Division Controller

Job Location:

Central Bi-Products Redwood Falls - Redwood Falls, MN 56283, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: Bachelors, Salary Range: $ - $ Salary/year, Travel Percentage: 25 to 50%, Job Shift: 1st (Day Shift), Job Category:
Accounting

Farmers Union Industries, LLC, also known as FUI, is a leading agricultural-based manufacturing company headquartered in Redwood Falls, MN. Our current operations include Central Bi-Products, Northland Choice, Midwest Grease, Artex Manufacturing, Redwood Farms Meat Processors, and Performance Pet Products. Please visit our website at  to learn more!

FUI is excited to post for the brand-new position of Division Controller. This role is responsible for leading financial accounting, cost accounting, internal controls, and administrative functions for our Central Bi-Products/Northland Choice/Midwest Grease divisions in Redwood Falls, Long Prairie, Waite Park, and Estherville locations.

We offer a salary of $140-160K/Yr. (based on experience) plus a benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, PTO, paid holidays, 401K match, and much more!

Monday to Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm. Willing to consider alternative or flexible schedule.

All areas of accountability to be delivered with GRIT - our values of Generosity, Relationships, Integrity, and Teamwork

• Financial Accounting & Reporting
• Cost Accounting, Yields, & Operating Analysis
• Inventory Integrity & Internal Controls
• Plant Administration & People Leadership
• Planning, Forecasting, & Capital
• Systems and Process Improvement, & Business Partnership

• Own the accuracy and timeliness of month-end closing, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, plant financial statements, and management reporting for all assigned facilities
• Ensure consistent accounting for raw materials, work in process, finished goods, production activity, freight, and intercompany transactions, in accordance with GAAP and FUI policies
• Investigate unusual results, resolve accounting discrepancies, and support audit requests and financial reviews
• Lead reliable product and plant cost accounting including raw materials, direct labor, utilities, maintenance, freight, and manufacturing overhead
• Analyze raw material volumes and costs; fat and protein recoveries; production yields; manufacturing cost per incoming ton; finished-product costs; and contribution margins
• Identify and explain drivers of cost, mix, yield, and inventory variances; distinguish operational performance changes from measurement or accounting issues
• Partner with plant leaders on margin improvement, processing efficiencies, operating expense management, and comparable KPI reporting across sites
• Oversee transactional controls related to purchasing, receiving, production, inventory movements, shipping, invoice processing, and reconciliations
• Coordinate inventory counts and cycle-count practices; review adjustments, shrinkage, valuation, and aging; and resolve discrepancies promptly
• Establish documented, risk-based controls and compensating review procedures, especially at sites with one administrative employee
• Directly manage the five initial administrative employees: one each at North Redwood, Estherville, and Waite Park, and two at Long Prairie
• Own hiring input and selection, onboarding, scheduling and coverage planning, coaching, training, performance reviews, development, and corrective action, in coordination with Human Resources
• Define job duties, deliverables, deadlines, authority levels, and service expectations; standardize workflows where practical while accounting for plant-specific requirements
• Oversee plant administrative processing, such as purchasing support, invoice documentation, production and inventory entry, shipping documentation, payroll/timekeeping administration, and operational reporting, as applicable
• Build cross-training and backup capacity across the four facilities; evaluate workload balance, opportunities to share work, and single-person dependency risks
• Coordinate daily plant support priorities with plant managers while retaining direct supervisory and functional authority over the administrative team
• Lead facility-level budget inputs, operating forecasts, and monthly actual-versus-budget analysis; clearly explain the financial impacts of volume, commodity prices, yield, and operating costs
• Support ROI, payback, and financial-risk analysis for plant capital projects, equipment replacements, and process improvements
• Monitor…