Senior Operations Finance Analyst

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a Senior Operations Finance Analyst to help leaders understand drivers of performance across the manufacturing network. The role focuses on turning data and cost trends into clear, decision-ready insights within Koch Fertilizer operations finance.

Located at the Wichita, KS headquarters with a flexible schedule and periodic travel, this position offers exposure to planning, reporting, and cross-functional problem solving to support reliability,

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of financial concepts and analytics.
• Experience applying finance principles to operations and cost data.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Translate production, cost, reliability, and market drivers into insights.
• Support monthly results analysis, forecast support, variance explanations, and leadership-ready commentary.
• Partner across teams to improve data quality and align priorities.
• Modernize operations finance using Copilot/AI, Fabric, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL.
• Mentor analysts and share knowledge to strengthen team capability.

Skills

Finance fundamentals

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Alteryx

Fabric

Copilot/AI

Job description

Your Job

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a contribution-minded Senior Operations Finance Analyst to join the Koch Fertilizer operations finance team. In this role, you will help leaders understand what is driving financial and operational performance across our manufacturing network and turn data, business activity, and cost trends into clear, decision-ready insights.

What It Entails

This role offers meaningful exposure to operations, planning, reporting, and cross-functional problem solving. You will support finance cycles, improve how information is created and shared, and help the business make better decisions around reliability, production, cost, and long-term value creation.

Our Team

Koch Fertilizer is a growing leader in North American nitrogen production, with manufacturing sites across the U.S. and Canada. You will join a collaborative operations finance team that is close to the business, values curiosity and ownership, and is focused on improving how financial insights are created, shared, and used.

As part of the Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) and Koch Minerals & Trading (KMT) finance organization, the team partners across finance, operations, commercial, procurement, logistics, IT, and site teams to support accurate results, scalable reporting, and better business outcomes. This position is located at the Wichita, KS headquarters and offers a flexible work schedule, with periodic travel to production sites as business needs arise.

What You Will Do

• Shape the financial story for operations by translating production, cost, reliability, and market drivers into insights that help leaders understand performance, anticipate risks, and identify opportunities.
• Support high-impact reporting and forecasting cycles, including monthly results analysis, forecast support, variance explanations, planning insights, and leadership-ready commentary.
• Partner within and across teams to improve data quality, align priorities, solve problems, and influence cross-functional initiatives.
• Modernize operations finance by using and learning tools such as Copilot/AI, Fabric, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, or similar platforms to make reporting and analysis faster, clearer, and more sustainable.
• Build team capability through mentorship, documentation, process ownership, cross-training, and knowledge sharing that connect strong execution to business impact.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• Experience in finance, accounting, analytics, or business support, with a strong understanding of financial concepts.
• Ability to communicate financial and operational information clearly and accurately.
• Demonstrated ability to manage deadlines, solve problems, and deliver accurate work in time-sensitive situations.
• Experience leading with curiosity to drive profitable change in a collaborative team environment.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in operations or manufacturing finance, site finance support, cost accounting, or production-related financial analysis.
• Experience preparing and presenting financial results, forecasting materials, and providing meaningful commentary tailored to different audiences.
• Experience using automation, standardization, technology adoption, or finance transformation to improve reporting, analysis, or business processes.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor developing analysts, facilitate effective knowledge transfer or influence capability growth beyond your direct responsibilities.

Compensation Philosophy

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is a global provider of value- added solutions for the agriculture, turf and ornamental, energy and chemical markets. From agriculture to energy, KAES makes things grow better with plant nutrient and biological technologies. Our team of innovators unleash their potential while developing the technologies that feed and power the world.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance
• Additional benefits may be available depending on eligibility criteria and geographic region.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).