Lead Analyst, Finance - Risk & Treasury

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Job Overview The Lead Analyst, Finance – Risk & Treasury will monitor the commodity market for cheese and other dairy commodities and will partner with a portfolio of customers with advanced operational complexity to execute trades and design hedging strategies. The Lead Analyst will also support the Treasury department in all cash management activities such as liquidity management, cash flow forecasting, bank account management and financial analysis. Job Responsibilities: Risk Management: - Execute and leads price risk management transactions (hedging) for key retail and foodservice customers by buying and selling commodities. - Prepare complex, monthly hedge recap reports to be delivered to key customers. - Communicate directly with customers in a clear, concise manner. - Independently lead monthly customer meetings to discuss dairy markets and risk management strategies. - Support the sales team internally in team selling and customer training. Coverage Execution: - Partner with commodity brokers to enter bids and offers for coverage and negotiate trades until they are filled. - Oversee and check the entry of hedges in SAP with great attention to detail. - Design and recommend...