Senior Financial Analyst

CHS Inc. is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to support the Grains product line and provide day-to-day financial leadership for its Evansville soybean processing facility. This remote role combines hands-on financial analysis, capital project support, and decision support for site and corporate stakeholders, with travel of up to 20% to the facility or corporate headquarters.

In this position, you will act as a key finance business partner and planning leader, overseeing forecasts, budgets, monthly financial reporting, and capital spending analytics. You will also strengthen financial processes through rigorous controls, product cost accounting leadership, and data-driven opportunities that improve financial performance.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the financial lead during the construction phase for Evansville, Santos and OCP capital investments by monitoring spending against plan, forecasting total project costs, and flagging risks and opportunities for leadership.
• Act as the primary finance business partner for the Evansville processing facility, delivering financial insight and decision support to site leadership.
• Lead the financial planning cycle including forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans, ensuring operational initiatives are reflected in financial impact.
• Oversee preparation, analysis, and reporting of monthly financial results and statements.
• Perform variance analysis and communicate key drivers of financial performance to management.
• Monitor and report capital project spending to ensure alignment with approved budgets and investment objectives.
• Support investment decisions using pro forma modeling and prepare executive review materials for project approvals.
• Partner across the organization on enterprise initiatives, including ad hoc financial analysis, reporting, and investigations, with actionable recommendations.
• Develop, monitor, and present KPIs and operational metrics that drive performance in collaboration with business leaders.
• Lead plant cost accounting, including accurate product costing, inventory valuation, and operational cost reporting.
• Evaluate, recommend, implement, and monitor internal controls and supporting documentation to ensure compliance and strengthen financial processes.
• Travel regularly to the Evansville facility or corporate headquarters to support cost management, operational efficiency initiatives, capital projects, and quarterly inventory counts.
• Identify and lead opportunities to apply AI, analytics, and data-driven solutions to enhance financial processes and business performance.

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in one or more areas including Accounting, Audit, Credit & Collections, Payroll, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting & Analysis, Tax, or Treasury.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.

Preferred / additional qualifications

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Word skills, including pivot tables, charts, and formulas such as VLOOKUP and IF statements.
• Advanced proficiency with Power BI or similar advanced reporting tools.
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of and direct application of GAAP.
• Direct experience using enterprise-wide ERP systems.
• Experience analyzing, interpreting, and reporting financial data.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 20%.
• Extensive understanding of accounting processes and internal controls, including the ability to identify and address control weaknesses.
• Experience with SAP general ledger and related reporting software.
• Ability to independently complete assignments, handle complex accounting activities, and form conclusions to present to management.
• Ability to solicit support for ideas and provide sound rationale for recommendations.
• Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and working with teams to achieve results.
• CPA, CMA, or similar professional certification.
• Experience in Agriculture and/or Energy industries and knowledge of manufacturing or processing environments.

Technologies

• Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Power BI
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Enterprise-wide ERP systems
• SAP general ledger

Compensation & location

• Location: Evansville, WI (remote)
• Salary: USD 71,700 - 119,700 per year

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision
• Wellness programs
• Life insurance
• Health and dependent care spending accounts
• Paid time off
• 401(k), pension, and profit sharing
• Short- and long-term disability
• Tuition reimbursement
• Adoption assistance

CHS encourages candidates near its corporate office in Inver Grove Heights, MN or its soybean crush facility in Evansville, WI, though proximity to either location is not required.