Overview
This role supports accounting, forecasting, budgeting, settlement, and financial analysis for the organization’s growers. As a finance business partner to Grower Accounting, Ag Services, and operational stakeholders, the position translates contract terms and grower activity into accurate accounting, clear forecasts, and actionable reporting. The role owns complex reconciliations and period-close activities, evaluates grower results, supports grower payments and settlements, and helps maintain strong financial controls over the program.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a business partner for specified accounting and finance questions, assessing business needs, resolving risks and opportunities in a timely manner, and communicating issues and business results clearly.
- Participate in preparation and compilation of the annual operating plan (AOP) and strategic plan for assigned components of the P&L and related balance sheet accounts.
- Update the monthly forecast for assigned functions based on business changes; provide specific, actionable, forward-looking commentary on changes and guidance on potential risks.
- Participate in month-end/quarter-end close activities to ensure completion of assigned tasks, including identification and resolution of unusual items and issues.
- Lead financial audit for assigned area.
- Provide comprehensive financial analysis and models for various requests.
- Lead development of metrics, scorecards, and reporting for assigned functions.
- Evaluate and deliver periodic metrics, scorecards, and reports.
- Participate in finance-wide and other projects as business needs require.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
- 3+ years of professional general business and financial experience.
- Ability to self-motivate in a fast-paced environment and manage ambiguity, change, and a dynamic business environment.
- Background and experience in P&L management, including knowledge of financial systems and general accounting concepts.
- Ability to develop strong relationships and partnerships with internal customers and peers, and effectively manage those relationships.
- Experience working across multiple departments to complete projects or resolve organizational challenges.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills, including leveraging analytics, benchmarking, and insights to generate meaningful strategies and solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or CPA/CMA certification.
- Experience with SAP or other software tools.
- Travel may be required.
- Regular use of standard office equipment, including computers, phones, and related technology.
- Occasional bending, reaching, and lifting may be required.
Additional qualifications listed for this role:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field required.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive financial analysis, accounting, or related business experience.
- Strong understanding of financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and profit and loss statement management.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data, identify trends, and provide meaningful business insights and recommendations.
- Experience building financial models and performing quantitative analysis to support decision-making.
- Proven ability to build strong partnerships and effectively communicate with stakeholders across multiple levels of an organization.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience with enterprise financial systems, ERP platforms, or reporting tools preferred.
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional certification preferred.
Compensation & Benefits
Pay Rate or Range: $86,380.00 - $129,570.00
Industry-competitive benefits may include:
- Health Insurance Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
- Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
- Paid Time Off
- Financial Wellness: Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts
- Life and Accident insurance
- Family-Friendly Employee events
- Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services
Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Location
Kennewick, WA
Additional Information
- Full time
- Anticipated Close Date: 01/02/2027
- Equal Opportunity Employer: considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor under federal, state, or local law.