Plant Financial Analyst: Drive Cost Efficiency & Insights

Jbs Usa Inc.; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

JBS Prepared Foods in Council Bluffs, IA seeks a Plant Financial Analyst to support plant and financial management with analytical insights for leadership decisions. The role covers month-end close, cost control, and process improvements in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

The candidate will work with manufacturing to understand financial impacts, educate departments on cost variances, and drive improvements across functions to enhance reporting accuracy and profitability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required.
• 3+ years of directly related experience required.
• Strong analytical skills, accuracy and attention to details.
• Very strong in Excel and Power Point.
• SAP experience is a +.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Action oriented with ability to multi-task.
• Team player with a positive, can-do attitude and agility to multiple work streams.

Responsibilities

• Work to implement and apply cost accounting policies and procedures.
• Support Plant Controller’s efforts for implementing and maintaining internal controls.
• Financial performance and create action plans for unfavourable gaps.
• Prepare and process assigned daily/monthly journal entries.
• Establish processes to reduce production costs.
• Analyse current and past trends in key performance indicators.
• Support the local plant budgeting process of the fixed and variable expenses.
• Prepares, reports actual vs. budget results on monthly and quarterly presentations.
• Maintains the packaging standards costing files and tracks daily performances of packaging to earned standards.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, fi n

3+ years of directly related experienc

Strong analytical skills

Excel and PowerPoint

SAP experience

Problem-solving skills

Multi-tasking

Team player attitude

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

Job description

JBS Prepared Foods in Council Bluffs, IA seeks a Plant Financial Analyst to support plant and financial management with analytical insights for leadership decisions. The role covers month-end close, cost control, and process improvements in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

The candidate will work with manufacturing to understand financial impacts, educate departments on cost variances, and drive improvements across functions to enhance reporting accuracy and profitability.