Enterprise Financial Reporting Manager

Job Description

Prepares financial reports and analysis for shareholders, regulatory agencies, and executive management while ensuring compliance with internal controls, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and other regulatory requirements. Duties will also include performing special project work to support the business needs of the Controller Division, including system implementation support and data validation. Ensures accuracy, completeness, and consistency across all financial reports and in alignment with expectations and established deadlines.

Essential Functions

• Leverages advanced financial reporting expertise to prepare and analyze shareholder reports, ensuring clear and accurate communication of complex financial data.
• Manages the compilation and reconciliation of complex areas related to loan reporting, including those in accordance with FASB Topic 326.
• Prepares financial sections of CoBank's quarterly and annual financial reports while maintaining effective communications and data analysis to ensure disclosures are appropriate, accurate, complete, and consistent across external filings and internal communications.
• Prepares FCA and external auditor's disclosure and content checklists, ensuring financial statements are in alignment with current regulatory and professional standards and recommending updates as applicable.
• Prepares quarterly GAAP update and change management matrix update for internal stakeholders, providing transparent explanations of key business and other changes consistent with department objectives.
• Prepares the earnings press release and investor presentation, applying an understanding of audience needs to tailor messaging and support external communications.
• Reviews pension plan financial statements and disclosures to ensure accurate reporting and compliance.
• Maintains department controls, processes, and procedures to ensure CoBank's financial reports comply with GAAP, regulatory requirements, internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), and industry practice through proactive risk management and implementation of best practices.
• Maintains effective source data controls and change management over the reporting of CoBank's loan accounting portfolio and ensures changes to source data are well documented, thoroughly vetted and effectively incorporated into CoBank's reporting deliverables.
• Maintains subject matter expertise in evolving accounting, reporting and regulatory requirements and evaluates the impact to CoBank's financial statements. Provides recommendations and guidance on appropriate reporting treatment of complex technical accounting matters and assists in implementing such recommendations.
• Identifies and implements opportunities to automate and streamline processes to improve accuracy and efficiency in collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure effective implementation.
• Prepares and / or reviews other reports on an ad-hoc basis required for financial analytics used in the reporting process or for other key initiatives.
• Participates in technology system implementations, upgrades and enhancements.
• Leads or supports special projects and other complex assignments requiring multi-disciplinary coordination and professional judgment as assigned.

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About CoBank

The typical base pay range for this role is between $108,400 - $133,280. Compensation may vary based on individual job-related knowledge, skills, expertise, and experience. This position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program driven by organization and individual performance.

The listed salary, other compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. This job will be posted for a minimum of five (5) business days or until the position is filled. CoBank reserves the right to adjust compensation for all positions and to modify or discontinue benefits programs at any time in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law.

CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. The bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving more than 76,000 farmers, ranchers and other rural borrowers in 23 states around the country. CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

We are committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all applicants, including qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability, or are assisting an applicant with a disability, and require accessibility assistance or would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the application process, including completing an application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please submit a request by emailing recruiting@cobank.com. Include your contact information and specific details about your requested accommodation.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

CoBank is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.