Supervisor, Accounting

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: The incumbent will supervise, review and coordinate the preparation of corporate SG&A journal entries, intercompany entries, account reconciliations and analysis, government reporting, internal and external reporting. Support a variety of projects including accounting process, and cross functional projects. Trains, develops and provides appraisal input for two accountants in order to maintain a high level of work efficiency, competency and flexibility. Job Description: Matrix Responsibilities Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for corporate accounting Provides direction to individuals regarding their role and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate goals Empower 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 with indirect reports and encourages cross involvement between people and groups Empower 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 Accounting Responsible for coordinating and reviewing journal entries and account analysis; along with coordinating maintenance and control procedures for the general ledger system Coordinates and reviews preparation and issuance of various reports to management Prepares and or reviews 10K and 10Q footnotes as needed Prepares monthly statement of cash flows Other Responsibilities Promotes greater analyses skills across the finance team Initiates, researches and documents improvements to current methods and procedures Performs or directs the performance of special projects as assigned. Projects may include involvement in cross functional teams in addition to teams within accounting and finance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with major in accounting or equivalent
• Minimum of five years of experience in various areas of accounting with increasing levels of responsibility with supervisory experience in an accounting environment
• Must be knowledgeable of automated accounting software systems (SAP, BPC preferred)
• 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

• Supervise, review and coordinate the preparation of corporate SG&A journal entries, intercompany entries, account reconciliations and analysis, government reporting, internal and external reporting.
• Support a variety of projects including accounting process, and cross functional projects.
• Trains, develops and provides appraisal input for two accountants in order to maintain a high level of work efficiency, competency and flexibility.
• Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for corporate accounting
• Provides direction to individuals regarding their role and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate goals
• Empower 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 with indirect reports and encourages cross involvement between people and groups
• Responsible for coordinating and reviewing journal entries and account analysis; along with coordinating maintenance and control procedures for the general ledger system
• Coordinates and reviews preparation and issuance of various reports to management
• Prepares and or reviews 10K and 10Q footnotes as needed
• Prepares monthly statement of cash flows
• Promotes greater analyses skills across the finance team
• Initiates, researches and documents improvements to current methods and procedures
• Performs or directs the performance of special projects as assigned. Projects may include involvement in cross functional teams in addition to teams within accounting and finance.

Benefits

• In addition to base pay, an incentive program is available to all full-time employees, and 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 protentional 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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees