Strategic Finance Analyst

Position:

Strategic Finance Analyst

Fargo, ND

9-Month Contract

September 14, 2026

Must be flexible supporting business partners across Pacific and Central Time Zones

The Strategic Finance Analyst will provide comprehensive financial analysis and guidance supporting the company's strategic capital acquisition process and high-priority Business Unit initiatives. This individual will partner with project sponsors, Project Managers, Finance leadership, and senior executives to evaluate proposed investments, develop and analyze business cases, reconcile approved financial plans with project execution, support change-control decisions, and assess results through project closeout and benefit realization.

This is a hands-on strategic finance position requiring more than financial reporting. The successful candidate must be able to understand how a proposed capital investment or business initiative could affect the company's financial position now and, in the future, develop the analysis necessary to evaluate that impact, and translate complex financial information into clear recommendations for decision-makers. The position requires advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities, strong Finance and Accounting experience, and practical command of financial concepts including ROI, NPV, cost/benefit analysis, margin analysis, underwriting financial development, and capital resource analysis.

The individual must be comfortable managing multiple capital and ad-hoc assignments simultaneously while operating with minimal supervision and communicating effectively across all levels of the organization.

Influence how the organization evaluates and manages important strategic investments. The financial analysis developed in this role will help project sponsors and senior executives understand the economic implications of capital projects, business opportunities, major contracts, system conversions, new products, and other strategic initiatives before and after investment decisions are made. Gain exposure to the complete strategic capital lifecycle rather than one component of traditional financial analysis.

The analyst will participate from project inception and business-case development through project execution, financial change control, closeout, and post-implementation benefit realization while interacting with Project Managers, Business Units, senior management, Boards of Directors, and potentially external agencies and regulators. This opportunity is suited to an experienced finance professional who enjoys analyzing ambiguous business opportunities, building sophisticated financial models, challenging assumptions, and transforming complex information into recommendations management can act upon.

The role provides significant variety, exposure across the organization, and the opportunity to influence important financial decisions.

Throughout the nine-month engagement, work with project sponsors to review inception-stage financial information and develop, analyze, and refine the financial components of assigned capital business cases. Build or customize financial analyses incorporating cost/benefit considerations, ROI, NPV, capital requirements, margin implications, underwriting financial development, and other appropriate financial measures while clearly identifying assumptions and potential implications for current and future operations. Apply critical thinking and sound financial judgment rather than simply accepting project assumptions, and prepare findings so they can be effectively presented to senior management when requested.

Success will be measured by the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and decision usefulness of business-case financial analyses. AI-assisted analytical tools may be used where permitted to support scenario development or model review, with all outputs independently validated before use.

Throughout the life of assigned capital projects, partner with…