Lamb Weston is seeking a Sr Financial Analyst to join its finance organization in American Falls, ID (onsite). This role supports strategic decision-making and operational performance through advanced analysis, business partnering, and clear insights across planning, forecasting, reporting, and financial models.
Reporting into the finance function, the Sr Financial Analyst will help translate complex financial data into actionable recommendations, support key planning processes, and partner with stakeholders across multiple business areas to evaluate financial and operational impacts.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted finance partner to assigned business functions, delivering financial guidance, analysis, and recommendations aligned to business objectives.
- Contribute to annual operating plans, long-range strategic plans, budgets, and related financial projections.
- Prepare and maintain monthly forecasts, assessing business changes and communicating risks, opportunities, and key drivers to stakeholders.
- Support monthly and quarterly financial close activities, helping ensure accuracy and timely resolution of issues.
- Analyze financial performance, surface trends, and provide actionable insights to improve business results.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models supporting business cases, investments, pricing decisions, product initiatives, and other strategic projects.
- Create and continuously improve KPIs, dashboards, scorecards, and management reporting.
- Prepare and present financial analyses, reports, and recommendations to management and business partners.
- Partner cross-functionally to evaluate the operational and financial impacts of business decisions.
- Support financial planning and analysis across multiple functional areas as needed.
- Participate in and/or lead special projects, process improvement initiatives, and other finance-related efforts.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting, forecasting, and financial processes through automation, standardization, and best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field (required).
- Minimum 5 years of progressive financial analysis, accounting, or related business experience.
- Strong understanding of financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and profit and loss statement management.
- Proven ability to analyze complex data, identify trends, and translate findings into meaningful business insights and recommendations.
- Experience building financial models and performing quantitative analysis to support decision-making.
- Demonstrated ability to build partnerships and communicate effectively with stakeholders at multiple levels.
- Capability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience with enterprise financial systems, ERP platforms, or reporting tools preferred.
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional certification preferred.
- Travel may be required.
- Regular use of standard office equipment, including computers, phones, and related technology; occasional bending, reaching, and lifting may be required.
Technologies
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
Benefits
- Health insurance benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
- Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
- Paid Time Off
- Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions
- Financial Planning Services
- Employee Stock purchase program
- Health Savings Accounts
- Life and Accident insurance
- Family-Friendly Employee events
- Employee Assistance Program services including mental health and other concierge type services
Location: American Falls, ID (onsite)
Employment Type: Full time
Salary Range: USD 86,380 - 129,570 per year
Job Requisition ID: Req-272229
Anticipated Close Date: 01/12/2027
Pay Rate / Range: $86,380.00 - $129,570.00
