Cattle Payables Clerk

American Foods Group, LLC•Long Prairie, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Long Prairie Packing Company, LLC, an American Foods Group Company, is hiring a Cattle Accounts Payable employee at its Long Prairie plant. The position handles cattle purchasing and accounts payable activities, including payment processing, receiving and scale reconciliation, documentation, reporting, and communication with farmers, sale barns, coworkers, USDA, APHIS, sister companies, and cattle buyers. The employee is expected to demonstrate the company’s commitment to safety and quality of work. This description is not all-inclusive, and the employee may perform other related duties as organizational needs arise.

Requirements

Considerable working knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel.
Ability to communicate professionally with farmers, sale barns, coworkers, USDA, APHIS, sister companies, and cattle buyers.
Very high attention to detail and ability to correct errors while multitasking.
Ability to effectively communicate in English by speaking, reading, and writing.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Ability and willingness to learn other skills and cross-train in other office positions as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AS400, Aspen Hot Scale Utility, and shared drives.

Responsibilities

Compile sale barn and owner information for USDA tests.
Pay freight.
Manage trucking Certificates of Insurance and keep them current.
Create year-end 1099s and verify the accuracy of 1099 information.
Handle AFG Purchasing and special cattle purchasing.
Verify back tags and head counts so the correct sale barns and producers are paid.
Prepare lots to be keyed; verify cow and bull receiving and knocking, matching the barn lineup.
Revise receiving records with estimated received weights and record condemns.
Key lots, check yields, review prices, build buys, and cut checks.
Reconcile weights, grades, and back tags from the scale and knock box.
Complete end-of-day reconciliation with the scale and barn lineup, ensuring head counts and weights balance and all Grade and Yield have buys.
Perform 10-key data entry.
Finalize reports and forward emails to established coworkers.
Teach and demonstrate the company’s commitment to safety and quality of work.