• Manage monthly and annual close of income statement and balance sheet
• prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to access accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Analyze business operations, trends costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice
• Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.
• Prepare, calculate and comply with debt covenant reporting
• Treasury management. Close coordination with FP&A team.
• Administer business risk insurance requirements with team.
• Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts.
• Develop, maintain and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
• Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop and maintain solutions to business and financial problems.
• Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
• Provide internal and external auditing services for businesses.
• Appraise, evaluate and inventory real property and equipment, recording information such as the property's description, value and location.

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with minimum 5 years experience. CPA and manufacturing experience preferred.

Salary plus 10% bonus

Major Responsibilities

• Coordinates, consolidates, and analyzes financial plans and projections and provides information to management under minimal direction.

• Analyzes and interprets actual performance to plan, explains key variances, and makes recommendations for action.

• Assist with month end closing, year-end audits, ad-hoc requests, and other corporate mandates.

• Responsible for assisting with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance efforts, through training process owners, providing assistance with documentation, performing reviews, and completing testing as necessary.

• Accountable for critically analyzing processes and controls, identifying deficiencies, and assisting with remediation efforts.

  Desired Candidate Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance CPA preferred

• Minimum 3 years of accounting experience, ideally in a manufacturing setting.

• They will consider candidate’s coming straight from public accounting.

• Very strong analytical skills,

• Good leadership skills with the ability to clearly communicate a vision, educate individuals and teams, and influence decisions.

• Advance Excel skills, including advanced proficiency in developing financial models and graphs.

• Proficient in working with cost systems and databases.

• Effective written and verbal communications.

• Proven skills in effectively interacting with others.

• Ability to organize and prioritize work with minimal supervision.

• Experience in general supervision and project management.

• Proven experience in a manufacturing company including a working knowledge of cost management systems, target costing principles, and financial evaluation tools and techniques.

Salary plus up to 5% bonus.

Position Description and Key Responsibilities

The company is seeking a candidate that is motivated, versatile, and highly organized. The main duties of this position will be serving as assistant controller for three dairy operations, a feedlot operation, a small farming company, and will include involvement in a real estate holdings company. Our office consists of other team members in this role and would report to the current controller for the operations listed above.

• Monthly financial statement preparation of the three dairy operations and 1 feedlot including account analysis and reconciliation

• Quarterly financial statement preparation of the farming operation including account analysis and reconciliation

• Oversee the reporting and accounting of any new construction projects for these operations

• Create and maintain annual operating and capital budgets

• Responsible for managing operational data and ensuring data integrity and accuracy, includes both data originating from site of operations and data prepared by our office team

• Work closely with the Group Controller and other accounting staff on daily finance and accounting activities

• Assist in year-end closing and preparation for annual CPA prepared reviews and tax returns

• Miscellaneous projects and analysis as needed

• Occasional travel required, typically 2-3 days of travel, semi-annually, as locations are located in Iowa and South Dakota

  Ideal Candidate

• 4 year accounting degree

• 6+ years of experience, public accounting experience or MBA preferred

• Energetic and positive personality that takes pride in ownership

• Must be a meticulous self-starter and have the ability to prioritize and multi-task to meet deadlines

• Confident person with strong communication skills who is able to get along with people of various backgrounds

• Well organized and detail oriented

• Must possess strong analytical skills as well as solid understanding of costing and manufacturing accounting

• Understand processes, controls, and business risks and possess the mindset to look for improvements

• Must embrace technology and be able to adapt to changes in it as its often a tool used to improve processes and gain efficiencies. Strong MS Office skills preferred (Outlook, Excel)

• A team player who enjoys working in a small business culture

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participates on cross functional teams and acts as the primary finance liaison for several functional areas of the organization (HR, IT, Marketing & Sales)
• Responsible for developing analyses and driving projects that improve the overall financial performance of the organization
• Performs financial analyses including but not limited to: Pricing, customer profitability, Sales & Gross Profit & Operating Expenses
• Participates on due diligence teams evaluating potential acquisition targets
• Develops monthly and quarterly financial review decks for senior management
• Assist in the development of an annual budget and quarterly forecasts
• Assists in the preparation of monthly financial statements, including the consolidation of foreign subsidiaries
• Assist in the monthly accounting close with the preparation of journal entries, reconciliations and associated analysis
• Other ad hoc analysis & duties as requested by management

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• BS/BA in Finance or Accounting. CPA a plus.
• Candidate will be self-motivated and able to execute independently with the ability to demonstrate sound judgment and resourcefulness in decision making and problem solving
• Candidate will think independently and be talented at developing new processes and identifying areas for process improvement as well as be able to tactfully present these ideas to stakeholders
• An articulate individual who can relate to people at all levels of an organization including the Global Leadership Team members and Business Managers.
• Excellent computer skills, e.g. Excel, Power Point, Outlook
• Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities while working with a sense of urgency
• Effective Communication Skills (Written & Verbal) with the ability to influence and persuade at all levels of the organization
• 3-5 years professional finance/accounting experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX, Atlas & Management Reporter
• Ability to design and develop financial reporting and associated analysis using BI and ERP software
• International experience preferred

Salary plus 4.5 to 5% Bonus