Manager, Risk & Controls

Company: CF Industries
Location: Northbrook
Posted on: October 23, 2024

Job Description:

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 & AccountingJob Summary:The Manager, Policy, Process, and Controls is responsible for evaluating risks, processes, and controls to support CF's control environment. This includes evaluating, recommending, and implementing improvements in processes and controls to improve process efficiency and control effectiveness. The incumbent will manage the development, implementation, and training on Finance policies across the finance team. The incumbent will lead business process owners throughout the organization regarding the Company's expectations for creating and maintaining a strong control environment through robust process documentation.Job Description:Internal Control Environment Management

• Ensures the Company has adequate, sufficient controls in place to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial information, safeguarding of assets, and protecting the information, processes and procedures of the Company
• Supports the evaluation of risks and controls
• Leads the annual risk assessment process.
• Evaluates risk to processes and controls and provides guidance and counsel to business process owners to mitigate risks.
• Maintains the Risk and Controls Matrix (RACM by working with other groups within the Company to ensure completeness
• Identifies internal controls deficiencies, coordinates with business functional owners to remediate the deficiency
• Supports reporting of process and control matters to the Process and Controls Council.
• Proactively evaluates and works with control owners to identify efficiencies in the performance of controls, including through automation.
• Supports CF's testing of key reports and critical spreadsheets.
• Advises process and control owners on the development of new key reports/critical spreadsheets
• Administers the annual review of service organization reporting and critical third parties
• Liaise with external and internal auditors to communicate changes in controls on a timely basis
• Coordinates audit plans with external and internal auditors and business functional owners, as well as the implementation of SOX controls and the ongoing testing of the internal control environment. Staff Supervision and Development
  • Plans, coordinates and reviews work assignments
  • Identifies training needs of subordinates and provides means to meet the needs including conducting formal employee training sessionsMatrix Responsibilities
    • Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for the areas of the corporate controller's group
    • Provides direction to individuals regarding their roles and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate goals
    • Empowers 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, including cross communication, and encourages cross involvement between people and groupsOther Areas
      • Develop greater analyses skills across the team
      • Initiates, researches and documents improvements to current methods and procedures
      • Performs or directs the performance of special projects as assignedSuccessful incumbents will have:
        • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, or its equivalent is required. Master's degree in Accounting is preferred.
        • CPA license (or similar professional licensure, such as Certified Internal Auditor) is preferred.
        • 7+ years of diversified accounting experience with internal controls, accounting procedures, and technical accounting policy pronouncements.
        • Excellent oral and written communication skills required.Position Scope/Contribution:Ensures compliance with FASB, SEC, PCAOB and internal control requirements. Coordinates communications with internal auditors, external auditors and various corporate departments. This role is critical to ensuring the integrity of the Company's financial statements, providing assurance over the financial controls, training finance team members as to the Company's expectations and continually improving the efficiency of the Company's internal controls, financial processes and business environment.What We Offer:You'll enjoy competitive compensation, consisting of base pay plus an incentive program available to all full-time employees, and a comprehensive benefits package including high-quality healthcare options, a well-being incentive program, 401k, life and disability insurance, generous time off (with time off to volunteer) and much more! Additionally, we offer several Flexible Work Arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.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 gain a sense of fulfillment.
          • 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.
            • Employees in the US can learn more about their rights by viewing the federal"EEO is the Law" poster (PDF) and others as detailed below: Pay Transparency https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdfFMLA:https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdfEmployee Polygraph Protection Acthttps://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf
              • Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the "Canadian Human Rights Act".If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us atcfhire@cfindustries.com.JOIN OUR TALENT NETWORK

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