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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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Role Overview:
The Principal Business Analyst role is responsible for critical components of the Company’s internal management reporting, including monthly internal management reporting, financial analysis, and budgeting.
A Sample of What You’ll Do in this Role:
Strategic Business Analysis & Communication:
- Analyze complex business challenges, identify opportunities for improvement, and design impactful solutions to align with organization goals.
- Collaborate with Field Leadership to translate business needs into actionable projects and initiatives providing high level insights and strategic recommendations
- Communicate complex financial data and insights in a clear and actionable manner to non-financial stakeholders.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Act as the main point of contact for key stakeholders, ensuring clear and effective communication of business needs, changes, and progress.
- Develop strong relationships with executive teams, department heads, and other business units to facilitate collaboration and drive business initiatives forward.
- Lead meetings and presentations to gather feedback, align expectations, manage stakeholder concerns and layout findings, including actionable insights, to leadership teams.
Financial Analysis & Reporting:
- Conduct detailed financial analysis to support decision-making processes.
- Analyze and interpret financial reports, including profit & loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports.
- Monitor and track key financial metrics, identifying trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
- Develop regular automated and ad-hoc financial/other reports for senior management, stakeholders, and other key business units.
Budgeting and Forecasting:
- Assist in the preparation and management of annual budgets.
- Develop accurate financial forecasts to predict future financial outcomes based on current data and trends.
Business Process Improvement:
- Analyze business processes and financial operations to identify inefficiencies and recommend process improvements.
- Provide data-driven insights to help streamline financial and operational procedures.
What You Bring to this Role:
- 3-5 years of financial and/or business analytics experience, professional designation is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills, problem solving, and the ability to handle multiple responsibilities effectively.
- Strong understanding of accounting standards and financial concepts with an ability to clearly communicate with a diverse audience.
- Skills in taking broad and sometimes complex issues, simplifying findings, and effectively communicating with audiences with limited accounting/financials experience.
- Experience taking data from multiple sources and projecting future outcomes.
- Exceptional MS Excel skills are required.
- Experience with Power BI is required.
- Experience with Planful, other database tools, VBA, and/or SQL a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (Master’s or MBA is a plus).
What Makes You a Great Fit:
- You’re highly motivated, organized, detail oriented, and a team player
- You have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- You can travel 10%-15% of the time
- You are skilled in building and fostering strong relationships across a diverse team with varying interests, perspectives and directives
- You have certifications such as CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional)
- You have experience in Decision Support (preferred)
- You have experience in the agriculture industry (preferred)
Compensation and Benefits:
- In compliance with all states and cities requiring transparency of pay, the base compensation for this position ranges from $110,100 - $154,260. 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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