Job Description
Job Description
Our client in the agriculture industry is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join their team. This position plays a key role in ensuring accurate and efficient financial reporting, reconciliation, and analysis while diving into industry complexities. If you have a strong agriculture accounting background and enjoy diving deep into financial analysis, this may be the opportunity for you.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage agriculture accounting processes to ensure accurate reporting.
- Perform month-end accounting activities, including preparing accounting files and journals.
- Execute detailed reconciliations throughout each month and ensure accuracy at year-end.
- Drive process standardization across multiple systems and help implement system changes where necessary.
- Collaborate with leadership to gain knowledge and expertise in industry and financial aspects of the business.
- Conduct detailed analyses to understand the financial numbers and identify areas for improvement.
- Utilize Excel heavily throughout the course of month-end
- Participate in technical accounting projects and other duties as assigned.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Prior agriculture accounting experience is mandatory; familiarity with agriculture retail or wholesale accounting is highly preferred.
- Demonstrated critical thinking ability and a passion for understanding the details behind data and processes.
- Strong reconciliation and financial analysis skills, with a meticulous eye for detail.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment, driving process improvements while adapting to multiple systems.
- Solid proficiency in Excel for data management, reporting, and reconciliations.
Preferred Attributes:
- A proactive attitude and ability to "dive into the weeds" to understand processes and financial outcomes.
- A technical accountant mindset, comfortable with high volumes of data and analysis.
- Agriculture industry experience, particularly in ag retail/wholesale is highly preferred
- CPA certification is not required, however ideal
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in accounting, with a focus in agriculture
• Proficiency in managing month-end close processes and preparing journal entries.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting standards.
• Experience with account and bank reconciliations.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Strong proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to work independently and meet strict deadlines.