Manager, ESG Accounting

Title: Manager, ESG Accounting

Location: Eagle, ID

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

This position will provide subject matter expertise and technical support for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting across Lamb Weston. The role requires sound knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), ESG rules and regulations (including U.S. and international standards) and will lead in distributing routine financial reports, maintaining/updating monthly accounting schedules, and assisting with the preparation of audit schedules, and building processes to ensure the accuracy of information being reported. This position also helps with the preparation of ESG specific reporting within the Company's quarterly and annual filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This position communicates with various personnel both within Lamb Weston as well as with external customers and service providers. The consistency, accuracy, and timeliness of this communication are vital and must clearly convey all outstanding issues.

Job Description

• Represent controllership in the ESG space by leveraging internal and external resources to stay updated on current developments and best practices

• Drive internal management for ESG data transparency and quality

• Engage with internal ESG data owners and subject matter experts (cross-functional) as the expert on reporting accuracy, completeness, and controls

• Lead ESG data aggregation for the Company's annual financial reporting efforts

• Support building the roadmap, operational plan, and execution of the following activities, aligned to the SEC and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requirements:

• Participate in double materiality assessment.

• Solidify end to end process for collecting the most material ESG data points.

• Build the internal control framework and structure to ensure complete and accurate ESG data for both limited assurance (initially) and reasonable assurance (following).

• Coordinate and communicate the work to be done across the Controllers organization (including statutory reporting requirements)

• Support and advise on ESG risk assessment activities

• Develop & implement data controls and processes to support the internal and external assurance of ESG data

• Identify where we need short term fixes vs. longer term more strategic plan around ESG data reporting and controls

• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams, including Sustainability and Internal Audit

• Select and work with external auditors and internal teams during audits of sustainability metrics

• Assist with the preparation of technical accounting memos and potential mergers and acquisition activity

• Exercise judgment in financial, operational, or transactional analysis to identify and help resolve issues

• Assist with evaluating effectiveness of processes, procedures, and control environment and develop improvements, as needed

• Participate in special projects involving general accounting, such as FASB updates, business partner requests, and systems conversions

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; accounting or finance preferred

• CPA, CMA certification and/or advanced degree preferred

• 7+ years of business experience in public accounting and/or corporate accounting. Some experience with a public accounting firm preferred

• Experience with ESG or other sustainability related frameworks and reporting preferred

• General knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and the basics of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

• Understand IFRS and other local accounting standards for international entities, and reconcile with U.S. GAAP

• Ability to lead/coordinate work across teams within the organization to implement technical standards/reporting requirements and lead projects

• Strong communication, organization, and planning skills

• Proven experience with managing and guiding a team

• Proven ability to multi-task and strong project management skills

• Proficient PC skills with SAP financials experience preferred

• Proficient skills with Microsoft Office Products

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness

• Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-255063

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 08/19/2024

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $110,610.00 - $165,920.00

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law