Strategic Financial Analyst & Dashboards Expert

Green Plains Inc.; Cedar Rapids, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid holidays

PTO (Paid Time Off)

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Fluid Quip Technologies, a Fluid Quip unit of Green Plains Inc., seeks a Financial Analyst to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making, turning large data into actionable insights to drive growth.

The role develops financial models and executive dashboards, collaborates with business units, and supports special projects such as product launches and market expansion; AI and automation will enhance processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience developing financial, operational, and predictive models to support business planning and decision making.
• Experience in data analysis and demonstrated understanding of database structures.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, construct, and maintain financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning; include historical data, assumptions, scenario analysis, and sensitivity testing.
• Analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual results; identify variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare, review, and present management reports and dashboards to visualize performance and outlook.
• Expand project-level reporting to create dashboards for profitability and budget performance.
• Collaborate with business units to assess costs, investments, and resource allocation.
• Support ad hoc analyses, business cases, and cross-functional projects (new products, market expansion, pricing, M&A).
• Identify opportunities using AI and automation to improve financial processes.
• Handle other special projects as requested by senior leadership.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Data analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SAP

Microsoft Dynamics

4castplus

Salesforce

Job description

Fluid Quip Technologies, a Fluid Quip unit of Green Plains Inc., seeks a Financial Analyst to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making, turning large data into actionable insights to drive growth.

The role develops financial models and executive dashboards, collaborates with business units, and supports special projects such as product launches and market expansion; AI and automation will enhance processes.