Senior Accountant

Description

At PURIS, we're dedicated to cultivating a better food system and making a positive impact. How do we do it? By transforming high-quality, USA-made ingredients into essential components for a wide range of everyday products. From cereals and snacks to protein beverages and beyond, our ingredients are powering a healthier future. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of a growing food industry. You'll work with state-of-the-art engineering and work together with your peers to build a better food future.                     

At PURIS, the Accounting team is a dedicated group that takes pride in doing the work the right way and continuously learning while we do it. We value curiosity, openness, and strong partnerships, and we see our role as more than just closing the books—but doing with integrity. We work cross-functionally to help teams understand the global vision behind their decisions. By combining strong accounting fundamentals with a willingness to ask questions, improve processes, and adapt with an ever-changing global market, the team helps support better decision-making and shared success across PURIS. 

Pay Rate/Range: $80,000 - $100,000

Pay Frequency: Biweekly

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Work Location: Minneapolis, MN

Travel: None

The compensation for this role will be based on qualifications, experience, market data, and internal equity. Actual pay may vary due to factors such as location, skills, education, and performance. Pay is determined transparently, using market benchmarks and ensuring internal equity.

Job Purpose

Own the financial integrity of grain and agribusiness operations by delivering accurate, timely reporting while continuously improving the processes and systems that produce that information. This role serves as the Controller’s day-to-day right hand—combining traditional accounting rigor with a technology-enabled mindset to improve close reliability, strengthen controls, and scale the finance function. The role emphasizes execution, judgment, and continuous improvement within a governance framework set by the Controller.

Key Responsibilities

Accurate, Reliable Close

• Own monthly and quarterly close within 5 business days. Grain inventory, deferred payment contracts, and commodity hedge positions reconciled.

Grain Accounting Integrity

• Improve grain settlement reconciliations, bushel position reporting, and deferred revenue tracking by month 3.

ERP Operational Ownership

• Act as the primary day-to-day accounting owner and power user of the ERP (Business Central or equivalent): close tasks, reconciliations, user support, and reporting. Structural or design changes to ERP, and/or workflows, are recommended in partnership with the Controller.

Process Improvement Roadmap

• Identify, document, and implement high-impact process improvement or automation opportunities.

AI & Automation Execution

• Pilot and harden at least one AI-assisted or automated accounting workflow (e.g., AP processing, reconciliations, variance analysis) that is audit-safe and suitable for recurring use. Document measurable time or error-reduction benefits.

Internal Controls Strengthening

• Document and operate key accounting controls (close, inventory/grain position, settlements, journal entries). Remediate gaps identified during audit preparation in partnership with the Controller.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Accounting, Finance, or Agricultural Business
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred
• 3–7 years of accounting experience
• Grain, co-op, or ag industry experience preferred
• Demonstrated ownership of month-end close
• ERP experience required (Business Central, SAP, NetSuite, or grain-specific systems such as AgVantage, AGRIS, Bushel)
• Advanced Excel; Power BI or similar a plus

Benefits:

At PURIS, we’re proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you both personally and professionally. Benefits are effective the first of the month following your hire date. You’ll have access to medical plan options with competitive premiums, along with dental and vision coverage. All Team Members also receive free virtual health care and virtual counseling services. PURIS provides life insurance and short-term disability coverage at no cost to you. To support your long-term financial well-being, PURIS offers a 401(k) plan with a company contribution of 3.5% when you contribute up to 6%. You’ll also enjoy a healthy work-life balance