Central Offices - Fixed Asset Accountant

Bachoco Group•Fort Smith, AR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Bachoco USA is seeking a Fixed Asset Accountant for its corporate headquarters in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The role supports the Senior Manager of Budget & Business Analytics and manages the organization’s capital expenditure and fixed asset processes. Responsibilities include managing Capital Project Requests, producing spending reports for approved projects, supporting CAPEX budgets, preparing consolidated monthly reports for Bachoco MX, and administering the Asset Keeper fixed asset system. The accountant prepares journal entries and reconciliations, analyzes variances and conducts related research for assets, depreciation, and capital projects. The position also maintains rents and leases in SAP and records their monthly depreciation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a business-related major from a four-year college or university preferred.
Two to five years of accounting or finance experience required.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; ability to learn Asset Keeper and SAP.
Knowledge of email software, accounting systems, SAP, spreadsheet software, and word-processing software.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business and technical materials, professional journals, and governmental regulations; write reports, correspondence, and procedure manuals; and present information and respond to questions.
Ability to apply mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret technical instructions, and work with abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including regularly sitting, using hands, reaching, and talking or hearing; frequently standing and walking; occasionally climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and tasting or smelling; regularly lifting or moving up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
No specific certificates, licenses, or registrations are required.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English and Spanish; Spanish is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Use a computer and Microsoft Windows-based programs, including Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; learn and use Asset Keeper and SAP to track, capitalize, dispose of, and compare actual and expected expenditures.
Assist plant and corporate management with preparing and analyzing capital projects, including spending and variance analysis, project audits, and capitalization.
Identify and record fixed asset additions, transfers, and disposals in the fixed asset system.
Prepare monthly depreciation and amortization entries for fixed assets and capitalize completed construction-in-progress projects, including determining whether capital items are subject to sales and use tax.
Travel to plant locations to help facility personnel understand their responsibilities for capital projects and CAPEX budgets.
Track capital project and fixed asset volumes, statistics, and dollars weekly, monthly, year-to-date, and annually; analyze variances from expected outcomes or operating standards.
Manage assigned balance sheet asset accounts; prepare monthly account reconciliations and record reclassification and adjustment journal entries as needed.
Analyze weekly and monthly capital spending and communicate with management about deviations from project scope or budget.
Conduct analytical research on fixed assets and capital expenditures as needed.
Track new long-term rents and leases before submission to Bachoco MX for entry into SAP; capitalize them on the balance sheet and determine taxability.
Work with state agencies and outside property tax consultants on exemptions or tax credits related to capital investments.
Review and update the Fixed Asset and Capital Project/Investment policy as needed.
Maintain communication with project managers about project status.
Review and assist with capital project presentations for OK Management, Bachoco Management, and Board of Directors meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned.