Senior Financial Analyst

Primient is a century old company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are a leading producer of food and industrial ingredients made from plant-based, renewable sources. We deliver value through deep technical, commercial, and operational excellence that is backed by our long-standing corn wet milling heritage. Wherever we are in the process, from field to customer, our priorities are focused on ensuring we produce the safest, highest quality products through practices that uphold both our responsibility and commitments to the challenge and drive for excellence, our people and our planet. We are a privately held company with locations across the US, Mexico, Poland, and Brazil. W ere investing in our plants and people to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth, were focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every teammate.

Senior Financial Analyst

Schaumburg, IL

Ready for a Finance career with more impact ? Join a market leader in ingredient manufacturing that is poised for a new era of success.

ABOUT PRIMIENT

Established yet entrepreneurial: Primient is an industry leader with proven products, six manufacturing plants, 1,800+ employees and deep roots in corn wet milling. Yet were also a brand-new company that is ready to drive change and create impact.

Inspired by a meaningful purpose: we use renewable sources to produce plant-based ingredients for some of the worlds best-known brands. It feels good to produce safe, high-quality, sustainable products that go into everything from sodas to hand cream and cardboard to clothing.

Poised for a new era of success: were investing in our plants and people to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth, were focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every colleague.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The contribution of our Finance teams is vital to the performance, profitability, and continued growth of the Primient business. Across Finance, we are exploring new and better ways to harness data, improve decision-making and add value while optimizing the investment we are making in our plants and people.

The senior financial analyst role is responsible for all commercial finance matters across our product lines. This critical role will support and partner with our Commercial organization by providing timely and insightful decision support analysis to drive better decision making enabled by delivery of efficiency and effective commercial reporting and planning, processes and tools.

Key responsibilities: Sr. Financial Analyst

• Be a trusted financial partner to Product Line Management team.
• With the VP, FP&A, continue to foster and embed a culture of fact-based management and ensure that robust data is provided on a timely basis to commercial decision makers to enable such fact-based decisions to be made
• Providing input into and review of major commercial agreements (including all significant customer agreements, and where applicable, procurement & capital proposals) across the commercial business. Key components of this role are to ensure that agreements are commercially sound, and will manifest themselves in the financial results
• Will play a key role throughout the annual contracting round, working with Product Line Management & SVP Sales on setting contracting and pricing strategy and taking the lead for progress reporting and ensuring all relevant contract approvals are obtained
• Responsible for leading the annual budgeting, planning and forecasting activities for one of our Commercial Product Lines
• Responsible for leading all aspects of the annual budget, rolling monthly forecasts as well as mid-month outlooks with limited oversight
• Support the sales organization with the monthly demand planning process that will involve working closely with S&OP and production planning to ensure there is a full understanding across the sales organization of product availability, any actions required manage/control demand, risks and opportunities to the underlying budget/forecasts
• Alongside Product Line Management, establish financial goals and targets for each financial planning activity, helping to drive further efficiency across the business
• Presentation of the outcomes of the financial planning exercises to the relevant internal stakeholders while providing critique and recommendations as to the robustness, stretch and achievability of such plans
• Ensure a strong control environment is in place and maintained
• Working closely with the controlling team, ensure that a strong control environment is maintained across all commercial activities affecting Sweeteners and that all group policies and procedures are fully complied with

ABOUT YOU

• Bachelors degree in Finance or Finance related areas
• Proven experience in business unit financial performance analysis; 2-4 years working experience
• Good analytical skills
• Demonstrates thought leadership and an innovative mindset
• Excellent ability to build rapport and develop collaborative working relationships.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate with a wide range of peopleup, down and across the organization.
• Tough-minded, decisive, confident, but respected and approachable, and projects this image.
• Capable of leading and managing multiple and challenging assignments concurrently; and to move swiftly and decisively, but collaboratively.
• Familiar with dashboards and performing business models with multiple scenarios. (Power BI)
• Strong Excel and Power Point skills required.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Rewards & benefits
Competitive salary / 401 K matching and non-contingent matching plans / Healthcare / Medical insurance

Career development

Our structure provides autonomy and accountability in your role. You have scope to develop a depth of expertise and the opportunity to follow career pathways outside the norm.

Preferred location is our Schaumburg, IL office.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

We are passionate believers in the power of difference. We strive to represent the communities in which we operate and to provide an inclusive, welcoming environment for all. We want Primient to be a place where every employee feels they belong and knows they are seen, heard, valued and safe to speak up. Our aspiration is to unlock the full potential in diverse perspectives, while offering everyone an equal chance to grow, thrive and progress.

Primient is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce.

California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")

The Company is committed to complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and all data privacy and laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. We collect the following categories of personal information for the purpose of hiring the best qualified applicants and to comply with applicable employment laws: Name and contact information; Job preference and work availability; Social Security Number and/or other identification information; Education and qualifications; Employment history and experience; Military service; Reference and background check information, including relevant criminal history and credit history; Social media information; Pre-employment test results; Post-offer medical examination information and results, including drug test results; Voluntary self-disclosure information regarding minority, veteran, and disability status; and Information provided by you during the hiring process.

Please note that while this range reflects the full spectrum of compensation available for this role, individual compensation will be determined based on several factors including your experience, skills, and alignment with the role's responsibilities. During the interview process there will be an opportunity to discuss how your background fits into the pay range.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes :

• Competitive Pay

• Multiple Healthcare plan choices

• Dental and vision insurance

• A 401(k) plan with company and matching contributions

• Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Life, AD&D, and Voluntary Insurance plans

• Paid holidays & vacation

• Floating days off

• Parental leave for new parents

• Employee resource groups

• Learning & development programs

• Fun culture where you have an opportunity in shaping our future

Primient is committed to a workplace that is all in ensuring everyone has the opportunity to develop and shape a career that matters in an open culture which embraces equity, diversity and belonging. We challenge old ways of thinking; and encourage employee voices to be a guiding force for ongoing learning.

Primient supports a culture of inclusion that respects individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe our differences make better decisions, drive excellence, and deliver better business results. Primient employees experience autonomy and accountability in their role. Here, employees control their destiny as there is opportunity for career growth and pathways outside the norm.

We are believers in the power of difference. We strive to represent the communities in which we operate and to provide an inclusive, welcoming environment for all. We want Primient to be a place where every employee feels they belong and knows they are seen, heard, valued and safe to speak up. Our aspiration is to unlock the full potential in diverse perspectives, while offering everyone an equal chance to grow,

Primient is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce .

California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")

The Company is committed to complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and all data privacy and laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. We collect the following categories of personal information for the purpose of hiring the best qualified applicants and to comply with applicable employment laws: Name and contact information; Job preference and work availability; Social Security Number and/or other identification information; Education and qualifications; Employment history and experience; Military service; Reference and background check information, including relevant criminal history and credit history; Social media information; Pre-employment test results; Post-offer medical examination information and results, including drug test results; Voluntary self-disclosure information regarding minority, veteran, and disability status; and Information provided by you during the hiring process.