Fort Smith, AR - Production Accountant

Bachoco Group•Fort Smith, AR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Accountant assists the Cost Accounting Department in the accurate recording of all plant production transactions and reporting. This includes, but is not limited to accurate daily reporting, accurate daily, weekly and month end inventories for meat and all dry goods. The Corporate Production Accountant will perform also perform inventory tests that comply with all SOX requirements. The Corporate Production Accountant will provide timely and accurate KPI reporting daily, weekly and monthly to plant and company management.

Requirements

Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point.
Must be a fast learner in using our in-house ERP system and/or SAP for use in comparing actual expenditures with expected expenditures.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Knowledge of E-Mail software, Accounting systems, SAP, SOI, Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Nice To Haves

Bi-lingual in Spanish is not required, but a plus.

Responsibilities

Operate a computer with Microsoft Windows-based programs.
Assist all levels of management, plant and corporate, with the preparation and analysis of weekly, monthly and quarterly operating reports, and statistics.
Aid the Cost Department with the weekly financial presentations to upper management concerning prior week’s results.
Travel to plant locations to help the facility personnel to understand their respective operating reports and how to be accountable for them.
Ability to track volumes, statistics, and dollars. This will need to be done weekly, monthly, year-to-date, and annually.
Ability to analyze variances to expected outcome or operating standard.
Assist with Balance sheet management of inventory quantities and valuation.
Ensure monthly reconciliation of assigned plants.
Analyze weekly large variances in actual versus standard results and be able to discuss them with management.
Responsible for working with plant/operations management to ensure accurate reporting or all production transactions.
Assist Cost Department in providing analytical research on Agri Stats comparisons and provide operating data to said firm on a monthly basis.
Other duties as assigned.