Senior Production Accountant

Leprino Foods Company • Denver, CO

4d • $85,000 - $95,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Within our Production Accounting team in our Denver corporate office, Leprino is seeking a Senior Production Accountant to support the financial heartbeat of our manufacturing operations. This role partners closely with plant accounting and operations teams to ensure production results are accurate, controlled, and clearly understood. This is a hands-on production accounting role for someone who enjoys digging into discrepancies, and understanding how plant activity flows through SAP into financial results.   At Leprino, starting compensation for this role typically ranges between $85,000 and $95,000. This position has an annual target bonus of 10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics
• Five years of progressive accounting or finance experience
• Experience supporting manufacturing or production-related financials
• Proficiency using ERP systems to review and analyze transaction flow (SAP preferred)
• Ability to explain financial results clearly to operations and finance partners
• Ability to travel up to 15% at times to our eight domestic manufacturing facilities

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics
• CPA with six years of production accounting or direct plant accounting experience
• Experience reconciling inventory, labor, or overhead-related accounts
• Exposure to internal controls or audit support in a manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

• Build accurate month-end close results for plant production activity
• Review production yields, labor efficiency, and overhead spending for clarity and accuracy
• Write clear explanations for variances related to milk, ingredients, packaging, labor, and plant overhead
• Reconcile production and inventory-related balance sheet accounts and resolve discrepancies
• Use SAP reporting to trace transaction flow and validate results
• Present plant A/C/B financial statements with confidence and transparency
• Coordinate closely with Plant Accounting and Operations FP&A on production-related analysis
• Support internal control procedures and SOX-lite documentation efficiently
• Improve production accounting processes to increase accuracy and reduce rework
• Contribute to ad hoc analysis that supports plant and finance leadership decisions

Benefits

• A chance to be part of a global team of individuals passionate about producing and delivering high-quality products that help feed and nourish families around the world.
• Leprino could not be where it is today without our incredible employees.
• That is why we share in our success together by rewarding you for your hard work.
• Hiring great people who are in it for the long run is our goal.
• Through competitive salaries and bonuses, life, medical/dental/vision coverage, voluntary benefits, employee assistance programs, wellness incentives, tuition assistance, vacation, ten paid holidays, sick time, paid parental leave, annual merit increases, as well as the LFC Profit-Sharing & 401(k) plan.
• Your impact will be noticed and rewarded, as you seek to further our company, our customers, and one another.

What This Job Offers

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