[Hiring] Senior Financial Analyst @CHS, Inc.

Role Description

CHS has an exciting opportunity within our Grains product line. We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to prepare and analyze the financial statements and provide financial support to our Evansville soybean processing facility. You must be a detail oriented, analytical, highly organized self-starter with the ability to multi-task and have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

This position is remote with travel up to 20% of the time to processing facility or corporate headquarters. Candidates located near our corporate office in Inver Grove Heights, MN, or our soybean crush facility in Evansville, WI, are preferred, but proximity to either location is not required.

Responsibilities

• Act as the financial lead during the construction phase for the Evansville, Santos and OCP capital investments, monitoring spending against plan, forecasting total project costs, and identifying risks and opportunities for leadership.
• Serve as the primary finance business partner for the Evansville processing facility, providing financial insight and decision support to site leadership.
• Lead the financial planning process, including forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of operational initiatives and their financial impact.
• Oversee the preparation, analysis, and reporting of monthly financial results and statements.
• Conduct variance analysis and effectively communicate key drivers of financial performance to management.
• Monitor and report capital project spending, ensuring alignment with approved budgets and investment objectives.
• Provide financial leadership for investment decisions through robust pro forma modeling and development of executive review materials for project approvals.
• Partner across the organization to support enterprise initiatives, ad hoc financial analysis, reporting, and investigations, providing actionable insights and recommendations.
• Partner with business leaders to develop, monitor, and present key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics that drive performance.
• Lead plant cost accounting activities, ensuring accurate product costing, inventory valuation, and operational cost reporting.
• Evaluate, recommend, implement, and monitor internal controls and supporting documentation to ensure compliance and strengthen financial processes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across all levels of the organization, fostering cross-functional collaboration to achieve business objectives.
• Travel regularly to the Evansville facility or corporate headquarters to support cost management, operational efficiency initiatives, capital projects, and quarterly inventory counts.
• Identify and lead opportunities to leverage AI, analytics, and data-driven solutions to improve financial processes and business performance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in one or more of the following: Accounting, Audit, Credit & Collections, Payroll, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting & Analysis, Tax, or Treasury.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field.

Requirements

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Word including creation of pivot tables, chart and formulas such as VLOOKUP and IF statements.
• Advanced proficiency with Power BI or similar advanced reporting tools.
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of and direct application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Prior direct experience using enterprise-wide ERP systems.
• Proven success collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Extensive experience analyzing, interpreting, and reporting financial data.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 20%.
• Extensive understanding of accounting processes and internal controls with an ability to identify and address weaknesses in controls.
• Experience with SAP general ledger and related reporting software.
• Ability to solicit support for ideas and provide sound rationale for recommendations.
• Ability to complete assignments independently and handle complex accounting activities.
• Identifies accounting issues, researches possible solutions and forms conclusions to present to management.
• Ability to select, develop staff and work in a team environment to achieve desired results.
• CPA, CMA or similar professional certification.
• Experience with Agriculture and/or Energy industries.
• Manufacturing or processing industry knowledge or experience.

Benefits

• 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.