Bookkeeper

City: Fairmont City State: Illinois (US-IL)
Country: United States (US)
Requisition Number: 43626

Role Purpose Statement: Performs a variety of accounting transactions and/or financial support functions, such as compiling, sorting, and preparing documents and reports, issuing bills and invoices, creating tickets and applying to contracts, and posting transactions to appropriate accounts. Ensure the appropriate filing and maintenance of accounting records, input data into financial systems and ensure reconciliation of reports.

• Coordinate and communicate with commercial team and customers to efficiently record and apply truck/barge/rail shipments to the appropriate contract, along with prepare and assemble necessary documents for settlement/invoicing.
• Create tickets, apply to contracts, settle/invoice truck/barge/rail customers and vendors, and interface truck/barge/rail tickets to/from the terminals.
• Perform daily controls required for balancing and ensuring proper general ledger postings, prepare miscellaneous journal entries and conduct month end bushel balancing.
• Manage dispute management cases and work with the customer to resolve the differences in a timely fashion.
• Ensure reconciliation of recorded purchase and sales transactions for interoffice partners.
• Analyze and propose process improvements to support continuous improvement environment, compare accounting results to commercial estimates, and communicate and analyze any differences, and identify gaps in controls and recommends corrective actions.
• Work on more complex accounting assignments as assigned.
• Purchases grain as needed.
• Position must ensure timely payment to farmers/customers on a daily basis.

• Strong working knowledge of basic computer software with an emphasis on spreadsheets (Email, Excel, Microsoft Word, and other technical software packages is preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to operate in all commercial and proprietary systems/software.
• Detail-oriented and high attention to accuracy.
• Flexibility to work overtime based on business demands.

• High School Diploma or Associates/Bachelors Degree.
• 2-5 years experience in related field preferred.

At Bunge (NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider, our team of 37,000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where they’re grown to where they’re needed in faster, smarter, and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination, storage, distribution, oilseed processing and refining, offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils, fats, and proteins.

We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored, innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200+ years of experience and presence in over 50 countries, we are committed to strengthening global food security, advancing sustainability, and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva, Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St.

Louis, Missouri. Learn more at

Every day our people exemplify these values, which represent Bunge at its core:

• We Are One Team — Collaborative, Respectful, Inclusive
• We Lead The Way — Agile, Empowered, Innovative
• We Do What’s Right — Safety, Sustainability, With Integrity

If this sounds like you, join us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day people who are #Proudto Be Bunge