Al Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Florissant, Mo, Us

Greater St. Louis Area

Saint Louis, Missouri

Greater St. Louis Area

Al Mitchell is currently President, Monsanto Fund & Vice President Community Relations, where he will leads the company’s global strategy for charitable giving, corporate contributions, volunteerism, and community engagement programs to further establish Monsanto as an influential and impactful corporate citizen.

Greater St. Louis Area

Monsanto

As Assistant Controller, Al had global responsibility for leadership of a center of excellence for our global accounting processes including global consolidations, general ledger, fixed assets, and intercompany. In addition to these accounting services, Al is responsible for managing and integrating global payables, travel, and indirect manufacturing procurement, and driving process improvement initiatives in these areas.

Greater St. Louis Area

Develops company annual internal audit plan to provide management assurances of sound financial reporting, internal controls, and risk mitigationReports quarterly to Audit & Finance Committee of the Board of Directors, the risk mitigation activities of the companyLeads a diverse group of 23 finance and IT professionals within Internal Audit Department responsible for all audit engagements and special investigations to ensure proper internal controls and safeguarding of company assetsAssist corporate and operating unit management in maintaining effective systems of controlMember of Disclosure Review Committee and Pensions and Investment Committee

Greater St. Louis Area

Led business and financial analysis, planning, credit & collections, and controllership activities supporting the $5.3B North America and Latin America North agricultural businesses (70% of company's results), which included animal agriculture, crop chemicals, agronomic biotechnology traits, and the seed businessWorked closely with Executive Vice President to increase earnings and operating cash flow by over 50% through effective leadership and decision-making regarding product pricing, marketing programs, working capital management, and investmentsSuccessfully oversaw integration of 16 regional seed brands in last 2+ yearsImproved organizational effectiveness of finance organization through key system implementations (SAP), controls (Sarbanes-Oxley), and people recruitment & development

Greater St. Louis Area

Led business and financial analysis, planning, credit & collections, and controllership activities supporting the $3.5B agricultural businesses, which included crop chemicals, agronomic biotechnology traits, and seed businesses in corn, soy and cottonProvided financial leadership and direction to organization to deliver earnings and cash flow beyond budget by 28%Developed analysis resulting in channel inventory reduction by 30%Key member of team that developed plan to reorganize overall business structure to operationally and strategically maximize profitabilityOversaw development of 58 finance and accounting professionals in the U.S.Led diversity initiative for entire finance organization within Monsanto, including development of strategy and tactical implementation

Greater St. Louis Area

Primary responsibilities included oversight of financial management, operations, and analysis supporting $200M Dairy and Swine Genetics businessesStrategic planning and actions resulted in growth of business by 100%Provided financial supporting resulting in sale of swine manufacturing facilities and eliminating $8M in costsSuccessful integration of SAP order to cash moduleImplemented policy changes resulting in reductions in cost of goods sold totaling $8.5M

Greater St. Louis Area

Provide business and financial analysis support to various businesses, including Dairy, and Industrial, Turf, & Ornamental EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY (Other Roles)

Greater St. Louis Area

Greater St. Louis Area

Long Beach, California

Houston, Texas Area

Emba, Business Administration

Executive MBA

Bs, Accounting

BS in Accounting