Sr Financial Analyst - FP&A - Compass Minerals

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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops, while supporting sustainable agriculture. Additionally, it is working to develop a next-generation, long-term fire-retardant business that offers more innovative and environmentally friendly products in the fight against wildfires. Compass Minerals operates 12 production and packaging facilities with nearly 2,000 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.

Summary:

Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis is responsible for company-wide financial and strategic planning and supporting ongoing investor and financial communications with our Investor Relations Department.  The Senior Financial Analyst position will be responsible for supporting analysis of company financial and operating performance through review of financial data and KPI’s.  This individual will be involved in the quarterly and annual earnings and cash flow forecasting, results preparation, annual operating and multi-year strategic plans,  monitoring of business unit operating performance, reporting for Senior Management team and Board of Directors, supporting investor relations and various adhoc and modeling projects.

Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following:

(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)

• Responsible for preparation, analysis and reporting of monthly financial and operational results to Senior Management Team and Board of Directors including review of underlying data to ensure accuracy and integrity of information presented.  Responsible for explanation of variances vs. budget, forecast and prior year.
• Support Investor Relations and Corporate Accounting in the quarterly earnings release.
• Support the coordination and preparation of the CMP consolidated quarterly forecasts, annual operating and multi-year Strategic Plans for the Board of Directors and Senior Management team.
• Develop and maintain financial models for forecasts, annual operating and strategic plans.
• Work closely with business units and functional teams to gain insight into performance drivers and identify the impact of these key drivers on results and subsequent forecasts.
• Support all long-term and short-term financial planning, analysis and scenario modeling; assist with adhoc projects as needed.
• Perform other related duties as required.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience:

• OneStream or Hyperion and Microsoft PowerBI ideal. Experience with standard costs preferred.
• MBA and/or Professional certification (CPA/CMA/Qualified Accounting certificate).
• 7+ years of relevant finance experience.
• Advanced experience demonstrating problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Highly analytical, detail oriented and strong business sense; proven ability to manage new ideas and creative solutions and demonstrated experience managing such mechanisms to an end result.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines, prioritize workload and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, dynamic, ever-growing and often ambiguous environment; effective multi-tasking skills are vital.
• Demonstrated effective communication and presentation skills working with multiple peer groups and senior levels of management.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Hyperion Essbase and Oracle.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. To request reasonable accommodations, email careers@compassminerals.com or call 913-344-9200. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov.

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