Senior Financial Analyst, Operations Finance

Senior Financial Analyst, Operations Finance | Primient About Primient 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 e’re 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, we’re focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every teammate.

About the Role The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) is a highly visible role that will be responsible for supporting the Sr. Plant Controller and Global Process Engineering team as a business resource and a partner to site operations, responsible for driving positive financial performance and enabling informed decision-making. This role supports the development and communication of accurate financial results and plans, maintains a strong internal control environment, and ensures alignment to company-wide policies and financial standards.

In addition, this role supports day-to-day capital spending and cash flow activities as well as providing analysis to support overall operations finance. These finance activities include capital spending and manufacturing site reporting, operational and direct cost analysis, monthly capital spending and cashflow forecasting, annual budgeting, and miscellaneous project work. A successful candidate will be comfortable and seasoned in collaboration, as you will partner with senior leadership, operations management, supply chain and other cross-functional team members to deliver decision-making support for key deliverables and business initiatives.

This position will report to the Sr. Plant Controller and be based in Schaumburg;
Primient employees are currently working a hybrid schedule.

This is an exciting opportunity to come into a private equity-backed, market leading industrial manufacturer with a history of success and a strong reputation in the market. It has a long track record of success, a reputation for superior capabilities, and a diversified and marquee customer base for whom it creates mission critical products.

Accountabilities with Key Outcomes Support development of annual budgets, and monthly forecasts including analysis and variance explanations

Support the delivery of timely and accurate monthly financial reporting, ensuring transparency and alignment with plan and forecast.

Ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial and capital reporting. Work closely with controlling team to ensure elements capitalized match US GAAP definition

Support and help prepare capital strategic business plans (5 year plan)
Supports preparation of presentations for senior management team and assist Sr. Plant Controller with presentations to Operations Leadership, the Capital Engineering Team, COO and CFO Support capital cash flow forecast for the Treasury team Prepare financial capex analyses for major projects, ensuring alignment with business strategies, priorities, and financial requirements

Review financial analysis prepared by the plant for the small projects, especially ensuring capturing benefits and continuous improvement from capex

Provides financial consulting on key strategic initiatives and priorities to help the organization stay focused on achieving their strategic goals

Support any special project work throughout the Operations team Adhoc analysis & other business requests - provide adhoc reports and analysis as needed to support overall business

Quickly develop a detailed understanding of the business, including products/services and operations sites

Knowledge,…