Staff Accountant

Wayne-Sanderson Farms

297d

About The Position

The Staff Accountant performs accounting tasks and participates in projects in connection with preparing, reconciling, and explaining the profit/loss for the fresh operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Related Field.
• 1-3 years relevant Accounting experience with strong knowledge of Accounting principles and concepts.
• Must be able to speak, read, write, and comprehend English fluently.
• Must have excellent spelling, proof reading and grammatical skills.
• Must have strong attention to details.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced Computer Skills required: Microsoft Office/Excel.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Must have the ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Uses advanced math skills to add, subtract, multiply and divide and calculate yields and metrics.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Poultry or Food Manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Downloads Sales and Purchases Data information from Adage to reconcile to inventory database.
• Ensure accuracy of lbs. received from other locations by evaluating short weights and over weights.
• Verifies accuracy of sales and purchases pricing to ensure that over and under billing does not occur.
• Responsible for evaluating outside sales claims on short weights, price adjustments, and quality adjustments to allocate correct funds back to the departments.
• Summarizes sales and purchases by department for metric reports and weekly profit/loss estimate.
• Inventory Valuations on finished product, raw material, packaging, condiments, etc.
• Bill and reconcile inter-company sales transactions.
• Create Journal Entries for Sales Purchasing and Inventory transactions at month end and balance general ledger accounts.
• Manages sales commission and freight accruals.
• Inputs Sizing Department production data into spreadsheet to report yields and throughputs for Operations.
• Analyzes variance between actual and standard variables in the cost model to explain profit and loss of further processing departments.
• Manages projects for data distribution and report development by utilizing spreadsheets and databases.
• Forecasts monthly profit and loss.
• Determines raw material requirements based on finished product specifications for annual budget.
• Research and analyze Agristats.
• Periodically observes month end inventory counts.
• Responsible for other duties as assigned by Accounting Supervisor.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree