Senior Trade Accountant

About the role

This position performs as a lead accountant for several business units and/or legal entities for a regional office of a global leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods.

Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Analyzes and Reviews various daily physical and futures trading activities in relation to completing accurate Daily P&L estimates for our various trading and operating activities.
• Completes Daily P&L estimate calculations for various trade and operating activities.
• Prepares and reviews daily positions reports and supporting details for merchandisers and management.
• Performs quantity reconciliations for trading activities.
• Reviews and approves accounting journal entries for trading activities and certain operating activities.
• Prepares and/or reviews monthly financial statements and supporting schedules for local management for multiple business units and/or legal entities.
• Prepares and/or reviews monthly reporting for global consolidation along with required comments and analysis for assigned business units and/or legal entities.
• Prepares and/or reviews monthly budget vs. actual variance reporting along with required comments and analysis.
• Reconciles or reviews reconcilements for all accounts within business units general ledger.
• Reviews general ledger (G/L) accounts and compares them with relevant source documents to identify discrepancies and/or errors/omissions in the accounts payable/journal entry process.
• Proactively communicates with the necessary stakeholders to resolve discrepancies.
• Reviews and posts journal entries to reconcile G/L accounts with source documents.
• Covers work of any subordinates for accuracy.
• Coordinates industry cost budget preparation and performs analysis with commentary.
• Support the year-end and mid-year audits performed by external auditors by gathering and preparing supporting documents and schedules per their information requests.
• Follows company accounting policies and ensures they are enforced.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs special projects, including preparing financial and management reports, preparing spreadsheets, retrieving data from systems, assisting with implementation of new systems and managing data.

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related business discipline.
• A minimum of three (3) years of general accounting experience, resulting in a solid understanding of accrual accounting, general ledger practices and GAAP compliance (experience must include responsibility for a wide variety of general accounting functions, including analyzing complex general ledger accounts, reconciling discrepancies, analyzing payables and resolving discrepancies in order to prepare financial and management reports.)
• Proficiency with spreadsheet and word-processing software, (e.g., Excel and MS Word) and various accounting systems/ databases.

Preferred qualifications

• Advanced degree or CPA certification.
• Experience with Microsoft Great Plains.

What We Offer

• Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental and vision care coverage, flexible spending account plans, employee assistance program, life insurance and disability coverage.
• 401k with Company Match.
• Family Friendly Benefits including childbirth and parental leave, fertility and family building benefits.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays.
• Flexible work available (not applicable to all roles).

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Louis Dreyfus Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Sustainability

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us.