The Director of Finance is accountable for the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the company, to include the overseeing and directing of financial goals, objectives and budgets, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results.

Functions/Responsibilities:

• Direct and oversee all aspects of the Finance, Purchasing, and Human Resources functions of the organization.
• Manage financial controls and accounting procedures.
• Participate in key decisions as a member of the executive team.
• Analyze cash flow, cost controls and expenses.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and local, state and federal regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting.
• Ensure the distribution of timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts.
• Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities.
• Plan for continual improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Finance team as well as provide individuals with professional and personal growth.

Experience and Skills:

Competencies:

• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of integrity and dependability.
• Results oriented strategic thinker and planner.
• Experience with federal, state and local tax requirements.
• Extensive knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting and cost control principles.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, written communication and organization skills.
• 10+ years in progressively responsible financial leadership roles.
• CPA & tax experience is required.
• Must have the ability to multitask and be self-motivated.

Experience:

The desired candidate will have experience with Windows and Microsoft Office, as well as Great Plains

• 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

Responsible for running daily reports, audit contracts, apply payments, create credit memos, manage accounts and support customers.

Associate Degree in Accounting or Bachelor's Degree in Business preferred. Knowledge of Great Plains and Salesforce software is a plus but not required.