Senior Plant Accountant

Silfab Solar•Burlington, WA

1d•$88,000 - $106,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Plant Accountant owns the accounting for Silfab Solar’s Burlington manufacturing plant, including month-end close, inventory and cost accounting, fixed assets, and related internal controls. The role also supports the Operations Controller and FP&A Manager with the plant budget and weekly and monthly variance reporting. The position is responsible for plant accounting and close activities, inventory and cost accounting, SOX and other internal controls, and budget and variance reporting. It helps ensure plant results comply with U.S. GAAP and company policy, supports audit readiness, and explains financial results to plant leaders. The role is based at the Burlington, Washington site. Compensation is $88,000–$106,000 per year depending on experience, with eligibility for an annual bonus of up to 10% based on Company and Departmental KPIs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
4–7 years of accounting experience, including at least 2 years in manufacturing, plant, or cost accounting.
Experience independently running a monthly plant or entity close, including accruals and balance sheet reconciliations.
Familiarity with SOX controls, including ability to describe controls performed, evidence maintained, and how controls were tested.
Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, and SUMIFS.
Experience with a manufacturing ERP such as SAP, Oracle, Dynamics 365, Epicor, or NetSuite.
Ability to explain financial results clearly to non-finance plant leaders.
Solid working knowledge of inventory and standard costing under U.S. GAAP, including how variances flow to inventory and COGS and inventory valuation at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

Nice To Haves

Power Query experience.
CPA or CMA certification, or pursuing one.
Experience in high-volume, automated manufacturing, such as solar, semiconductor, electronics, or automotive.
Hands-on SOX 404 experience, or a background in public accounting or audit.
Power BI or a similar reporting tool.

Responsibilities

Own plant month-end close, including journal entries, accruals, prepaids, and balance sheet reconciliations, and complete activities by the close deadline.
Reconcile plant general ledger accounts, including inventory, GRNI, fixed assets, CIP, and accrued liabilities, and clear reconciling items promptly.
Account for fixed assets and capital projects from CIP through placed-in-service and depreciation.
Review plant procure-to-pay activity, including receiving, three-way-match exceptions, and AP aging, and escalate cut-off issues.
Ensure plant results follow U.S. GAAP and company policy, and help cost center owners understand their numbers.
Account for raw materials, WIP, finished goods, and COGS, and reconcile perpetual inventory to the general ledger.
Maintain standard costs and analyze purchase price, usage, scrap, and overhead absorption variances.
Coordinate cycle counts and annual physical inventory, and analyze excess, obsolete, and scrap reserves.
Perform and document plant key controls over inventory, procure-to-pay, fixed assets, and close, and maintain audit-ready evidence.
Maintain process narratives and risk-and-control matrices, and support audit walkthroughs, testing, and internal and external auditor requests.
Identify segregation-of-duties and process-design gaps and recommend practical fixes.
Support the Operations Controller and FP&A Manager in preparing the annual plant operating budget and reforecasts.
Prepare the weekly plant flash and monthly actual-versus-budget and prior-period variance reports, with explanations of the results.