The Finance Data and Analytics Business Analyst will develop an in depth understanding of the Product Costing business by documenting of the business needs and developing data solutions to innovate significant data driven insights to help business leaders make better decisions on product costing at Cargill. You will develop and combine costing subject matter expertise in key data domains. In this role, you will act as a partner with internal stakeholders and technical staff to execute a business technology strategy that delivers reporting and analytics solutions

Key Accountabilities

• Partner with the team to develop a detailed understanding of the business and offer guidance on technical solutions to solve business problems.
• You will work under minimal supervision and independently handle complex issues while referring only the most complex issues to higher-level staff.
• Other duties as assigned

• Identify and analyze business needs, gather product costing requirements, and define the scope and objectives to drive business decisions.
• Identify and implement solutions to complex business problems that will maximize the value delivered to stakeholders.
• Lead analysis in collaboration with plant finance process and operations leadership to identify the top opportunities for improvement and track progress and impact on future results.
• Mentor and coach peers and recommend process improvements related to delivery and new methodologies.
  
  Minimum Qualifications 
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Experience with SAP FICO and familiarity with the material ledger
• Knowledge of product costing tables in SAP
• Other minimum qualifications may apply
  Preferred Qualifications
  
  
• Certification in programming language or business intelligence tools
• Confirmed skills querying relational databases using SQL
• Confirmed experience working with large data store