Plant Accountant

Simmons Foods

47d

About The Position

Maintains the integrity of production and costing transactions. Analyzes costing
and inventory variances to management for review.

Requirements

• 0-3 years’ accounting experience.
• Preference for experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning system.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.

Nice To Haves

• Strong preference for manufacturing experience, with preference for food processing.

Responsibilities

• Maintains production units and raw materials usage in the system.
• Collects, reviews, and verifies shop floor documents.
• Calculates production units and raw material usage, enters into the ERP system.
• Collaborates with production staff to resolve discrepancies.
• Communicates issues to accounting or operations management as appropriate.
• Reconciles manufacturing variances and/or inventory reports and transactions.
• Generates manufacturing variance, finished goods and material inventory reports and tracks difference between actual and projected.
• Ensures compliance to established cycle count procedures.
• Collaborates with production or warehouse staff to resolve discrepancies.
• Elevates unresolved issues to manager for further direction or support.
• Ensures timely submission, accuracy, and validity of cost variances.
• Verifies balances reconciles to the general ledger at month-end and may maintain balance sheet accounts, including posting journal entries and preparing account reconciliations.
• Prepares weekly and monthly variance and inventory analysis and distributes to management.
• Responds to queries from upper plant management.
• Prepares multiple reports and analyses.
• Assists plant management team in understanding costs variances and other operating measures.
• Prepares supporting documentation for audits and assists auditors as needed.
• Maintains spreadsheets and other records to support budgeting process.
• Frequently supports special projects for accounting and other departments.
• Participates in the ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies; coordinates work to ensure best practices with all team members.
• Attends appropriate team meetings.
• Fosters strong cohesiveness regarding all major issues; e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes, etc.
• Accepts responsibility to quickly identify any areas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues and actively look for ways, and reinforce actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization.
• Maintains familiarity with Simmons’ established operating systems
• Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives

What This Job Offers

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