Assistant Treasurer Hybrid - Sleepy Eye MN

Christensen Farms is one of the largest familyowned pork producers in the United States marketing approximately 3.6 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye Minnesota the company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Illinois and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns three feed mills manages 143000 sows on 44 farms and oversees more than 350 nurseries and growfinish sites. The company employs nearly 1000 people and maintains 1500 contract partnerships.

The company is vertically integrated with a strong presence across the pork value chain from farm to fork. Christensen Farms is the largest shareholder of Triumph Foods LLC a producerowned primary pork processing plant in St. Joseph Missouri. In turn Triumph Food members own 50 percent of Dailys Premium Meats a specialty pork processor bacon and other premium pork products. Triumph Foods also holds a 50 percent partnership in Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC of Sioux City Iowa a primary pork processing plant.

This role offers a great opportunity to advance your Finance career path within our organization

Controller

Position Overview & Responsibilities:

The Treasury Manager will be a key contributor to the accounting team supporting the team with breadth and depth of experience working across the accounting finance and treasury processes and business partnering. The Treasury Manager will be responsible for directly supervising accounts payable and receivables as well as supporting the Controller and Treasurer with treasury functions such as financial risk management capital planning and credit management. This role will also provide SME level support and consulting to process improvement projects and system implementations.

The Treasury Manager will support the Controller & Treasurer with risk management of interest rates credit financing and insurance.

Major Areas of Accountability:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING

• Responsibility includes the preparation of schedules and applications for insurance renewals and placement as well as assistance with claims processing
• Leading the Accounts Payable and Receivables team to drive efficient and effective transaction processing
• Accounting for debt and interest
• Maintaining positive working relationships with the companies financing partners and bank group
• Executing and monitoring cash management for daily funding needs
• Maintaining records for distributions and changes of shareholders/owners
• Tracking cash flows and developing/maintaining cash forecast
• Monitoring compliance with bank covenants
• Weekly preparation and distribution of the Treasury Report and interest rate hedge position
• Researching and analyzing approaches to financing and hedging strategies
• Through ongoing collaboration with department leaders clearly communicating the financing processes and trends that may assist in key decision making
• Review and analysis of capital expenditures

PROJECTS

• Participate in or lead special projects as assigned. Projects may include but are not limited to testing system implementations and system upgrades developing ad hoc reports and process improvement initiatives.

Education Training and Experience Requirements:

• Minimum formal education required: Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance with at least 4 years of experience in a Treasuryrelated capacity.
• Preferably 510 years of accounting/treasury/finance experience in a public and/or private forprofit organization. Responsible for maintaining a high level of confidentiality. Ag business or Coop experience is a plus.
• Other Skills required:
  • STRONG ANALYTICAL SKILLS quantitative and qualitative analysis; ability to identify the significant factors of an issue; employ creativity in identifying causes implications and remedies; demonstrate a balance between theoretical and practical solutions; demonstrate ability to build complex financial models.
  • INITIATIVE ability to work independently; ensure responsive timely followup; meeting of deadlines; demonstrate a sense of urgency; ability to prioritize multitask and work on multiple projects simultaneously; organizational skills; selfstarter.
  • EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS efficient and effective oral and written communication skills; executive presentation skills; ability to communicate at all levels of the organization; builds and maintains strong relationships with peers.
  • LEARNING and DEVELOPMENT demonstrates a strong commitment to learning and developing industry specific expertise.
• Technical Skills:
  • Microsoft Suite
  • ERP Solutions
  • GAAP
  • SQL
  • PowerBI
  • Project Management

Reports to:

Controller & Treasurer

Management Scope and level of responsibility:

Contributor: Position will have direct supervisory responsibilities for Payables team.

Supervision of Others:

Direct Reports: Team of 3 4 as well as interns depending on needs of the business.

Indirect Reports: None

Benefits:

• A great senior career path to Director through CFO with strong mentoring.
• Relocation if needed.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health dental vision a flexible spending account (FSA) life insurance shortterm disability longterm disability a 401(k) plan paid holidays paid time off bank an employee assistance program (EAP) and more.
• Be part of an organization that gives back to the community in many waysincluding feed programs that support local farms food shelf programs food support for veterans agriculture education and promotion FFA/4H support charitable contributions etc.
• A company that has a passionate purpose for food safety animal welfare and for living its core valuesrespect integrity excellence adaptability and innovation.
• A culture that fosters employee growth promotion from within and a highly teamoriented approach to our work.

Christensen Farms is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to select the most qualified person for each position in the organization. No employee of CF will discriminate against any applicant for employment or a fellow employee because of race color religion sex national origin disability citizenship status genetic information age sexual orientation gender identity military status veteran status or any other prohibited basis under applicable local state or federal law.