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Role Overview:
The Senior Financial Analyst supports the Platform Vice President, Senior Leadership Team, and the Director of FP&A. The role focuses on reporting, analytics, and developing tools to support operational and sales objectives across corporate operations and third‑party facilities.
A Sample of What You'll Do in this Role:
Planful Product Ownership- Own Planful configuration: dimensions/hierarchies, member management, drivers/calcs, substitution variables, and audit/change logs.
- Template‑based planning: design and govern budget, forecast, workforce, and driver templates; control approval roles and “mark‑as‑complete” workflows.
- Dynamic Planning: build interactive models/cubes for rolling forecasts and scenario analysis; implement copy/lock at stage gates.
- External Source Models: design and maintain external data tables (e.g., UOM conversions, demand/ops inputs) feeding structured and dynamic planning.
- Lead monthly forecast and annual budget processes for assigned BUs; build driver‑based models and sensitivity/scenario views (Base/Downside/Upside).
- Run rolling forecasts; coordinate inputs from Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain; balance top‑down guidance with bottoms‑up plans.
- Produce exec‑ready variance analysis packs (price/mix/volume, cost, freight, rebates) and Gap‑to‑Plan bridges.
- Build Planful reports & views; enable Power BI P&L/variance dashboards using Planful scenarios (Actual/Budget/1+11, 2+10, etc.).
- Perform profitability analysis (customer/product/SKU), cost‑to‑serve, contribution margin, and margin waterfall analytics.
- 3+ years in FP&A or finance systems administration with hands‑on ownership of an EPM (Planful required)
- Strong experience with scenario management, template governance, approval roles, and audit/change control
- ERP fluency (JDE preferred or similar), plus Power BI (or equivalent BI) for financial reporting; advanced Excel
- Robust modeling skills: driver‑based forecasting, NPV/IRR/ROI, sensitivity/scenario analysis
- Proven ability to translate operational inputs (demand/production/logistics) into financials; excellent communication with execs and field leaders
- Process ownership mindset—able to define calendars, enforce freezes/locks, and drive cross‑functional milestones
- Hands‑on External Source Model design, Dynamic Planning implementation, and workforce planning in Planful.
- Experience aligning consensus demand plans to financial forecasts in high‑SKU environments (price/mix/seasonality).
- SQL/Power Query for data shaping; familiarity with Snowflake or similar data platforms.
- Credentials: CPA, CMA, FPAC, or IMA FP&A coursework (nice‑to‑have).
What Makes You a Great Fit:
- You're a strong communicator who enjoys teamwork
- You are self-motivated
- You have a flexible mindset that allows you to change what you're working on without skipping a beat
Compensation and Benefits:
In compliance with all states and cities requiring transparency of pay, the base compensation for this position ranges from $81,800 - $109,010. Note that salary may vary based on location, skills, and experience.
This position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and vacation, holidays, health, dental, vision, mental health, and retirement plan participation, including an employer contribution of up to 7% into your 401(k). Follow this link for more information regarding Wilbur-Ellis employee benefits: https://mywebenefits.com/
Please note that salary ranges provided for this role on external job boards are salary estimates made by outside parties and may not be accurate.
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Diversity of people, cultures, opinions, and ideas makes us all stronger. From leadership commitment to employee buy-in, we know that creating an inclusive environment and providing opportunities for all employees to reach their full potential is a shared responsibility.
Wilbur-Ellis is a company you can be proud to call your employer
Wilbur-Ellis markets and distributes agricultural products, animal feed specialty chemicals, and food ingredients. A privately held and consistently profitable company, we employ more than 4,000 people throughout North America and Asia-Pacific.
Wilbur-Ellis is for and about people
Wilbur-Ellis has enjoyed over 100 years of success and growth, all thanks to our people. Our employees are both leaders and team players who thrive on creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and a dedication to quality work, our customers, and each other.
Wilbur-Ellis invests in the industry’s best workforce
Wilbur-Ellis invests heavily in our employees by offering skill development and training, competitive compensation and benefits, and a tradition of promoting from within for a broad range of career opportunities. And we foster a supportive, people-first work environment.
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