Chief Financial Officer at HCI Hospitality

Booth Creek Wagyu (BCW) is a vertically integrated wagyu beef company primarily located in and around Manhattan KS. The vision of BCW is to become the leading direct to consumer premium beef company in the US. BCW consists of four different companies that encompass the raising of terminal and breeding genetics on the ranch, its own processing facility, feedlot operations, and its own sales and distribution company with primary channels consisting of online sales and its own retail specialty “meat market” stores, and wholesale to select restaurants and other meat markets.

Job Description

Oversee the management and development of the accounting, finance, and potential distribution center operations functions of the following entities:

• Booth Creek Wagyu Ranch: Accounting responsibility of a 500 cow/calf (and growing) operation that includes its own farming operation and a lot of moving parts on the repro side due to extensive embryo transfer, AI, and partnership calf buyback programs. As the genetics are proven out on the rail, significant seed stock opportunities will become a part of the ranch entity as well.
• Meatworks of Kansas: Our wholly owned processing entity. Manage monthly financial statements that include significant WIP. Our “grid” now encompasses the buying and selling of other customers carcasses once grading is performed to use in our beef co or sell to other customers.
• Wagyu Feeders Inc: Our terminal feed company that feeds our cattle along with customers that use us for feeding and processing.
• Booth Creek Wagyu Inc: Our distribution entity that sells online through our own distribution center and serves as the supply chain for our two (and growing) specialty meat market stores.

Qualifications

Job Requirements

• Education: BS degree in Accounting, Finance, or Agricultural Economics
• MBA or CPA preferred, agricultural background and/or work experience preferred
• Experience: 5+ years in Accounting and Finance work setting
• Excellent strategic abilities in market and financial research with the ability to consolidate, analyze data, and develop forecasts, recommendations, action plans that will help drive business performance
• Experience in strategic planning, SWOT analysis, and developing a Key Driver Action Plan
• Extensive budgeting and analytical skills with experience handling investment proposals
• Strong attention to details and thoroughness
• Natural curiosity: eager to dig in and understand the business
• Willing to ask questions and solicit feedback
• Flexible, adaptable, and versatile
• Proactive decision-maker with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates a high level of proficiency with their understanding of GAAP, budgeting, and forecasting
• Proven experience of producing and leading timely and accurate monthly financial statements and analysis
• Experience managing and leading an operating company through a financial audit

This is a unique opportunity for the right individual to get back to Kansas or the Midwest and be a part of building a long-term legacy agricultural company in the growing US Wagyu industry. Future ownership opportunity could be available for the right individual.

Additional Information

• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental benefits available
• 401(k) retirement plan & company match for employees 21 and older