Accounting Supervisor

Christensen Farms is looking for an experienced Accounting supervisor to join our team at our Sleepy Eye, MN headquarters.

Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, marketing approximately 3 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns four feed mills, manages 145,000 sows on 44 farms, and oversees more than 350 nurseries and grow-finish sites. The company employees nearly 1,000 people and maintains 1,500 contract partnerships.

 

The company is vertically integrated with a strong presence across the pork value chain – from farm to fork. Christensen Farms is the largest shareholder of Triumph Foods LLC, a producer-owned primary pork processing plant in St. Joseph, Missouri. In turn, Triumph Food members own 50 percent of Daily's Premium Meats, a specialty pork processor bacon and other premium pork products. Triumph Foods also holds a 50 percent partnership in Seaboard Triumph Foods, LLC of Sioux City, Iowa, a primary pork processing plant.

 

Position Overview & Responsibilities:

This position supervises and coordinates the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable staff engaged in processing AP and AR transactions and must maintain the integrity for accurate and timely processing of transactions. In addition, this position functions heavily on senior accounting level tasks and is involved in preparing journal entries, maintaining balance sheet schedules and ledgers, account reconciliations, assisting with monthly closings, account analysis and supporting the Controller in carrying out the responsibilities of the accounting department to maintain accurate financial records. In the capacity of AP/AR Supervisor, the individual must focus on teamwork and collaboration between the AP/AR team and Production/Nonproduction leaders on various requests. This position is responsible for leading change in the AP/AR team to assure internal customer needs are met as well as the effective operation of COUPA. This position also will be expected to take on the role of CF COUPA Administrator for the Accounting area.

 

Major Areas of Accountability:

• Assure processes are efficient, standardized, documented and followed within Accounts Payable and Receivable functions
• Provide direction in 1099 filing, Sales Tax filing and audits, vendor setup, and any system related functionality within SL as it relates to AP and AR.
• Manage Bank charges and drive selection of most efficient payment/settlement options
• Manage Cash – actual, forecasted and daily reporting of position
• Manage Credit Card relationships as well as policies, and perform PCard and Expense Management Administrative role
• Preparation of financial statements and supporting schedules according to monthly and annual close schedules.
• Assist with analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and reporting on key variances.
• Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls.
• Reviews accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information, calculations and makes or directs correcting entries.
• Posts data to various ledgers, registers, journals and logs following established accounting techniques and internal procedures.
• Assist with preparation and coordination of the tax and audit processes
• Account reconciliations
• Develop staff members in an effort to improve efficiencies and maximize productivity.
• Coach, encourage, utilize, and positively motivate direct reports
• Backup AP and AR as necessary (the goal is to provide backup support infrequently by having proper staff levels and processes)

Education, Training and Experience Requirements:

Minimum formal education required: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

 

Minimum number of years of prior job experience required: Minimum 3-5 years

 

Specialized Training requirements: None

 

Other Technical Skills required: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Excel, Word. Understanding of PowerPoint and Access. Experience with report writing software or SQL preferred but not required.

 

An ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing is a must. Ability to exercise independent thinking and judgment. Must possess solid problem solving skills along with the ability to manage conflict in a fair, consistent and timely manner. Strong skills in promoting a collaborative team environment focused on improving process and results is also required.

 

Reports to:

Controller

 

Management Scope and level of responsibility:

First-level Management:

• Suggests and implements changes to improve processes
• Ensures the department's processes are carried out correctly;
• Sets agenda for staff and delegate responsibilities
• Sets daily and weekly priorities, ensuring reasonable workloads;
• Solves tactical problems that employees are having with their jobs.
• Develops and trains employees