Develops and maintains accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements for the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) and affiliated companies, ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other relevant accounting standards. Oversees the daily operations of the accounts receivable, fixed assets, and procurement functions. Supervises assigned staff to ensure efficient operations. How does this role make an impact? Manages accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, and building rental leases for IFB and affiliates. Develops, implements, maintains and enforces procurement policies and procedures including requests, orders, approvals and financial commitment tracking. Communicates with employees and vendors regarding procurement/travel expense reimbursement and invoice payment policies and procedures. Oversees vendor relationships and partners with management to evaluate vendor performance, needs assessment, spend optimization and risk management. Ensures compliance with contracts and policies. Develops necessary budgets for approval by the Board of Directors. Serves as the controller nominee, being authorized to approve various disbursements under a certain dollar threshold for all entities. Ensures responsibility over the inventory of IFB and affiliates. Manages the monthly financial statements process for IFB and assigned affiliates. Assists in the preparation of work papers for the annual external audits and tax returns. Supervises the accumulation of non-salary taxable compensation information on employee W-2 forms. Assists in internal audits and special projects assigned by Controller. Exercises professional leadership by keeping abreast of current trends, developments, technology and opportunities within field of responsibility.