Mgr, Accounting & Projects

CF Industries • Northbrook, IL

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About The Position

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy. Function: Finance & Accounting Job Summary: This role has responsibility for managing and assisting each plant’s month-end and year-end processes/analysis and assists, where necessary, in keeping the process efficient and effective (e.g. analytical review of key journal entries, reconciliation of inventory, balance sheets and costing processes). The incumbent also manages the cost accounting function with month-end and year-end analysis and assists, where necessary, in keeping with accuracy, timeliness and efficiency targets. This includes leading the cost accounting team in preparing monthly and quarterly analysis of financial results and assisting in the preparation and presentation to senior management the results of the financial analysis. The incumbent identifies and initiates process improvement projects (both business process and technology driven) with respect to day-to-day plant accounting operations and corporate cost accounting. Creates and maintains strong control environment across the organization. Assists each plant with the administration and application of corporate policies and assists in the development of policy changes. Job Description: Matrix Responsibilities: Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting areas of the corporate controller’s group Provides direction to individuals regarding their roles and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate goals Empowers and promotes the proper level of responsibility and authority for others to learn, grow into new responsibilities and make the proper decisions to obtain the overall department objectives Demonstrates the highest level of integrity and trust in all aspects of the job by working continually towards self-development, staying abreast of all current information and technology, and be knowledgeable with FASB & AICPA governing bodies affecting functional areas to increase innovation and ensure compliance Promotes the corporate controller’s group by developing strong relationships between department members and other CF departments through a high degree of communication across management Promotes the matrix organizational structure, including cross communication, and encourages cross involvement between people and groups Accounting: Responsible for coordinating and reviewing journal entries and account analysis; along with coordinating control procedures for the general ledger system Coordinates and reviews analyses and exhibits for the financial statement commentary package Coordinates and reviews preparation and issuance of various reports to management Work with CF internal and external auditors Assistance in adopting new accounting policies and new accounting standards Accounting research and special projects as requirements arise Staff Supervision and Development: Plans, coordinates and reviews work assignments Identifies training needs of subordinates and provides means to meet the needs including conducting formal employee training sessions Other Areas: Develop greater analyses skills across the finance team Performs or directs the performance of special projects as assigned Initiates, researches and documents improvements to current methods and procedures leveraging teams of indirect reports while also aligning with the appropriate stakeholders With approval, investigates and implements process changes to promote internal controls to efficiently process department transactions and other responsibilities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with major in Accounting or equivalent
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in various areas of accounting with increasing levels of responsibility
• Must be knowledgeable of automated accounting software systems (i.e. SAP)
• Must be PC-literate within a windows environment and have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Applications
• Must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills

Nice To Haves

• CPA and/or MBA preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting areas of the corporate controller’s group
• Provides direction to individuals regarding their roles and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate goals
• Empowers and promotes the proper level of responsibility and authority for others to learn, grow into new responsibilities and make the proper decisions to obtain the overall department objectives
• Demonstrates the highest level of integrity and trust in all aspects of the job by working continually towards self-development, staying abreast of all current information and technology, and be knowledgeable with FASB & AICPA governing bodies affecting functional areas to increase innovation and ensure compliance
• Promotes the corporate controller’s group by developing strong relationships between department members and other CF departments through a high degree of communication across management
• Promotes the matrix organizational structure, including cross communication, and encourages cross involvement between people and groups
• Responsible for coordinating and reviewing journal entries and account analysis; along with coordinating control procedures for the general ledger system
• Coordinates and reviews analyses and exhibits for the financial statement commentary package
• Coordinates and reviews preparation and issuance of various reports to management
• Work with CF internal and external auditors
• Assistance in adopting new accounting policies and new accounting standards
• Accounting research and special projects as requirements arise
• Plans, coordinates and reviews work assignments
• Identifies training needs of subordinates and provides means to meet the needs including conducting formal employee training sessions
• Develop greater analyses skills across the finance team
• Performs or directs the performance of special projects as assigned
• Initiates, researches and documents improvements to current methods and procedures leveraging teams of indirect reports while also aligning with the appropriate stakeholders
• With approval, investigates and implements process changes to promote internal controls to efficiently process department transactions and other responsibilities

Benefits

• an incentive program is available to all full-time employees
• a comprehensive benefits package including two medical plan options, a health savings plan with a company contribution and a match, dental and vision benefits, a well-being incentive program, 401(k) Plan which provides a potential of receiving between 10% and 13% of employer’s contribution, life and disability insurance, paid time off programs and much more!
• Additionally, we offer several Flexible Work Arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees