Your Job
Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a Finance Analyst to join our Koch Fertilizer Plant in Brandon, Manitoba. This individual will work directly with the site finance lead, leveraging analysis work product and identified opportunities to drive day to day activities. You will leverage your strategic thinking and relationship-building skills to partner with Finance leadership in identifying and analyzing areas of opportunity or risk, delivering impactful financial analysis to leaders, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive meaningful action.
This position is onsite at our Brandon, Manitoba facility.
Our Team
This position requires a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and self-driven individual who can influence strategies, priorities, and behaviors across a diverse organization to achieve business goals.
Whether you are early in your career or an experienced professional, KAES offers development opportunities for people seeking a long-term career. Employees benefit from hands-on learning, mentorship from experienced leaders, and opportunities to apply their skills in meaningful work. As employees grow, KAES encourages experimentation across responsibilities, enabling individuals to broaden their capabilities, deepen their business understanding, and advance into opportunities aligned with their strengths and interests.
Please note: the majority of core accounting responsibilities (AR/AP/Fixed Assets/GL) are executed and managed by our corporate headquarters in Wichita, KS.
What You Will Do
- Experiment, challenge and evolve metrics and analysis to ensure that performance drivers, effectiveness of strategies, and business opportunities are highlighted.
- Ensure financial accuracy and integrity across monthly close and statutory reporting obligations in partnership with Wichita accounting teams by providing insight and business knowledge.
- Identify and/or anticipate areas of opportunity or risk in the business and proactively alert plant teams as they arise.
- Adapt financial and business results presentations to facilitate discussions to quickly connect stakeholders to performance and future opportunities.
- Collaborate with diverse capabilities across the site to capture opportunities based on your analysis. Leveraging your influence and relationships to drive behaviors that accelerate achieving business goals.
- Provide input and recommendations for strategy development and process improvement by respectfully challenging historical practices.
- Proactively and concisely communicate with Finance leadership to align priorities and progress
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- College diploma, bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business-related field OR currently pursuing a college diploma / degree in these fields, with an expected completion prior to June 2026.
- Experience or coursework in key accounting concepts and base financial controls
- Experience or coursework related to data analysis/visualization tools
- Legally authorized to work in Canada
- Ability to travel up to 10%, including occasional overnight stays in the U.S.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience preparing and presenting financial materials to diverse audiences, with the expectations to facilitate decision making
- Worked with remote leadership / supervision
- Experience with applied financial analysis, economic modeling, or commercial development.
- Experience working in an operating facility
- CPA
This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.