Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A

Company Overview Farmers Business Network, Inc. (FBN®) is a pioneering digital marketplace and farmer-to-farmer network dedicated to empowering family farmers globally while promoting sustainable agriculture. With over 117,000 members, FBN's Farmers First® promise unites growers and ranchers in their quest to maximize profitability and increase food production. FBN leverages data, AI and direct-to-farm delivery to simplify the agricultural supply chain, boosting convenience and transparency, reducing farm input costs, enhancing access to financing and services, and providing personalized farm insights. Its Gradable® joint-venture helps thousands of farmers adopt and earn rewards for regenerative practices while simplifying the access of regenerative products for the world’s leading food companies and grain buyers.
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Financial Analyst to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team, focusing on the Ag-Chemicals division. This role is a critical ownership position for the division's Operating Expense (OPEX) management, demanding a strong blend of financial rigor, business partnership, and technical expertise in financial systems and business intelligence.
Core Responsibilities & Ownership

• OPEX and Variance Analysis Ownership: Lead the complete OPEX lifecycle. Conduct in-depth, rigorous monthly, quarterly, and annual Budget vs. Actual (BvA) variance analysis to pinpoint cost drivers, identify savings opportunities, manage risks, and provide the "story" behind the numbers to executive stakeholders.
• Ag-Chemicals Business Partnering: Serve as the dedicated financial partner to the Ag-Chem business unit and department heads. Provide tailored financial support and deep insight, accounting for the sector's unique margin profiles, seasonal cycles, regulatory landscape, supply chain complexities, and sustainability trends.
• Advanced Business Intelligence & Reporting: Design, build, and maintain dynamic, automated dashboards and reports, primarily in Tableau. Utilize advanced features (LOD calculations, data blending, optimization) to visualize and communicate financial performance, departmental spend, headcount, operational KPIs, and key trends within the ag chemical markets.
• System Mastery & Automation: Act as the subject matter expert and power user for core financial systems: Oracle NetSuite (ERP) and Oracle PBCS (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service). Drive process improvements, workflow automation, and ensure data integrity and seamless flow between systems.
• Strategic Planning & Forecasting: Coordinate the bottom-up OPEX budgeting process and support the annual operating plan (AOP) and rolling forecasts. Develop robust financial models and perform scenario analysis specifically focused on the Ag-Chemicals division's operations and long-term strategy.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Gather inputs, align financial targets, and prepare comprehensive reports on KPI tracking, profitability by product line, and ad-hoc analysis. Present findings and strategic recommendations to senior management, influencing decisions related to investment opportunities and market volatility.
• Process Enhancement: Proactively drive efficiency and effectiveness in financial reporting, systems integration, and planning processes to support data-driven decision-making in a high-growth environment.
• Partner with functional leaders to develop AOP/budget for defined areas of responsibility. Responsibilities for expense plans, including cost center detail and preparation of budget reports.
• Engage with business leaders to develop forecast updates.
• Financial liaison for various departments providing support to ensure that financial goals of the organization are met.  This includes building OPEX assumptions, tracking costs and ensuring adherence to AOP/budget goals, and proposing month end OPEX accruals to the accounting team.
• Prepare monthly reporting including analysis of expense variances from budget, key business drivers and preparation of the monthly management reports.
• Work with the accounting department to ensure that quarter and year end reporting period is complete, accurate and timely.  Apply sound knowledge of US GAAP in determining the appropriate accounting treatment for transactions
• Anticipate, identify, define, monitor and communicate performance indicators.
• Strong communication and presentation sk