Director of Financial Reporting

MKC•Wichita, KS

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Financial Reporting is a senior finance leadership role responsible for the accuracy, integrity, timeliness, and strategic usefulness of financial reporting for MKC and related companies. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this position provides enterprise-level leadership over financial statement preparation, internal and external reporting, compliance, internal audit coordination, accounting policy, close-process improvement, and financial analysis. The role is expected to serve as a trusted advisor to the CFO and executive leadership team by translating financial results into clear business insight, strengthening internal controls, developing accounting talent, and supporting sound decision-making across the organization.

Requirements

Demonstrated leadership ability with a track record of developing, coaching, and holding accounting and compliance teams accountable for high-quality results.
Strong technical accounting knowledge, including GAAP, financial statement preparation, consolidations, internal controls, audit readiness, and management reporting.
Ability to analyze complex financial information, identify trends, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw sound conclusions that support executive decision-making.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial information clearly to executive leadership, managers, employees, auditors, lenders, board-level audiences, and other stakeholders.
High level of integrity, professional judgment, confidentiality, accuracy, and attention to detail.
Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and lead teams through change in a fast-paced business environment.
Strong process-improvement mindset with the ability to evaluate current practices, strengthen controls, improve reporting quality, reduce close timelines, and implement scalable standard operating procedures.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, accounting software, reporting tools, and financial systems; ability to use technology and data to improve accuracy, efficiency, and insight.
Ability to build effective working relationships across departments and translate accounting requirements into practical business processes.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports, legal documents, audit materials, lending requirements, accounting guidance, and technical business information.
Ability to apply mathematical concepts, financial ratios, percentages, trend analysis, and other analytical tools to practical business situations.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field required.
A minimum of seven to ten years of progressively responsible accounting, financial reporting, audit, or controllership experience is preferred, including demonstrated experience leading teams, managing external audit relationships, improving close and reporting processes, and supporting executive-level financial decision-making.

Nice To Haves

CPA designation strongly preferred but not required.
Experience in agribusiness, cooperatives, grain, energy, feed, agronomy, or multi-entity reporting environments is highly valued.
Ability to travel as needed to support business units, audits, meetings, training, or special projects.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, oversight, and role clarity for the internal audit and compliance functions, ensuring work plans are aligned with enterprise risk, financial reporting priorities, and management expectations.
Lead the annual preparation and update of the fraud and risk assessment model, including identification of emerging risks, control gaps, and recommended mitigation strategies.
Maintain proactive communication with the Chief Financial Officer regarding audit priorities, compliance matters, internal control observations, corrective action plans, and opportunities to strengthen governance.
Partner with business leaders to ensure internal controls are practical, well-documented, consistently followed, and supportive of efficient operations.
Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and ethical financial stewardship across the organization.
Lead the review, oversight, and continuous improvement of monthly and annual financial statements for MKC and related companies, including Producer Ag, Midwest Fertilizer, Farm Kan, and MKC-CHS, LLC.
Own the integrity of the monthly close and reporting process, including review of income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, account reconciliations, accruals, estimates, and key financial analyses.
Prepare and present meaningful analysis, reports, and financial insights for the CFO, executive leadership, management teams, lenders, and other stakeholders.
Identify, communicate, and help resolve accounting, reporting, process, or internal control deficiencies with appropriate personnel.
Lead or support annual budgets, three-year long-range plans, lender reporting, budget requests, financial projections, and related management reporting packages.
Maintain a rolling twelve-month planning calendar for financial reporting, internal audit, compliance, budgeting, audit preparation, lender reporting, and other recurring finance deliverables.
Establish, document, and continuously improve standard operating procedures applicable to financial reporting, close processes, audit preparation, compliance activities, and the Director of Financial Reporting role.
Oversee external reporting for MKC and related companies, ensuring reports are accurate, timely, consistent, and aligned with accounting standards and stakeholder expectations.
Through the Chief Financial Officer, manage communications with external auditors on financial statements, accounting matters, audit requests, accounting disclosures, and technical reporting issues.
Lead audit preparation for MKC and related companies, including coordination of annual audit engagements, audit schedules, management responses, and timely completion of required deliverables.
Continuously assess and improve the close process to enhance accuracy, reduce time to close, increase accountability, and provide more timely financial information to leadership.
Serve as a technical accounting resource for complex transactions, accounting policy questions, system changes, new business activities, and process design.
Develop, mentor, and elevate accounting and reporting team members through clear expectations, coaching, cross-training, and succession planning.
Identify and responsibly adopt artificial intelligence, automation, and data-enabled tools to create efficiencies, reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and strengthen the overall effectiveness of the finance and accounting department.
Lead special projects and strategic finance initiatives as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer.