About Benson HillBenson Hill empowers innovators to develop more healthy, tasty and sustainable food by unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants. Benson Hill’s CropOS™ platform combines machine learning and big data with breeding techniques and plant biology to drastically accelerate and simplify the product development process. This platform allows for cost-effective and more efficient ways for companies to analyze and make improvements in plant genetics. Benson Hill brings a unique and holistic approach to our product and platform development, as we span a broader workflow involving trait and seed development, genome editing, and breeding all the way to creating better ingredients and varieties that tap a strong consumer demand for more flavorful and nutritious fruits and vegetables. More information can be found online at www.bensonhill.com. Follow us on Twitter at @BensonHillInc.

Our Purpose and Core Values

Our Core Values are a set of common principles we share that are fundamental to our company’s identity.

• Be Bold! We redefine boundaries by providing new solutions to difficult problems. Together we are driven to transform the future and will not allow the fear of failure to prevent us from innovating. We voice our opinions, embrace change, and challenge each other to think creatively.
• Be Inspired! We redefine boundaries by providing new solutions to difficult problems. Together we are driven to transform the future and will not allow the fear of failure to prevent us from innovating. We voice our opinions, embrace change, and challenge each other to think creatively.
• Be Real! We understand who we are, what we want to achieve, and what it takes to get there. We hold each other accountable through timely, candid, and well-intentioned feedback. Together we engage in honest communication and healthy debate that leads to success through true alignment.

Department Overview

The Finance Department oversees the accounting and financial planning and reporting functions of the organization. The team oversees accounting functions such as ledger accounts, financial statements and cost control systems with a focus on regulatory compliance and practices.

Position Summary

Benson Hill is creating a Director of Internal Audit position to expand its senior finance leadership team; reporting to the CFO and Audit Committee, this role is critical to creating a strong financial control and risk management environment. In this role, the Director will define, design and develop the internal audit function for Benson Hill and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Director will build the internal audit team, framework, and external partner relationships, as well as provide executive leadership and the Audit Committee with assurance in Benson Hill’s internal control framework and SOX compliance program. The Director will work closely with the Controller, process owners across all functional areas and other stakeholders to support the Company’s internal controls and SOX compliance program execution. Strong leadership and change management skills are critical for successful SOX compliance execution.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop a risk-based annual Internal Audit Plan based on the audit cycle schedule, new company initiatives and requests made by senior management.
• Lead the management and implementation of an internal controls framework, including internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR), which conforms to public company standards within the COSO 2013 framework.
• Responsible in all aspects of planning and coordinating Sarbanes-Oxley and internal audit of controls, including entity level controls.
• Assess the company’s financial, operational and IT procedures in order to determine the reliability and integrity of information; compliance with policies, plans, procedures, laws, and regulations; the safeguarding of assets; and the economical and efficient use of resources as scheduled on the Internal Audit Plan.
• Identify and analyze control deficiencies, recommend changes and assist business leaders with the development of management action plans.
• Act as an internal control resource for management (business process and IT) and determine whether internal controls are appropriate and effective by analyzing specific processes as requested.
• Ensure the internal audit function (a key element of the enterprise risk management function) interfaces with other risk and oversight functions to ensure optimal coverage of the Company's key business risks.
• Lead the reporting process and communication of audit results the Executive Leadership Team and manage a program to track all issues to resolution.
• Coordinate and partner with external auditors and other external parties to best leverage work performed and results produced.
• Maintain an independent yet supportive in-house assurance capability that provides comfort to the Company's management and Audit and Risk Committee as to the Company's overall control environment.
• Develop enterprise risk management and monitoring framework 

Education

• BA/BS Degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems or related field

Experience

• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Public Accountant
• 7 years auditing experience in a public audit firm or internal audit with a public company

Skillset

• SOX internal control requirements
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
• Extensive knowledge GAAP, GAAS, IFRS, and the IIA Standards
• Ability to understand and analyze the financial and operational aspects of the business.
• Detail-oriented professional with excellent analytical, planning, evaluation, and implementation skills.

We have a Total Rewards Package at Benson Hill that consists of more than just your paycheck. Total Rewards at Benson Hill covers Pay (salary and bonus), Health (employer benefit contributions) and Wealth (investments). Some of the perks include:

• A Collaborative Environment
• A flexible PTO program with a focus on work/life balance
• Competitive medical benefits and retirement savings plan
• FREE Dental and Vision Coverage
• Education reimbursement
• PAID parental leave
• And more….