Accounting Associate

Wholestone Farms Cooperative Inc • Fremont, NE

21d • Onsite

About The Position

This position will provide support for the organization’s costing, production and inventory management functions.

Requirements

• Associate’s/Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration preferred
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Solid understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting principles
• Data entry skills along with a knack for numbers
• Hands-on experience with spreadsheets and proprietary software
• Willingness to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Must be a minimum of 18 years of age
• Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Ability to apply common sense and judgment in solving problems and interpreting and understanding instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Must be able to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action yet reason when to involve supervisor.
• Basic computer knowledge with the ability to learn software.
• Display strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deal with frequent interruptions.
• Basic office skills such as phone skills, voicemail, copying, faxing, typing, and directing visitors.
• Ability to function independently given assigned duties.
• Ability to communicate, work, and interact with a variety of individuals.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure such as whole numbers, fractions, percentages, and fractions.
• Compute rate, discounts, ratios, and percent.
• Make, read and interpret financials, graphs, rates, ratios, and percentages.
• Must be able to read, write, speak and understand the language of the majority cultural group in order to communicate effectively.
• Must be able to hear enough to understand those individuals as well.
• Ability to read, interpret, and comprehend documents such as graphs, financials, general professional articles and publications, governmental regulations, safety rules, assignment sheets, and procedure manuals.
• Must be able to write reports, business correspondence, policies and procedures, and other administrative forms as outlined above.
• Must be able to effectively communicate in both individual and group settings.
• Must be able to present information and respond to questions from individuals and/or groups.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and publish daily standard costs using various markets & costing sources
• Work cross functionally to create and maintain standard yield and labor costs for new and existing items
• Perform day-to-day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording inventories and related costs
• Perform duties related to period close activities
• Generate and analyze reports detailing inventory, production and costing details
• Understand expense accounts and cost centers
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Company matching Retirement Plan
• Paid time off
• Short term and long term disability
• Referral program
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree