Accounting Manager Clean Fuel - Decatur, IL

Job Description

Clean Fuel and Special Project Accounting Manager – Decatur, IL
Carbohydrate Solutions Controlling
This is a full-time, exempt level position.

Description: 
We require a resilient and dynamic Accounting Manager to manage the clean fuel related activities as well as other key strategic projects for the Carbohydrate Solutions segment.  You will be accountable for leading the associated process and will have dotted line responsibility for parts of the end to end process that are performed by others in the organization.  You will develop cross functional and business partnerships with key stakeholders to solve problems and achieve positive business outcomes, driving a culture of accuracy and integrity of financial data and reporting. You will also be responsible for the portion of financial statement P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, financial reporting and US GAAP reporting requirements and accuracy and completeness thereof related to these processes.  
 
Core Focus Areas 
Leadership and people development  

• Lead within a global matrix environment and develop strong relationships with Finance Centers of Excellence (CoEs) and Record to Report (R2R) colleagues.  
• Be perceived as a role model for other Controllers, Accountants and Finance Professionals. 
• Foster a culture of integrity, accountability, continuous improvement and risk management.  
• Drive a culture of accuracy and integrity of financial data and reporting within cost efficient environment, whilst also ensuring high quality deliverables. 

Controllership Focus 

• Own all aspects of the financial statement, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, external and internal financial reporting and accuracy and completeness thereof. 
• Review, approve or reject all finance deliverables within the Controllership vertical of the Finance Deliverables RACI, ensuring all required timely approvals.   
• Ensure US GAAP and other external functional reporting requirements are satisfied.   
• Set expectations, provide direction, training and information to R2R teams associated with delivering services. Ensure they are clear on their roles, responsibilities and expectations.  
• Support internal and external audits for Carbs.  
• Accountable for delivering monthly and quarterly management reports, cash flow analysis, balance sheet reviews and P&L variance analysis for clean fuel related Carbs activities.  
• Analyze financial statements and/or supporting schedules and communicate results to business units.  
• Approvals and reviews of non-standard journal entries.  

Stakeholder engagement and provision of expert advice 

• Provide advice and expertise on US GAAP reporting requirements.   
• Partner with Business Segment Controllers and Business Segment Finance Directors where required to provide expert advice on Financial Control and Compliance.  
• Provide complete and accurate accounting advice to key stakeholders.  
• Advice and training on new finance policies and controls to business stakeholders.  

• Be the “connector” and “collaborator” between GBS, R2R, COEs and processes across Finance E2E processes to enable compliance with internal controls and accurate financial reporting.  
• Controllership to own connections between R2R, A2P and AR to ensure Business CFOs receive the information and answers they need quickly.  
• Develop cross functional and collaborative business relationships with key stakeholders to solve problems and achieve positive business outcomes. 

Transformation and Continuous Improvement 

• Champion Finance Controllership Transformation and Continuous Improvement initiatives to help drive organizational performance.  
• Collaborate with other leaders to identify and implement Financial Control best practices across COEs and ADM. 
• Act as accounting SME on cross functional projects e.g. M&A, ERP implementations.  
• Agile execution with a critical focus on timely deliverables in a very dynamic environment.

Internal Control and Risk Management Focus 

• Drive a strong internal control and risk management environment in compliance with company policies. 
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with internal accounting policy, GAAP, SOX and internal control frameworks.  
• Review and analyze consolidated financial results to ensure material accuracy per US GAAP guidelines. 
• Support annual review/revision of Key Financial Controls (SOX requirements) and process flows and work to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of internal controls. 

The role requires someone with strong leadership capabilities including a strateg