Plant Accountant

Clemens Family Corporation • Coldwater Township, MI

40d • Onsite

About The Position

This role ensures the accuracy of cost models, provides meaningful insights to support decisions, and strengthens collaboration across Finance and Operations. You will help build clarity around costing and performance trends that inform pricing, budgeting, and operational improvements. This role is not entry-level and is ideal for someone ready to grow in manufacturing finance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Agribusiness, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in costing, manufacturing finance, plant accounting, or a similar analytical role
• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and complex formulas
• Experience building or analyzing cost or pricing models
• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Manufacturing or plant finance experience
• SAP or ERP system experience

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and finalize product cost models and respond to ad hoc costing requests
• Analyze cost variances and trends and translate them into clear insights
• Support recurring and ad hoc financial reporting used by plant and business leaders
• Partner with Operations teams to gather information, validate assumptions, and identify opportunities for improvement
• Spend approximately 10% of your time on the plant floor to build product and process understanding
• Work with ERP systems (SAP) and related tools to ensure costing accuracy and data integrity
• Identify ways to improve processes, reporting, and decision support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level