Finance Manager - Dairy Foods

Land O'Lakes, Inc.; Arden Hills (MN); On-site; USD 108,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is seeking a Finance Manager to provide strategic financial leadership for the Milk Powders business.

In this individual contributor role, you will own monthly reporting, variance analysis, and long-range planning, partnering with cross-functional teams to drive performance and risk management. You will deliver advanced modeling, support capital investments, and connect near-term operating decisions to long-range objectives, collaborating with sales, supply chain, and

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of progressive experience in finance or accounting.
• Strong financial modeling across P&L and Balance Sheet.
• Advanced Excel skills with Hyperion/OneStream experience preferred.
• Experience supporting agriculture or commodity markets is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly reporting and analysis of key financial and operational performance drivers, with emphasis on root causes and forward-looking implications
• Lead the annual budget, periodic forecast, and long-range planning processes for the Milk Powders business, including alignment of key assumptions across functional leaders
• Facilitate cross-functional risk-management discussions, framing financial exposures, market scenario analysis, and recommended action steps for leadership consideration
• Serve as a key finance partner to internal stakeholders including the Director of Sales and sales team, supply chain, supply chain finance, risk management, planning, strategic ops, marketing, and Dairy Accounting
• Partner with business leadership to shape financial priorities, evaluate strategic alternatives, build out financial business cases for capital investments, and connect near-term operating decisions to long-range business objectives.
• Collaborate with milk supply team on milk balancing decisions as it relates to pricing for ultrafiltered milk and condensed skim products

Skills

Financial modeling

Advanced Excel

Hyperion

OneStream

Agriculture/commodity market exp.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field

MBA or CPA desired

Tools

Hyperion

OneStream

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Land O'Lakes Dairy Foods Finance Team is seeking a strategic and result-oriented Finance Manager to support our Milk Powders business. In this individual contributor role, you will provide strategic financial leadership, rigorous performance insight, and operational decision support to senior leaders and cross- functional partners. In addition, you will partner closely with the Global Dairy Ingredients Senior Finance Manager to lead routine monthly financial reporting and variance analysis for the business, facilitate cross-functional risk-management discussions, and support key growth strategies through advanced modeling and actionable insights.

This role is located at our Arden Hills, MN corporate headquarters (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in office each week)

Key Responsibilities Include

• Own monthly reporting and analysis of key financial and operational performance drivers, with emphasis on root causes and forward-looking implications
• Lead the annual budget, periodic forecast, and long-range planning processes for the Milk Powders business, including alignment of key assumptions across functional leaders
• Facilitate cross-functional risk-management discussions, framing financial exposures, market scenario analysis, and recommended action steps for leadership consideration
• Serve as a key finance partner to internal stakeholders including the Director of Sales and sales team, supply chain, supply chain finance, risk management, planning, strategic ops, marketing, and Dairy Accounting
• Partner with business leadership to shape financial priorities, evaluate strategic alternatives, build out financial business cases for capital investments, and connect near-term operating decisions to long-range business objectives.
• Collaborate with milk supply team on milk balancing decisions as it relates to pricing for ultrafiltered milk and condensed skim products

Experience/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field is required. MBA or CPA desired.
• A minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience required.
• Advanced skills in financial return modeling across both the P&L and Balance Sheet.
• Advanced Excel Skills. Hyperion and/or OneStream highly desired.
• Previous work experience supporting agriculture industry and commodity market environment preferred

Competencies

• Ability to synthesize dynamic inputs like changing commodity market conditions into key recommendations with clear impacts and implications.
• Connects business decisions to broader enterprise economics, strategy, risk, and long-term value creation.
• Ability to take an enterprise view of the value chain and build strong relationships.
• Self-starter with a bias for action, able to work independently as finance partner within a matrixed operating environment.

$107,680-$161,520. In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

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