Job Description

CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our 10,000 employees are in the United States, but today we have employees in 19 countries. At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture.

Summary

Primarily responsible for providing strategic direction for the financial shared services team. Will focus on continuous process improvement by identifying efficiencies through automation, standardization, and key metrics. Will work with key stakeholders to provide excellent service to internal and external customers while maintaining accurate financials.

This is a key role dedicated to our Producer Ag joint venture between CHS Inc. and MKC.

This is an onsite position located in Wichita, KS.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and oversight to the financial shared services team including work direction, performance management, coaching and development to maximize team and individual performance.
• Build relationships at all levels of the organization to facilitate collaboration across business departments and functions to deliver desired program outcomes.
• Evaluate process needs and collaborate internally to identify efficiencies that consider best practices in achieving automation, standardization, and continuous process improvement.Lead complex projects related to new processes, issues, or changes in structure. Lead internal cross-division reporting.
• Act as liaison for department.
• Define, develop, and measure key performance indicators and metrics.
• Track and evaluate performance and collaborate with others to create efficiencies.
• Provide department oversight of month end/year end close processes, grain accounting, financial reporting, member reporting and audit functions to ensure information is prepared accurately and timely.
• Provide oversight of training materials and programs.
• Maintain company and accounting setup information.
• Assist with software security, support, and upgrades.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure accurate financials are maintained while providing excellent internal and external customer service, resolve problems that arise and maintain employee work-life balance.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed or assigned.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• Bachelors degree in finance, accounting, statistics, economics, business, business administration, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, and/or Financial Planning and Analysis
• Prior leadership experience with progressively advancing level of leadership responsibilities

Additional Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in process improvement
• 5+ years of experience in a management position
• Planning, coordinating, communication, supervisory and training skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to effectively present information to customers, employees, and management.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Must be accurate and detail oriented.
• Proficient computer and data entry skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to react to change productively and handle other essential tasks as assigned.
• Ability to deal with emotional customers and employees in person and by phone. Ability to resolve complaints.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical requirements and FMSCA Clearinghouse. #LI-WB1

CHS offers a competitive total rewards package. Compensation includes base wage and, depending upon position, may include other earnings such as bonus, incentives and commissions. Actual pay offered will vary based on multiple factors which may include, without limitation, experience, education, training, specialized skills and certifications, minimum wage/salary requirements under local law.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, life insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, paid time off, 401(k), pension, profit sharing, short- and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance, subject to the eligibility requirements for each benefit plan.

CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability.

Please note that any communication from a CHS recruiter would be sent using a chsinc.com email address. In addition, a CHS recruiter will not ask for confidential information over the phone or in an email, or request money from a candidate involved in an offer process. If you have questions regarding an employment opportunity, please reach out to chscareers@chsinc.com ; to verify that the communication is from CHS.

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