Senior Accountant

PURIS Holdings•Minneapolis, MN

9d•Onsite

About The Position

At PURIS, we're dedicated to cultivating a better food system and making a positive impact. How do we do it? By transforming high-quality, USA-made ingredients into essential components for a wide range of everyday products. From cereals and snacks to protein beverages and beyond, our ingredients are powering a healthier future. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of a growing food industry. You'll work with state-of-the-art engineering and work together with your peers to build a better food future. At PURIS, the Accounting team is a dedicated group that takes pride in doing the work the right way and continuously learning while we do it. We value curiosity, openness, and strong partnerships, and we see our role as more than just closing the books—but doing with integrity. We work cross-functionally to help teams understand the global vision behind their decisions. By combining strong accounting fundamentals with a willingness to ask questions, improve processes, and adapt with an ever-changing global market, the team helps support better decision-making and shared success across PURIS.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in Accounting, Finance, or Agricultural Business
CPA or CPA candidate preferred
3–7 years of accounting experience
Grain, co-op, or ag industry experience preferred
Demonstrated ownership of month-end close
ERP experience required (Business Central, SAP, NetSuite, or grain-specific systems such as AgVantage, AGRIS, Bushel)
Advanced Excel; Power BI or similar a plus

Responsibilities

Own monthly and quarterly close within 5 business days. Grain inventory, deferred payment contracts, and commodity hedge positions reconciled.
Improve grain settlement reconciliations, bushel position reporting, and deferred revenue tracking by month 3.
Act as the primary day-to-day accounting owner and power user of the ERP (Business Central or equivalent): close tasks, reconciliations, user support, and reporting. Structural or design changes to ERP, and/or workflows, are recommended in partnership with the Controller.
Identify, document, and implement high-impact process improvement or automation opportunities.
Pilot and harden at least one AI-assisted or automated accounting workflow (e.g., AP processing, reconciliations, variance analysis) that is audit-safe and suitable for recurring use. Document measurable time or error-reduction benefits.
Document and operate key accounting controls (close, inventory/grain position, settlements, journal entries). Remediate gaps identified during audit preparation in partnership with the Controller.