Manager, Accounting & Systems - GROWMARK, Inc Bloomington, IL

Position: Manager, Accounting & Systems - GROWMARK, Inc. - Bloomington, IL
SALARY RANGE: $ - $GROWMARK is an agricultural cooperative serving almost 400,000 customers across North America, providing agronomy, energy, facility engineering and construction, and logistics products and services, as well as grain marketing and risk management services. Headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois, GROWMARK owns the FS trademark, which is used by its member cooperatives. GROWMARK also owns and operates SEEDWAY, the largest full-line seed company in the United States.

More information is available at  AND SUMMARY STATEMENT Responsible for management of the General Ledger system for GROWMARK and certain retail/subsidiary business units and the reporting of GROWMARK consolidated financial results.

SUPERVISION AND LEADERSHPSupervises, leads, and develops the staff accountants responsible for general ledger system control and analysis, overhead allocations, lease accounting, and fixed asset maintenance and accounting.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Manages the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for GROWMARK and its retail/subsidiary business units.

Responsible for the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial reports and special bank group financial statements.

Manages and utilizes the current SAP ECC, BPC, and SAC software tools including security management, skill cross training and support in increasing the effective use of the software tools.

Helps lead the SAP S4 (ECC replacement) and One Stream (BPC replacement) implementation projects that are ongoing to completion. Manages and utilizes the SAP S4 and One Stream software tools including security management, skill cross training and support in increasing the effective use of the software tools.

Responsible for the administration of the General Ledger system including report writing, interface management, and chart of accounts management for GROWMARK and consolidated entities.

Provides guidance to subsidiary and retail division controllers regarding information required for consolidated financial statements.

Partners with Wholesale business leaders to provide analysis, insights, and financial guidance on overhead and Other Income/Other Expense results.

Manages the integration of financial information from subsidiaries and retail divisions for preparation of consolidated financial reports.

Manages and documents the various consolidation processes required to prepare GROWMARK consolidated financial statements including identification of all eliminating entries.

Directs information exchange with the Tax Department related to GROWMARK corporate fixed asset, overhead and other accounting transactions.

Assists in managing the compilation of information from the different companies of the consolidated group for developing certain GAAP consolidated footnotes.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS Provides recommendations relating to approved accounting policies and maintains strong internal controls over financial reporting to ensure compliance with GAAP.Assists in coordination of annual audit.

Responsible for encouraging, supporting, and promoting innovative practices, ideas, and technologies within the team.

Follows GROWMARK’s Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply.

Performs all other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS Normally requires a college degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or the equivalent thereof, and 6 – 8  years or more of related work experience to demonstrate the ability to provide general ledger and fixed asset accounting leadership to the GROWMARK System.

Prefer a CPA or MBA degree to demonstrate advanced accounting/business knowledge.

Demonstrates essential abilities including…