TITLE: Senior Manager, North America Agriculture and Commodity Finance

LOCATION: Westchester, IL

REPORTS TO: Director, Finance Planning & Analysis North America

As the Senior Manager, North America Agriculture and Commodity Finance, your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver topline and cost inputs for forecasts aligned to current marketplace indices and the terms of existing contracts; provide guidance / counsel on impacts of market volatility and current commodity status as part of the financial planning/forecasting process
• Drive improvements in forecast accuracy and finance-related net corn management processes; collaborate with the NA Agriculture and Commodity team to develop more rigorous financial planning/forecasting acumen on raw material inputs and co-products pricing
• Establish linkage to fee customer pricing impacts of net corn changes; provide ownership and execution of net corn hedge accounting and impacts to financial forecasting
• Develop harmonized approach to corn hedge decision-making and performance reporting
• Collaborate with NA Agriculture and Commodity team, the NA Commodity Committee, as well as commercial and operations finance team members to align on strategic decisions with regards to commodity purchases, markets/environment, impact on regional cost structure and related customer pricing decisions
• Support North America risk management strategies; develop and implement new tools to track and report hedging impacts, position reporting, and Key Performance Indicators
• Prepare and deliver financial reporting packages to various members of the North American leadership team as well as the various leaders within the Corporate functions.
• Directly supervise one Lead Financial Analyst

The Senior Manager, North America Agriculture and Commodity Finance position is well-suited for you if you:

• Contribute to an environment that enables the wellbeing of our people and customers
• Embrace diversity and proactively foster an inclusive work environment where each person is valued and feels inspired to contribute their best
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and resolve problems in a fast-paced environment, successfully coordinate and handle multiple tasks/activities simultaneously
• Identify and implement process improvements
• Ability to think critically, analyze problems, and advocate for fact-based solutions
• Takes personal responsibility to anticipate challenges, proactively search for opportunities, and make decisions that are in the best interest of the company
• Bring financial planning acumen to complex Agriculture and Commodity markets, oversight for company’s largest raw material input cost
• Proactively engage the right resources from across the organization to understand financial results
• Build sustainable internal and external relationships that deliver value for the business

Qualified candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required
• 8-12 years of relevant accounting and finance experience
• Strong attention to detail and understanding of financial flows and processes
• Ability to influence across functions, all levels, and excellent communication skills
• Experienced at developing trend analysis, cost impact plans based upon market movement and scenario development
• Proficient at building Excel models which can easily adapt to volatile commodity markets
• Demonstrated success working with internal customers to build rapport and effective relationships; prefer demonstrated ability influencing senior non-Finance managers and executives
• Demonstrated ability to analyze financial results and apply variance analysis effectively to explain impacts of commodity movement, hedging implications and overall connection to cost of goods sold and pricing decisions across multiple business units
• Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working within SAP planning systems strongly preferred
• Experience in commodity markets and utilization of hedging instruments are considered a plus