Career Foundation Program (CFP) Associate - Corporate Finance

Career Foundation Program Associate Corporate Finance

A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. We're looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us.

The value you'll bring:

As a Career Foundation Program (CFP) Associate Corporate Finance, you will play a key role in analyzing business results and tracking key financial targets. As you move through the program, you'll have the opportunity to learn our business, question company performance, and help to identify threats and opportunities. Your work will contribute to the team's goal of acting as the analytical engine of the Company to provide insights and support channel and produce management in making optimal business decisions.

What you'll do:

• Provide daily direction to the business line managers and channel management: As a valued Finance partner, your input will be used to establish strategy and running daily operations to include: evaluation of financial and business related data to provide valuable, accurate and timely information on sales performance; analysis of key performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances; performing competitor and industry analysis; and reviewing RFP's to ensure revenue rates and cost assumptions are valid and projected margins are within business goals.
• Support the Company's financial reporting and analytical data requests: To include weekly and monthly financial reporting as well as ad-hoc reporting and analysis. Utilize a business intelligence tool and implement dashboard reporting to monitor daily sales against targets, update cost trend reports and analyze results to ensure they are in line with the business forecast.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial forecasts. Improve and streamline the Organization's planning process, taking pride in the quality of information provided. Design reports that present both actual and budget data in a concise manner for use by management in decision making.
• Perform special requests and participate with projects/presentations: This will be on an as-needed basis and is expected to increase as the CFP Associate is trained.

This position is part of Smithfield's Career Foundation Program (CFP) which is a training program designed to provide an opportunity for recent college graduates to explore career options through a function-specific rotation. The program is divided into tracks, each of which is oriented towards a different part of the Company's operations. The program provides the CFP Associate with an opportunity to learn about an aspect of the Company's business while simultaneously seeking a new position to launch a career with Smithfield. Company senior leaders, along with an assigned manager, mentor and program manager, will be available to provide guidance, training, and partnership throughout the CFP Associate's assigned rotations. Rotations can last anywhere from 18-months to 24-months depending on the rotational track the Associate enters.

Our CFP Associates are expected to contribute to the goals of each department to which they are assigned. They will assist in problem-solving, assume leadership roles for certain projects, help the department achieve both short and long-term objectives, and in general deliver high-level results that exceed expectations. The Career Foundation Program is designed for high potential college/university graduates who can quickly adapt to new environments, show initiative, and take on increasingly complex project responsibilities.

What we're seeking:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Accounting, Finance or related field; or currently enrolled college student with an anticipated graduation by end of current semester
• Knowledge of financial and business principles
• Must possess a high level of professionalism, discretion and ability to self-manage his/her time from remote locations
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proficient in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• High standards of accuracy
• Travel up to 15-25% of the time. Periodic overnight travel required
• Currently authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to work well with others in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Other skills that make you stand out:

• High level of organizational planning, teamwork, analytical reasoning skills.
• Business Warehouse experience
• Product costing experience
• Experienced in the use of SAP
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong self-motivation and organization skills

Physical demands & work environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those an employee should possess to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The plant environment will include wet or humid conditions (non-weather related), extreme cold and heat (non-weather related), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and chemicals.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud when in the production area.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear

EEO/AA Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans' status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.