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Supervisor, Accounting

CF Industries
paid time off, 401(k)
United States, Illinois, Northbrook
Nov 15, 2025
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 incumbent will supervise, review, and coordinate activities of the Corporate Cost Accounting Department, including training and developing staff personnel in order to maintain a high level of work efficiency, competency and flexibility. Job Description:

Main Accounting Responsibilities

  • Coordinates and reviews of all required journal entries during the month end close.
  • Coordinates and reviews analytical Gross Margin reporting on a monthly and quarterly basis.
  • Provide senior leadership with quarterly cost and volume variance analysis by product segment.
  • Coordinates and reviews the preparation and issuance of various management reports including Adj. EBITDA waterfall slides compared to plan and prior year.
  • Coordinates and reviews corporate product costing process during the month end close.
  • Coordinates and reviews all pre and post close validation checks monthly, including specific inventory reporting validations.
  • Coordinates and reviews adhoc exhibits included in the monthly Costing Package.
  • Participates in updating material cost standards within SAP.
  • Maintains compliance over SOX and other internal controls.

Other Responsibilities

  • Coordinates and reviews special projects, providing assistance where necessary
  • Coordinates quarterly and year-end audit closing schedules and monitors progress Initiates, research and documents improvements to current methods and procedures
  • Promotes greater analyses skills across the finance team
  • With approval, investigates and implements process changes to promote internal controls to efficiently process department transactions and other responsibilities

Matrix Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for direct team members
  • Provides insight to individuals regarding their role and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate 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
  • Oversees training needs to ensure understanding and resulting compliance with GAAP.
  • 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

Successful incumbents will have:

  • Bachelor's degree with major in Accounting or equivalent
  • CPA preferred
  • Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, supervisory experience preferred
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and administrative skills
  • Ability to deal effectively with a wide range of individuals throughout the organization
  • Must be proficient in PC use in a Windows environment, with a working knowledge of Excel, and Word

Position Scope/Contribution:

The Corporate Cost Accounting Department is responsible for providing accurate and timely information on operating costs, including measuring the value of inventory each month and verifying cost of sales. Cost Accounting makes comparisons of actual and anticipated results and provides explanations for unusual variations. The Supervisor is responsible for ensuring that Cost Accounting performs these functions with accuracy and efficiency.

Internal Controls

Establishes and implements processes and procedures to meet departmental internal controls requirements. Ensures that established processes/procedures are followed as designed.

Works with Internal Controls Department to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures, the need for new ones, and the extent to which such processes/procedures are being followed. Develops and implements corrective actions with regard to department internal controls as necessary.

The estimated base pay for the position is typically between $91,500 - $120,700

The actual base pay for the position may be influenced by factors such as education, training, skills, qualifications, competencies, years of experience, job-related knowledge, and scope of the role, and could be outside of the posted pay range.

In addition to base pay, an incentive program is available to all full-time employees, and a comprehensive benefits package including two medical plan options, a health savings plan with a company contribution and a match, dental and vision benefits, a well-being incentive program, 401(k) Plan which provides a potential of receiving between 10% and 13% of employer's contribution, life and disability insurance, paid time off programs and much more! Additionally, we offer several Flexible Work Arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

For more detailed information on the CF programs, please visit our Total Rewards website at:https://cftotalrewards.com/

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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 attalentacquisition@cfindustries.com.

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