Finance Lead
at Koch Fertilizer

Job Description

Your Job

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a Site Finance Lead to join our Koch Fertilizer Plant in Brandon, Manitoba. In this role you will integrate with the operating teams to progress toward site goals while providing financial structure, analysis and applied economic principles to support sound decision-making.

Our Team

This position will require a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and self-driven individual to influence strategies, priorities, and behaviors across a diverse organization to achieve business goals. You will utilize your strategic thinking and people / relationship skills as you partner with the site leadership team to identify and analyze areas of opportunity or risk, present impactful financial analysis to leaders across the organization and collaborate with diverse team members to drive action.

Please note: the majority of core accounting responsibilities (AR/AP/Fixed Assets/GL) are executed and managed by our corporate headquarters in Wichita, KS.

What You Will Do

• Own and drive the financial and site reliability analysis activities for the plant, partnering with accounting and finance resources in Wichita, KS to ensure key performance metrics reflect true site financial and operational performance. Challenge and evolve metrics and analysis to ensure that performance drivers, effectiveness of strategies, and business opportunities are highlighted.
• Identify and/or anticipate areas of opportunity or risk in the business and proactively alert plant leaders as they arise. Support investment and resource allocation decisions through economic thinking and modeling (DC, NPV, IRR, Payback, etc.).
• Collaborate with diverse capabilities across the site to achieve goals based on your analysis. Actively pursue areas of influence, developing relationships to drive behaviors that accelerate achieving business goals.
• Active integration with Site Leadership team to provide input and recommendations for strategy development and process improvement by respectfully challenging historical practices.
• Continually innovate financial and business results presentations tailored to diverse audiences. Facilitate discussions to quickly connect stakeholders to performance and future opportunities.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Ability to travel up to 10%, including overnight stays in the US.
• Experience preparing and presenting financial materials to diverse audiences, with a proven ability to tailor the message for maximum impact.
• The ability to operate independently with minimal structure, leveraging analysis work product and identified opportunities to drive day to day activities.
• Experience with data analysis/visualization tools beyond Microsoft Excel (Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau)
• Minimum of 7 years understanding key accounting concepts, base financial controls, and business performance analysis.

What Will Put You Ahead

• CPA
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business-related field
• Experience working in an operating facility.
• Experience with applied financial analysis, economic modeling, or commercial development.
• Experience as a member of a leadership or steering team of an organization, business, or transformation effort

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is a global provider of value-added solutions for the agriculture, turf and ornamental, energy and chemical markets. From agriculture to energy, KAES makes things grow better with plant nutrient and biological technologies. Our team of innovators unleash their potential while developing the technologies that feed and power the world.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.