Financial Reporting Supervisor

Seaboard Corporation, a Fortune 500 diversified and vertically integrated agribusiness and ocean transportation company, currently has an opening for a Financial Reporting Supervisor.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with the quarterly and year-end SEC reporting process, including 10-Q, 10-K and Proxy supporting schedule preparation or review and serve as a key editor of related documents.
• Research and analyze technical accounting issues for significant transactions or presentation matters, including business combinations, derivatives, foreign currency, pensions and variable interest entities.
• Provide guidance to the corporate accounting team, division accounting personnel and certain nonconsolidated affiliates as various questions arise.
• Author various accounting consideration memos analyzing new accounting pronouncements, Company transactions or other presentation matters.
• Review non-GAAP policies and evaluate errors in financial statements.
• Monitor the development and applicability of emerging accounting and reporting rules.
• Serve as the liaison for Corporate Accounting internal controls over financial reporting.
• Execute special projects and other ad hoc needs.
• Co-manage the Company's risk assessment evaluation with Internal Audit.
• Support Seaboard Corporate's ESG financial reporting efforts.
• Manage the Company's accounting for various alternative investments primarily in real estate.
• Administer the Company's Corporate Accounting Sharepoint sites and consolidated lease software platform.
• Serve as a backup to the Corporate Senior Accounting Manager's role.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• CPA certification required.
• 5+ years of job-related experience, including public accounting firm experience.

Other Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong analytical, project management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Able to travel to domestic and international sites, as needed.

Direct Reports

• No full-time direct reports at this time, but dotted-line responsibilities on projects.

Working Environment / Physical Demands

• This position is located in Merriam, Kansas with the ability to work a hybrid schedule.
• Includes a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to manipulate, handle or touch. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.