Stahlbush Island Farms started with 2 crops, 500 acres, and a dream in 1985. Today, Stahlbush cultivates 4,000 acres in Oregon and offers a wide array of ingredient solutions for large food manufacturers as well as the freshest individually quick-frozen fruits, vegetables, grains & legumes available along with premium canned puree products for consumers.

As the first ever farm to be certified sustainable from the Food Alliance organization, Stahlbush is an environmentally-friendly farm and food processor committed to sustainable agriculture and exceptional quality produce products.

Stahlbush Island Farms Values:

• Be a customer-driven organization and focus on the customer needs.
• Provide safe, healthy, highest quality food products.
• Be leaders in sustainable agriculture and produce food with minimal environmental impact.
• Be profitable.
• Be innovative and early adopters of technology.
• Use technology to remain highly competitive in a global market.
• Maintain a work environment that is flexible, responsive, and accepts change.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Ensure that all employees are treated, and treat one another, with respect.
• Be community leaders.
• Conduct our business with unyielding integrity.

Chief Financial Officer

As a key member of the executive team and reporting directly to the founder/CEO, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will assume a strategic role in the overall management of the company. The CFO will proactively engage in all areas of the Company to bring data and insights to support and drive strategic decision making and will serve as a key business partner to the CEO, Board of Directors, and other Senior Leadership.

The mission for this position is to be responsible for all financial and fiscal management aspects of company operations. Provide leadership and coordination in the administrative, business planning, accounting and budgeting efforts of the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate, and evaluate the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting and tax planning.
• Direct the preparation of all financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, reports to shareholders, tax preparation, and reports for government regulatory agencies.
• Oversee accounting departments, budget preparation, and audit functions. Meets regularly with department heads to keep informed and to offer direction.
• Review reports to analyze projections of sales and profit against actual figures, budgeted expenses against final totals, and suggests methods of improving the planning process as appropriate.
• Analyzes company operations to pinpoint opportunities and areas that need to be reorganized, downsized, or eliminated.
• Confer with company leadership to coordinate and prioritize planning.
• Studies long-range economic trends and projects company prospects for future growth in overall sales and market share, opportunities for acquisitions or expansion into new product areas.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal budgetary reporting requirements.
• Oversee the approval and processing of revenue, expenditure, and position control documents, department budgets, mass salary updates, ledger, and account maintenance and data entry.
• Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, financial reports, special analyses, and information reports.
• Develop and implement finance, accounting, billing, and auditing procedures.
• Establish and maintain appropriate internal control safeguards.
• Interact with other managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations.
• Ensure records systems are maintained in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
• Develop and direct the implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans, projects, programs, and systems.
• Assist in obtaining the necessary licenses, permits and insurance for our organization.
• Analyze cash flow, cost controls, and expenses to guide business leaders.
• Analyze financial statements to pinpoint potential weak areas.
• Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.
• Serve on planning and policy-making committees.
• Assists senior leadership, board, and mangers in the evaluation of capital projects.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or other relevant education. 
• CPA designation preferred.
• Agricultural or food processing experience is preferred.
• Experience in strategic planning and execution.
• Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections that turns data into information managers can act upon.
• Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects.
• Ability to participate in and facilitate group meetings.
• Ten years of experience in a senior-level finance or accounting position
• Professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal, analytical, organizational, and written skills.
• Work requires willingness to work a flexible schedule.

Competencies

• Honesty/Integrity – Ethically behaves at the highest level. Always does what is right. Speaks plainly and truthfully. Earns highest level of trust and maintains confidences. Willingness to speak their opinion even when it is perceived to conflict with ownership or to be unpopular.
• Efficient – Produces significant output with minimal waste of time or resources. Operates with highest of standards.
• Dependable – Does what they say they are going to do, lives up to verbal and written agreements.
• Intelligence – Learns quickly. Demonstrates ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information.
• Analytical – Able to structure and process qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights.
• Detail Oriented - Does not let important details slip through the cracks.
• Persistent - Demonstrates tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done.
• Proactive - Acts without being told what to do. Brings new ideas forward.
• Flexible/ Adaptable – Adjust quickly to changing priorities due to changes in environment or customer need.
• Creative/ Innovative – Generates new and innovative approaches to problems.
• Enthusiastic - Exhibits passion and excitement over work. 
• Work Ethic – Possesses a strong willingness to work hard and sometimes long hours to get the job done. Has a track record of accomplishments. 
• Communications – Speaks and writes clearly and articulately.
• Team Player – Reaches out to peers and cooperates with all members of team to produce the highest quality product.
• Committed - Embrace and support the mission, values, and commitments of Stahlbush Island Farms.
• Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.
• Problem solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Service Oriented - Manages difficult employee and client situations, responds promptly to their needs, and solicits their feedback to improve service.
• Naturally Curious – Asks the right (and sometimes uncomfortable) questions to best understand the business and the business drivers. Seeks to understand the ‘why’ before looking to drive change.

If interested in learning more about the opportunity, please contact Lisa Heffernan at 180one at: 971.256.3076  / Lisa@180one.com