Jennifer Bennett Email & Phone Number

• Create and maintain the governance framework for integrated position reporting platform used to report global commodity risk
• Work closely with commercial teams for continuous fine-tuning of P&L forecasting
• Frequently relied upon by co-workers to apply broad background and vast experience in problem-solving situations

• Led company-wide transformation effort for the Ag Services & Oilseeds and Carbohydrate Solutions Business Units by aligning transformative activities with the company's strategic objectives
• Facilitated transformational projects by assisting with securing the necessary resources for a successful implementation
• Managed the process of tracking and reporting results to senior executive team on projects of all sizes from around the globe

• Co-led the team that launched the first ever ADM Food Innovation Challenge awarding $50,000 to the most innovative food entrepreneur; involved in all areas across budgeting, marketing, social media, website.
• Appointed to cross-functional team to establish and develop the Midwest Inland Port; responsible for liaison activities with city leaders, Grow Decatur, and Economic Development Corporation of Decatur & Macon County
• Assist the transportation department and business units with data analysis and development of appropriate KPIs for the purpose of optimizing our transportation assets
• Facilitate in the financial analysis requirements of transportation asset purchases

• Managed the division's largest account; constant interaction with the customer on all levels including plant personnel, procurement, sales, finance and upper management
• Spearheaded integration of ADM Packaged Oils division into Stratas joint venture with oversight of customer transition, accounting practice implementation and merging IT systems
• Responsible for commercial management of assets
• Developed database driven reports that significantly improved the management of orders, sales and contracts for the department
• Frequently sought by co-workers as a resource for data collection and analysis

Decatur, Illinois Area

• Responsible for the accounting of ADM’s corporate-level commodity trading activities as well as the accounting for the foreign currency hedge desk
• Tracked and reported ADM's commodity trading positions daily to executive team
• Led the development of a new database that stores commodity trading records; utilized this database to drastically reduce the time it takes to perform daily and monthly tasks
• Led the development of a new database that stores foreign currency trading records

• Responsible for the accounting of several domestic softseed and soybean processing facilities
• Spearheaded the movement to train employees on technological tools in order to streamline the accounting close process; improved accuracy and increased productivity
• Moved ADM's reporting standard from Vax Report Writer system to Excel; drastically reduced paper usage and postage by switching from hard copy distribution to electronic versions

• Prepared the monthly P&L statement for ADM Processing Company which included all processing plants worldwide
• Wrote ExcelJV, primary tool used by accountants in all departments to submit journal entries into the general ledger; utilized Visual Basic macros written in Microsoft Excel
• Assisted in acquisition of cocoa division; performed monthly accounting duties for cocoa processing plant, reported international cocoa division and prepared monthly plant cost comparison reports for entire cocoa.
• Responsible for management of all accounting recruiting efforts including campus visits, reviewing resumes, interviewing, hiring and overseeing Accounting Training Program

• Traveled to various ADM facilities to conduct operational audits

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business, 4.0/4.0

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting, 4.0/4.0

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Business, 4.0/4.0