Financial Accountant

AgriSompo has a unique opportunity for a Financial Accountant in our Finance team.

We are seeking a Financial Accountant to support accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting. In this role, you will take ownership of preparing key accounting schedules, maintaining well-organized financial records, and ensuring company activity is appropriately captured and reported. You will apply the correct accounting treatments and contribute to the overall integrity, control environment, and usability of our financial data.

Location: This position will be based out of our Lenexa, KS office. We strive for collaboration which is why we offer a work environment where our employees thrive and develop long lasting careers.

Our Business, Your Impact, Our Opportunity

What you’ll be doing:

• Compile, analyze, and organize financial data, including transactions, costs, and expenditures
• Prepare and post journal entries in the general ledger as part of monthly and quarterly close cycles
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date financial records, reconciliations, and tie-outs to support reporting needs
• Support timely completion of monthly and quarterly financial close activities
• Assist the Controller and Senior Financial Accounting Manager with projects and deliverables, including quarterly close presentations
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to coordinate tasks, resolve issues, and share information
• Compile and maintain supporting documentation for internal and external audits
• Help maintain and improve internal controls to promote compliance, accuracy, and consistency
• Provide backup coverage for colleagues and cross-train others on key activities
• Continuously evaluate existing processes and implement improvements to drive efficiency and effectiveness
• Contribute to financial analytics and reporting support to help explain and validate reported results
• Ability to adopt and implement artificial intelligence tools in daily work processes where needed

What You’ll Bring

Education

• Required - bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of relevant accounting experience

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Solid understanding of GAAP; familiarity with IFRS and U.S. Statutory accounting is a plus
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office applications
• Experience with accounting systems/software; SAP experience is a plus
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and math skills
• High accuracy and attention to detail; ability to meet tight deadlines
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with shifting priorities
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Demonstrated initiative and a mindset for process improvement
• An interest in implementing technology to support and streamline activities

Physical Demands & Requirements

Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

Environmental Conditions

The work environment described here are meant to be representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

The physical environment requires the employee to work inside where there are limited extremes to heat and/or cold; moderate noise; a normal office environment.

Travel may be required for trainings and meetings—up to 10%

At Sompo, we recognize that the talent, skills, and commitment of our employees drive our success. This is why we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees.

Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.

Summary

We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents. Below is a su…