Livestock Data Analyst

Every day, hundreds of cattle move through our replacement program before entering dairy operations across multiple states. Behind every movement is a story told through inventory, operational decisions, and financial data. We're looking for someone who enjoys connecting those pieces, someone who is naturally curious, thrives on solving complex problems, and takes pride in ensuring every animal is accurately accounted for from arrival through placement.

You'll love this role if you...

• Enjoy solving puzzles and investigating why things don't reconcile.
• Like organizing large amounts of information and bringing order to complexity.
• Want to understand how a business operates, not just record transactions.
• Take pride in accuracy and can spot details others overlook.
• Enjoy learning new technology and improving processes.
• Prefer variety over doing the exact same work every day.
• Like asking questions and continuously learning.
• Want to work in a collaborative environment where your work directly impacts business decisions.

This role may not be the best fit if you...

• You prefer highly repetitive work with the same routine each day.
• You become frustrated when processes evolve or change.
• You don't enjoy investigating issues that require persistence and critical thinking.
• You prefer to work independently with minimal interaction across departments.

Join our cattle operations team and become the subject matter expert responsible for maintaining the integrity of livestock inventory and cost data across more than 100,000 animals. Working alongside dairy managers, ownership, and the accounting team, you'll solve complex inventory challenges, reconcile cattle movements, and ensure accurate operational data drives financial reporting. Every month you'll investigate cattle movements across multiple operations, investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, improve processes, and provide accurate operational data that leadership relies on to make business decisions. If you enjoy understanding how a business really works-not just recording transactions-you'll thrive in this role. Few organizations manage livestock inventory and cost accounting at this scale, making this an opportunity to develop expertise that is both unique and highly valuable within the agricultural industry.

At Ag Business Solutions, our mission is to assist crop and dairy farmers manage their business, so they can focus their time and energies in providing the highest level of care to their animals, farms and bringing healthy farm fresh food and high-quality dairy products to America at low prices, while providing a source of income for their families and employees.

Our staff of Certified Public Accountants and highly degreed professionals provide daily administrative and accounting services through direct interaction with ownership and on-site management. Our sophisticated and ever evolving IT services allow us to offer support to multiple dairies and cattle operations throughout the country. In addition, our ability to assist producers in managing price risk in the areas of livestock, feed, and milk truly sets us apart.

Aspects of Role:

· Become an expert in one of the country's largest heifer replacement programs

· Work with custom software designed specifically for tracking livestock inventory and costing

· Help improve and shape the systems and processes supporting a growing operation

· Collaborate directly with ownership and operations

· Investigate complex operational and inventory challenges, * Maintain the integrity of livestock inventory by investigating discrepancies, reconciling inventory activity, and ensuring accurate operational reporting:

• Entering purchase, transfers and sales records per shipment load, by collecting/confirming individual animal records
• Investigate and resolve inventory variances by reviewing support documentation and collaborating with cattle team, external vendors, and operation managers.
• Update heifer records for pregnancy status and other identifiers
• Collect and enter invoices into software
• Assign purchases and raising costs to associated animals/operations
• Reconcile monthly expenses to ensure all costs have been properly allocated
• Complete monthly inventory tasks, including:
• Filling out physical inventory roll-forward support
• Reconciling calf program
• Identify & clean up heifer records
• Prepare supporting documentation for audit and bank reporting
• Other inventory tracking and analysis responsibilities within dairy & beef cattle operations

• Associate's degree in Accounting, Agribusiness, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3-7 years of experience in inventory management, operations, accounting, agriculture, supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, or a similar analytical role involving inventory tracking, reconciliation, and problem solving
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ability to manage multiple data entry systems.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to investigate variances independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with professionalism in vendor and manager interactions.
• Enjoys building new processes as well as reviewing current processes
• Prior experience in dairy, livestock, or agricultural business support preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet monthly deadlines.

Job Type: Full-time

Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account, * 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance