Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Omaha, NE, US, 68137-2210 Fargo, ND, US, 58108
AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. While each association is owned by its local farmers and ranchers, they collaborate by pooling resources, expertise, and talent to provide affordable credit, crop insurance, and financial services.
Our associations are united by a common mission and commitment to serving rural America and supporting each other, which drives the success of the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness we serve. We take pride in being a great place to work, and this enthusiasm is reflected in the relationships our team members foster with one another and with our customers.
Job Summary
We are looking for a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to administer the Associations’ financial planning, budgeting, and performance analysis processes. The FP&A manager ensures that long-term financial plans are developed and maintained to assess the Associations’ financial health and explore financial strategies.
This position will partner with senior leaders and adjacent teams to incorporate market conditions, business plans, and strategic initiatives into forecasts and scenario analyses. Likewise, the FP&A manager makes certain that budget builds and corresponding management reports provide effective performance benchmarks and monitoring tools. The incumbent will work with Quantitative Finance on the evolution and maintenance of financial models, datasets, and reporting frameworks, while acting as an informal leader, coordinating work with FP&A Analysts and mentoring these teammates on best practices and skills development.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Administer the development of Board-approved financial plans, monitor results against these plans, and facilitate forecast updates.
- Lead the budgeting process, incorporating staffing intentions, expense plans, loan pricing and growth expectations, revenue plans from business units providing non-interest revenue, and other business objectives that help treat budgets as effective performance benchmarks.
- Partner with leaders across the Associations to understand business drivers and study their impacts to financial results.
- Prepare, analyze, and present management reports encapsulating variance analyses and key performance indicators.
- Monitor financial outcomes, identify trends/opportunities/risks, and make recommendations for improvement.
- Work with Quantitative Finance to enhance, maintain, and defend financial models (including the financial plan and cost allocations), incorporate loan and investment portfolio forecasts into statement projections, and support stress testing, scenario/sensitivity analyses, and capital adequacy reviews.
- Provide ad hoc financial analyses to support business or financial strategy development and what-if analyses
- Help prepare various presentation materials for directors, management committees, and senior leadership.
- Coordinate work with FP&A Analysts and mentor these teammates on best practices and skills development.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required. Master’s degree preferred.
Years of Experience
- 6+ years financial planning and analysis, preferably in a financial institution.
Certification and Technical Requirements
- CPA or CFA preferred.
- Experience with data mining and analysis tools, such as Microsoft SSAS cubes, Alteryx, SQL.
- Experience in using financial modeling techniques and statistics.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including experience with advanced macros and complex formulas.
About Us:
AgCountry has 45 offices, is based in Fargo, North Dakota and serves portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, FCSAmerica is based in Omaha, NE and has 42 local offices serves rural communities and agriculture in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Frontier Farm Credit has six offices serving eastern Kansas. Together, we support nearly 82,000 producers and agribusinesses, meeting the needs of today’s agricultural industry with our combined 2600+ employees providing lending, risk management, technology, commodity marketing, and customer and employee education.