DATE REVISED: June 2025

CLASS: Exempt

JOB TITLE: Financial Shared Services Manager

REPORTS TO: CFO 

JOB SUMMARY: Primarily responsible for providing strategic direction for the financial shared services team. Will focus on continuous process improvement by identifying efficiencies through automation, standardization, and key metrics. Will work with key stakeholders to provide excellent service to internal and external customers while maintaining accurate financials. This is a key role in our Producer Ag joint venture between CHS and MKC.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Planning, coordinating, communication, supervisory and training skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. 
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to effectively present information to customers, employees, and management.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Must be accurate and detail oriented.
• Proficient computer and data entry skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to react to change productively and handle other essential tasks as assigned.
• Ability to deal with emotional customers and employees in person and by phone. Ability to resolve complaints.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:

Appropriate personal protective equipment in restricted areas.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, statistics, economics, business, business administration, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, and/or Financial Planning and Analysis
• Prior leadership experience with progressively advancing level of leadership responsibilities

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years of experience in process improvement
• 5+ years of experience in a management position 

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Provide strategic direction and oversight to the financial shared services team including work direction, performance management, coaching and development to maximize team and individual performance. 
• Build relationships at all levels of the organization to facilitate collaboration across business departments and functions to deliver desired program outcomes.
• Evaluate process needs and collaborate internally to identify efficiencies that consider best practices in achieving automation, standardization, and continuous process improvement.
• Lead complex projects related to new processes, issues, or changes in structure. Lead internal cross-division reporting. Act as liaison for department.
• Define, develop, and measure key performance indicators and metrics. Track and evaluate performance and collaborate with others to create efficiencies. 
• Provide department oversight of month end/year end close processes, grain accounting, financial reporting, member reporting and audit functions to ensure information is prepared accurately and timely.
• Provide oversight of training materials and programs. 
• Maintain company and accounting setup information. Assist with software security, support, and upgrades.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure accurate financials are maintained while providing excellent internal and external customer service, resolve problems that arise and maintain employee work-life balance.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed or assigned. 
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
• Position is based in Wichita, Kansas.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop or kneel; and talk or hear. The employee must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Job involves work inside a climate-controlled office atmosphere. 

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked to perform other duties.

Management has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.