Supervisor, Acctg - Consolidations

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 monthly consolidated financial statements and related management reports. Trains, develops and appraises staff 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 direct reports and encourages cross involvement between people and groups Consolidations Accounting · Responsible for coordinating and reviewing journal entries and account analysis; along with coordinating maintenance and control procedures for the general ledger system Responsible for coordinating and reviewing the completion of the month end consolidation process performed in SAP Group Reporting (GR) including data loads, journal entries, and configured logic Identifies and resolves reconciling differences during the monthly consolidation process by reviewing GR and Analysis for Office (AO) reports and working with the appropriate finance or IT team members Identifies consolidation process improvements as appropriate and helps to manage the implementation of those improvements Performs the initial review of the financial statements including validation reports and published financial reports · Coordinates and reviews preparation and issuance of various reports to management Other Responsibilities Coordinates year-end audit closing schedules and monitors progress 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 Staff Supervision and Development Plans, coordinates and reviews work assignments Identifies training needs and pr ovides resources to meet these needs Internal Controls Establishes and implements processes and procedures to meet departmental internal controls requirements. Ensures that established processes/procedures are followed as designed. Works with Internal Controls Department to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures, the need for new ones, and the extent to which such processes/procedures are being followed. Develops and implements corrective actions with regard to department internal controls as necessary.

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 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 master’s degree preferred

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 direct 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
• Responsible for coordinating and reviewing the completion of the month end consolidation process performed in SAP Group Reporting (GR) including data loads, journal entries, and configured logic
• Identifies and resolves reconciling differences during the monthly consolidation process by reviewing GR and Analysis for Office (AO) reports and working with the appropriate finance or IT team members
• Identifies consolidation process improvements as appropriate and helps to manage the implementation of those improvements
• Performs the initial review of the financial statements including validation reports and published financial reports
• Coordinates and reviews preparation and issuance of various reports to management
• Coordinates year-end audit closing schedules and monitors progress
• 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
• Plans, coordinates and reviews work assignments
• Identifies training needs and pr ovides resources to meet these needs
• Establishes and implements processes and procedures to meet departmental internal controls requirements.
• Ensures that established processes/procedures are followed as designed.
• Works with Internal Controls Department to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures, the need for new ones, and the extent to which such processes/procedures are being followed.
• Develops and implements corrective actions with regard to department internal controls as necessary.

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 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