst, you support management reporting, forecasting, and planning activities primarily within EMEA or assigned business area (including International). You contribute to delivering accurate financial information that supports better business decisions and improves performance visibility. Through your analysis and reporting, you help the business understand results, spot trends, and identify risks and opportunities. You work closely with finance, controllers and cross-functional teams, ensuring high-quality reporting and supporting continuous improvement of financial processes and tools.

What You Will Do

• Management Reporting & Analysis
  • Perform month-end close and management reporting
  • Prepare variance analysis (vs. AOP, forecast, prior year)
  • Monitor financial performance and highlight key trends and deviations
• Forecasting & Planning
  • Support Collect, validate, and consolidate financial inputs during forecasting cycles
  • Assist in Annual Operating Plan (AOP) preparation
• Data & Insights
  • Ensure data accuracy and consistency across systems and reports
  • Provide structured financial analysis to support decision-making
  • Maintain reports, dashboards, and financial models
  • Contribute to improving reporting processes and efficiency
  • Support development of dashboards and reporting tools (e.g., Excel, SAP, Power BI)
  • Assist in maintaining financial systems and reporting structures
• Governance & Controls
  • Support compliance with internal controls and financial policies
  • Assist with audit requirements and documentation
  • Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Support
  • Work closely with controllers, finance team and cross-functional teams
  • Provide timely and reliable financial information
  • Support ad-hoc analysis and business requests

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Controlling, Business Administration, or related field
• 3–5 years of experience in FP&A, controlling, or similar roles
• Strong analytical skills, attention to details and focus on data accuracy
• Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with financial systems (e.g., SAP, BI tools), ability to build structured reports
• Structured, organized, and proactive working style
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders
• Fluency in English

We offer you a challenging job in a dynamic and growing organization in the food industry. We challenge you to grow in the same way as our company, where development is key. We thrive in a culture defined by our values: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results and Empowerment. As we say at Lamb Weston EMEA, when we see a potato, we see opportunities. What opportunities do you see? Have ambition. For yourself and for our company. Take initiative. Innovate. But above all, collaborate. With international colleagues. With our partners in the chain - from grower to customer. Use your passion and willpower to improve and renew us. Innovation is in our DNA. This is intrinsically linked to sustainability. We care about the world around us. Every aspect of our product reflects this. We are looking for team players. In an environment with co-workers who are passionate about their work. People who want and are given responsibility to collaborate on sustainable growth. Allowing us to become an even better company. A company that is good for the environment where you live and work. A company that is good for society, and good for yourself. We believe in growth. The growth of our company – and our employees. As we say at Lamb Weston: If we see a potato, we see opportunities. What opportunities do you see?