**Description** **We invite you to Explore the Potential of being part of something Clearly Essential!** Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 12 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products. **Summary** The Director of Operations - Financial Planning and Analysis is a key member of the FP&A Team. This role is responsible for driving value creation with a hands-on process across all sites as well as clear and effective business reviews, financial forecasts, business analysis, SIOP, and decision support related to all plant metrics, capital spending assessments, inventory analysis, and site financials. **Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following:** _(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)_ + Collaborate with the finance team, COO, and key operational business partners for all operational facilities, production planning resources, logistics leadership, and commercial leadership as they intersect with SIOP. + Coordinate/Administrate key management processes for timely, efficient & effective completion of the operational aspects of 5-year Strategic Plan (STRAP), Annual Operating Plan, Monthly & Quarterly Forecasts, as-needed business reviews + Strategic Action Plan (STRAP): Establish a five-year Vision and Strategy that aligns with and supports the BU and corporate vision. + Annual Operating Plan (AOP): Lead and coordinate the process and development of the AOP. Ensure adherence to timelines and deliverables. Review and analyze the rollup of all cost components for the budget P&L; logistics, manufacturing costs, and capital expenditure. + Lead and coordinate Monthly/Quarterly Financial Forecasts: Make the Forecast integral to the leadership, direction, and management. + Utilize KPIs to ensure the success of initiatives related to operational performance, labor efficiencies, regional wage analysis, price, automation savings, other cost savings, predictability, and forecast accuracy. + Lead cross-functional process improvement, system rollouts, and cost accounting financial transformations. + Gather and interpret large volumes of operational data and detect emerging trends, integrate operational intel, and develop detective controls and predictive indicators. + Efficiently analyze and understand key value drivers and facilitate decision support to positively influence cash flow. + Assist with the month-end close process, functioning as finance department liaison at locations. Analyze, understand, explain, and report operational and financial results versus AOP, Forecast, and Prior Year on monthly, QTD, and YTD bases; and determine the key implications and actions required. + Provide timely and accurate financial analysis on business development projects to organizational management for decision support. Review and understand financials provided to support capital investments, new business opportunities etc. + Personnel development: Systematically and continuously improve the capacity and capability of the organization through targeted training, coaching, formal succession planning, and development. + Perform other related duties as required. **Qualifications** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. + Knowledge of ERP systems (JD Edwards), financial planning (OneStream or Oracle eBPBCS), Microsoft BI and related technologies. + Experience in large datasets and the ability to utilize data from various BI systems. + Finance management experience including knowledge of lean/Six Sigma management concepts and/or certifications. + Experience in mining/manufacturing/production environment, a background in cost accounting is a plus. **Education and/or Experience** + Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or related field required. + 10 years experience required. + MBA, CPA, CMA, CFA preferred but not required. **Physical Requirements** The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. + While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. To request reasonable accommodations, email careers@compassminerals.com or call 913-344-9200. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters) . Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.