Chief Financial Officer

Grain & Protein Technologies•Assumption, IL

About The Position

The Chief Financial Officer will help Grain & Protein Technologies (GPT) strengthen its financial capabilities and support its growth and operational agenda. Over the first 18 months, the role will focus on building an accountable, high-performance culture; developing scalable financial systems, reporting, data, planning, and forecasting capabilities for a $2.5B+ enterprise; and making finance a forward-looking, insight-generating function. The CFO will establish consistent financial measurement standards across business units and build a high-performing global treasury organization focused on cash visibility, cash flow, balance sheet performance, cash repatriation, and tax optimization across complex global structures. The CFO will partner with the CEO, Business Presidents, and functional leaders to drive operating rigor and help double the business organically by 2029 compared with 2024, while supporting further growth through acquisitions. The position requires extensive travel, including international travel, and regular on-site presence at GPT facilities in Assumption and Taylorville, Illinois, and at its global headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee. GPT is a global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of equipment for grain, seed, poultry, egg, and swine production. The company generates $1.1 billion in annual revenue, serves customers in over 100 countries, operates 19 manufacturing facilities across five continents, and employs more than 3,600 people. Its brands include GSI, Cumberland, AP, Tecno, Cimbria, Aerotech, Reventa, and Euroemme. GPT's purpose is “Feeding the World Better,” with an emphasis on smart technologies and innovative solutions that help farmers and agribusiness managers become more productive and profitable in a sustainable way.

Responsibilities

Build an accountable, high-performance culture and model GPT’s Winning Culture.
Upgrade financial systems, reporting architecture, and data capabilities as necessary to support a $2.5B+ enterprise.
Establish best-in-class forecasting, planning, and scenario modeling, including rolling P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and net debt forecasts, as well as a 13-week forward cash flow forecast.
Ensure finance operates as a forward-looking, insight-generating function rather than merely a reporting function.
Cascade financial measurement standards into business units to promote consistency and clarity in company reporting.
Create a high-performing global treasury organization and improve business visibility into short- and medium-term cash needs.
Understand trapped cash and true cash EBITDA by country.
Execute strategies for efficient cash repatriation and tax optimization across complex global structures, leveraging existing legal entity and intercompany loan frameworks where suitable.
Assist the CEO in driving the operating agenda and operational rigor across business units and regions.
Support Business Presidents and functional leaders in pursuing the goal of doubling the business organically by 2029 compared with 2024, and in further growth through acquisitions.
Help GPT become the best grain and protein business in the world.