How To Apply: Please submit your resume and a brief note outlining your accounting/finance leadership experience, QuickBooks Online experience, and your current location to: [email protected]
Location: Cokato, MN Area
Schedule: Part-Time, approximately 16–25 hours per week
Compensation: $60–$75 per hour, depending on experience
Work Arrangement: Local hybrid/onsite role
Local Candidate Requirement
This role is intended for candidates located within a reasonable commuting distance of Cokato, MN. While some hybrid flexibility may be available after onboarding, this is not a fully remote role.
Candidates should be available to work onsite regularly, especially during onboarding, training, month-end close, leadership meetings, and key finance projects.
About Crop Fertility Services
Crop Fertility Services exists to Fix Our Food Chain from the Root Up through Soil Health Solutions.
We are a growing agricultural company committed to helping farmers improve soil health, profitability, and long-term sustainability.
We are seeking a Part-Time Controller & FP&A Specialist to strengthen our accounting and finance functions, expand our financial planning and analysis capabilities, and create capacity for the CFO to focus on strategic priorities that drive growth and long-term value creation.
This role combines technical accounting expertise, financial analysis, forecasting, process improvement, leadership development, and strategic decision support. The successful candidate will help develop our Office Manager into a future Controller while building scalable financial systems, reporting capabilities, and decision-support tools that support the company’s continued growth.
At CFS, we are a small but growing team, which means everyone’s work matters. We value people who think beyond the transaction, communicate clearly, take ownership, follow through, and proactively identify opportunities to improve the business.
We are looking for someone who can turn financial information into actionable insights and help leadership make better decisions.
Why Local Presence Matters
CFS is an operational, relationship-driven business. This role works closely with leadership, accounting, operations, agronomy, logistics, and office staff.
Being onsite allows this person to better understand the business, build trust with the team, support hands-on process improvement, and help develop internal accounting capabilities. While some work can be done remotely, regular in-person collaboration will be important to the success of this role.
Why This Role May Be a Great Fit Locally
This is a strong opportunity for an experienced accounting and finance professional in the Cokato, Dassel, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Howard Lake, Winsted, Annandale, Buffalo, Willmar, St. Cloud, or surrounding area who wants meaningful Controller/FP&A-level work without a full-time corporate schedule or daily metro commute.
The role offers flexibility, variety, leadership exposure, and the opportunity to help build the finance function of a growing local company.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will support the accounting, financial planning, and reporting functions of the business, including:
- Providing accounting leadership and oversight of month-end close processes, reconciliations, and financial reporting
- Maintaining and improving accounting processes, internal controls, and financial systems
- Assisting the CFO in preparing quarterly Board reporting packages, including financial reporting, KPI dashboards, forecasts, and supporting analysis
- Developing and maintaining budgets, forecasts, financial models, and 13-week cash flow forecasts
- Analyzing profitability, margins, business performance, and key operational metrics
- Creating leadership-ready reporting packages and decision-support materials that require minimal revision or direction
- Supporting organizational growth through financial modeling, scenario planning, ROI analysis, and strategic initiatives
- Identifying opportunities to leverage automation, AI, and technology to improve efficiency and reporting quality
- Mentoring and developing the Office Manager to assume increasing accounting and Controller-level responsibilities over time
- Collaborating with team members across sales, operations, agronomy, procurement, logistics, and leadership to better understand business drivers and improve organizational decision-making
- Helping build scalable systems, processes, and reporting capabilities that create capacity for the CFO to focus on organizational development, organizational structure, capital planning, lender and investor relationships, business development, strategic partnerships, and long-term growth planning
Qualifications
- 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience
- Previous experience as a Controller, Assistant Controller, Accounting Manager, Senior Accountant, or similar accounting leadership role
- Strong experience managing month-end close processes and financial statement preparation
- Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and financial analysis
- Experience implementing and managing multi-entity accounting environments
- Strong understanding of intercompany transactions, allocations, and consolidated reporting
- Advanced QuickBooks Online Accountant experience required
- Strong Excel, financial modeling, and analytical capabilities
- Experience developing executive-level reporting packages, dashboards, and decision-support materials
- Ability to work independently, identify issues, develop recommendations, and execute with minimal direction
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively across departments and avoid working in a silo
- Ability to translate financial information into actionable insights for non-financial stakeholders
- Positive, team-oriented attitude
- Must be located within reasonable commuting distance of Cokato, MN
Preferred but Not Required
- CPA designation and/or public accounting experience
- Experience with R&D tax credits and related incentive programs
- Experience implementing accounting systems, reporting tools, or process improvement initiatives
- Experience in agriculture, manufacturing, distribution, construction, or other operationally intensive industries
- Experience leveraging AI tools and automation to improve efficiency, reporting quality, and business insights
What Success Looks Like
The ideal candidate understands that finance and accounting does more than prepare reports and complete transactions.
They proactively identify opportunities, ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions, and provide actionable recommendations.
They understand how to package information for leadership, communicate effectively with non-financial stakeholders, and help drive better business decisions.
They take ownership, think critically, and understand the broader business implications behind the numbers.
Most importantly, they recognize that finance should serve the business, not operate separately from it.
Work Arrangement
This is a local hybrid/onsite role based in the Cokato, MN area.
The expected schedule is approximately 16–25 hours per week. During onboarding and training, the role is expected to be onsite approximately two days per week. After onboarding and demonstrated success in the role, some hybrid flexibility may be available; however, regular onsite presence will remain important.
This is not intended to be a fully remote position. Candidates must be located within a reasonable commuting distance of Cokato, MN and available to attend onsite meetings, training, month-end close activities, and key finance discussions as needed.
There may be potential for this role to evolve into a larger Finance, FP&A, or strategic finance leadership position as the company continues to grow.
Core Values & Cultural Fit
At Crop Fertility Services, culture matters. We hire people who align with our Core Values and contribute positively to the team.
Growth Focused
Nobody left behind. Humble, coachable, transparent, and committed to continuous improvement.
Team Player
Company-first mindset. Willing to pitch in where needed and support the success of the entire team.
Problem Solver
Gets to the root cause, brings solutions, and takes ownership of outcomes.
Positive
Embraces challenges, lifts others up, and maintains a constructive attitude.
Customer Service
Communicates clearly, follows through, executes, and consistently delivers on commitments.
Core Focus™
Purpose/Cause:
Fix Our Food Chain from the Root Up
Passion:
Soil Health Solutions
GWC Required
Candidates must demonstrate that they:
Get It: They understand the role, the work, and how it supports the business.
Want It: They genuinely want this type of work and are motivated to contribute.
Have the Capacity to Do It: They possess the technical expertise, business acumen, communication skills, and leadership capability necessary to be successful.
Why Join Crop Fertility Services?
At CFS, your work will directly influence how our business grows, scales, and serves customers.
This role offers the opportunity to build systems, develop people, improve decision-making, and contribute to a mission-driven organization focused on improving agriculture from the ground up.
You will have the opportunity to do high-level accounting and finance work with part-time flexibility, while supporting a growing local company with a strong purpose and an entrepreneurial team.
If you are a strong accounting and finance professional who enjoys solving problems, building capability, collaborating across teams, providing transparency, and helping organizations grow, we encourage you to apply.