Senior Financial Analyst - Operations / Cost Accountant

Kansas Ag Connection; Kansas; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Senior Financial Analyst Operations/Cost Accountant, where you’ll leverage your expertise in financial analysis to drive exceptional performance. Collaborate with leadership teams to enhance product costing, streamline budgeting processes, and identify key financial opportunities. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact in a supportive environment that prioritizes member development and continuous improvement. With competitive benefits and a culture focused on talent development, this position is perfect for those looking to advance their career in a thriving organization.

Benefits

Monthly bonus potential

401k with company match

Profit sharing

Affordable medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible spending accounts

Disability and life insurance

Fertility and adoption assistance

Paid parental time off

24/7 onsite fitness center

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cost accounting and analytics experience required.
• Analytical experience in a manufacturing or food environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with plant leadership and operations members.
• Turn data into insights and help create clear dashboards.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Cost Accounting

Data Analysis

Communication

Excel

SAP

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance

CMA

Tools

Excel

SAP

Job description

As a member of this team, you’ll partner with other areas of the business, providing financial analysis for decision-making purposes. We’ll rely on you to report, plan and evaluate our financial results, as well as ensure our financial transactions and reports are timely, accurate and efficient. In short, you’ll help drive our exceptional financial performance.

Johnsonville, LLC

Sr. Financial Analyst - Operations/Cost Accountant

Holton, KS

Position Overview:

As the Sr. Financial Analyst Operations/Cost Accountant at our Holton Kansas facility, you’ll have the chance to collaborate closely with our facility leadership teams in both Holton, KS and Watertown, WI. Our leadership teams are all about member development, manufacturing excellence, and continuous improvement. We’re looking for someone who can bring their product costing expertise and leadership skills to the table, helping to spot key financial opportunities and lead impactful improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Build relationships with all levels at the plant, including the core leadership team, team leaders and operations members
• Live the Johnsonville Way by getting everyone involved to meet business goals; be a role model and coach to help them succeed
• Turn data into valuable insights; help explain the what (the facts), why (the drivers and trends), so what (ask thoughtful questions and use relationships to drive improvement), and what’s next (next steps)
• Help create simple, clear dashboards and turn numbers into a meaningful message; connect that message to themes people can easily relate to and understand.
• Help with forecasting and the annual budgeting process for the Holton and Watertown plants and ensure that the facility processes are streamlined and align with overall company processes
• Assist in ensuring that the facility cost savings pipelines meet expectations for current and future years
• Partner with the Multi-Site Plant Controller to assess new business opportunities; help provide insights on proposed capital projects (like IRR, cost savings, and post-mortems) and productivity projects (focused on continuous improvement).
• Identify best practices and collaborate with the Multi-Site Plant Controller to roll them out across the network
• Support the development of procedures and controls to ensure accurate product costs and reliable inventory management

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required
• CMA is a plus

Experience:

• Five (5) years of cost accounting and analytics experience required
• Analytical experience in a manufacturing, food or consumer packaged goods environment, strongly preferred
• Experience working with and/or creating meaningful operational reports and guiding operations members on how to understand and use financial data
• Leadership experience is a plus

Skills and Competencies:

• Great at communicating and making financial information easy to understand
• Strong computer skills (Intermediate Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), and if you've worked with SAP, that's a plus!
• Skilled at analyzing data, spotting trends, and coming up with action plans or recommendations

Location: Holton, Kansas

Coach: Plant Controller Multi Site

Member Status: Full Time, Salaried

Travel: Not a ton, less than 10% of your time

Benefits: Members have potential for a monthly bonus, 401k with a company match and profit sharing. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage;flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off, as well as access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center, onsite medical clinic and tuition reimbursement!

About our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 3,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

How to Apply:

External candidate: Apply on-line only at: careers.johnsonville.com

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability.

We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.