At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas.  You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions.  Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy.

Function:

Finance & Accounting

Job Summary:

The Plant Controller has a direct reporting relationship to the Director, Plant and Cost Accounting within the Corporate Controllers department.
The Plant Controller acts as a key business partner to the Plant General Manager and their direct reports by providing financial oversight, critical analysis, and actively soliciting process improvement opportunities.
This role acts as the key person responsible for providing timely and accurate financial and operational reporting with corresponding analysis. In addition, this individual is responsible for establishing an environment that ensures and maintains a high level of internal control over these reporting practices. The Plant Controller will establish procedures to ensure that plant personnel are knowledgeable of and adhere to all financial policies.
This individual will direct all financial activities related to accounting processes, annual planning, periodic spare parts reviews, fixed assets, maintenance activities, and budgeted or unplanned turnarounds. This role will also manage all internal and external audit requirements.

Job Description:

What you’ll do:

• Acts as a key financial reporting resource to Corporate and local management
• Leads and supervises professional accounting and clerical staff
• Accounts for, manages, and reports on the local capital and maintenance spending process
• Performs/Reviews monthly inventory costing process
• Reconciles/reviews inventory through the local production reporting systems
• Manages local plant Accounts Payable function and analyzes monthly aging reports
• Makes recommendations and suggestions on best methods and strategies to streamline accounting and plant processes (and implements)
• Prepares various exhibits and commentary required for reports issued to management, outside Directors and government agencies
• Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for plant accounting
• Provide assistance to Financial Planning & Analysis through the annual plan and forecasting periods.  
• Advises stakeholders on the accounting implications of strategic decisions and highlight any potential risks to internal controls and compliance.
• Provides direction to individuals regarding their role and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling plant goals
• Empower and promotes the proper level of responsibility and authority for others to learn, grow into new responsibilities and make the proper decisions to obtain the overall department objectives
• Demonstrates the highest level of integrity and trust in all aspects of the job by working continually towards self-development, staying abreast of all current information and technology, and be knowledgeable with FASB & AICPA governing bodies affecting functional areas to increase innovation and ensure compliance
• Promotes the corporate controller’s group by developing strong relationships between department members and other CF departments through a high degree of communication across management
• Promotes the matrix organizational structure with direct reports and encourages cross involvement between people and groups

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree required preferably in Accounting or Finance related.
• 10+ years supervisory experience in manufacturing accounting, CPA/MBA and public accounting experience preferred
• Experience at manufacturing plants with a high level of complexity including a high volume of capital projects, multiple products with an intricate manufacturing process and supporting multiple departments within a plant
• Ability to work independently and be self-directed; high level of self-motivation with the ability to understand and follow detailed instructions
• Must be proficient in PC use within a Windows environment, with an intermediate knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Familiarity with SAP accounting systems desired.
• Leadership: Demonstrated knowledge, skills, abilities, and attributes to perform successfully in the key areas of People Leadership, Results Leadership, Thought Leadership & Self Leadership.
• Coaching and training: Ability to empower others through active listening, collaboration, training, education and technical advice.
• Complex problem solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Judgment and decision-making: An understanding of your own personal knowledge and limitations when considering long and short-term decisions and recommendations.

Total Rewards at CF

We offer competitive compensation with all employees eligible to receive a bonus and access to retirement plan(s).  In addition, we provide comprehensive health, dental, vision benefits and well-being programs and incentives to help meet your physical, financial, emotional and work-related goals. We also offer competitive vacation, flex time and our Scheduled Day Off Program (SDO)

How We Grow - We recruit those who are interested in a career with CF Industries and develop and promote people from within through our Talent Management System.  Our system also allows you to connect and network/mentor with other professionals in different departments and areas across our organization. This system guides how we hire, how we train, who we promote, how we reward, and more! 

• CF Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.  

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