This role is onsite in Milford, Indiana.
Who We Are:
CTB, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Company, is Helping to Feed a Hungry World. With roots dating back to 1952, CTB is providing Leadership Through Innovation as a global designer, manufacturer and marketer of solutions, primarily for agriculture. CTB's valued customers use its products for preserving grain; for raising pigs and poultry to harvest meat and eggs; and for processing poultry, fish and other foods. To continue this endeavor, we need talented people looking to grow their careers while working toward our global mission. We hope you will join us on this journey.
What You Will Do:
As the Director of Financial & Operational Analysis, you will research, analyze, and prepare accurate and insightful reporting and will provide input to help drive improved business performance.
What You Will Accomplish:
- Research, analyze and provide financial input to assist with strategic business decisions, such as major capital investments, significant new product projects, and potential acquisitions, ensuring the projects are aligned to financial goals.
- Review and analyze the assigned Business Units' financial data/metrics and operational activities to ensure a thorough understanding of the businesses to help develop and/or provide recommendations for projects that will improve business performance.
- Assist with the financial integration of acquisitions, new product lines, and business improvement projects to ensure financial data continually represents the current state of the business.
- Research, analyze, and prepare accurate and reliable consolidated estimates, reporting, and forecasts compared to budget, and prepares summations on business performance along with recommended actions to ensure financial goals are achieved.
- Monitor and manage data trends/changes in the business environment, including agricultural commodities, key material input prices, to provide guidance to senior management that will help drive the business.
- Research and analyze market/competitive intelligence, including government sources and information about key customers, suppliers, and peer companies, to provide a summation of the competitive climate and markets that will also help guide the business strategy.
Position Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting; MBA highly preferred.
- Experience: 7+ years of financial analysis experience in a large, global corporation; Multiple business unit experience highly preferred; Previous experience within a manufacturing environment with a cost accounting background also preferred.
- Certification(s): CPA or CMA preferred.
- Functional Skills: Excellent strategic abilities with financial research and ability to analyze key financial metrics, data, trends and/or statistics along with the ability to summarize/report and develop action plans that help drive business performance. Solid financial background in the areas of manufacturing finance and costing; extensive budgeting skills, strong attention to details and thoroughness are also required. Strong ability to plan, prioritize and organize a large amount of information or data is critical to be able to move through projects effectively and timely. Able to manage multiple on-going projects.
- Technology Aptitude/Skills: Excellent Excel skills, and solid familiarity with manufacturing ERP systems, query tools and report writing are required; working knowledge of Oracle Fusion would be a plus
- Language Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization and across cultures. Strong presentation skills are required to provide summations, reports or action plans to the executive team.
- Leadership/Behaviors: Proactive decision-maker with a solid ability to use sound judgement on a very diverse set of opportunities. Strategic, conceptual thinker with a strength in interpreting large amounts of data and turning it into actionable plans focused on the goals of the business. Strong ability to influence key decision makers is also important in this role. Ability to work independently is critical.
- Culture Match Behaviors: Energetic, assertive, high-integrity, team player, who can conceptualize to create results and is also collaborative and can effectively interact with all employee levels of the organization is key (Sales, Manufacturing, Corporate Management, etc.).
Other Important Information:
Salary Salary is commensurate with proven expertise
Reports To: CEO and CFO
Core Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm
Typical Work Week:M-F; some weekends required (when applicable); 45-50 hours per week on average
Direct Reports: None
Work Conditions: Primarily an office environment with occasional visits to manufacturing areas
Travel: Irregular, up to 25% (domestic and international)