Lake Foods, LLC Hiring for Operations Cost Accountant* Job at Athens, GA Full Time

Lake Foods, Inc. is seeking an Operations Accountant to join our growing company (new position). We are a poultry processor (2nd processing, or further processing) located in Hartwell, GA, only 40 minutes from Anderson, SC, 1 hour from Athens, GA and 1 hour from Greenville, SC. This position is part of a 10-person accounting team, reporting to the Financial Controller.

Basic Function Objectives:

• Perform day to day costing management.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial / costing reports and statements.
• Ensure proper accounts reconciliation of several accounts of the balance sheet.
• Develop solutions to resolve accounting discrepancies and other costing issues.
• Work closely to the Purchasing and Production teams to ensure proper costing procedures.
• Provide reports and analysis with focus on cost improvement measures.
• Analyze financial information to assist Financial Controller in preparation of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports.
• Support the accounting area in the Planning and Forecasting processes.
• Act as a business partner to the organization.

Primary Activities and Responsibilities:

• Standard costing maintenance and updates (including yearly/going to cost update)
• Cost variances reporting and analysis (specially Shop floor variances and Purchase Price Variances)
• Utilization / Productivity reporting and analysis
• Production cost centers tracking with the responsible from each areas
• Inventory reconciliation, including periodic and annual inventory counts (WIP, finished goods, R&D projects, Raw materials etc…)
• Maintain and review the general ledger and reconcile balance sheets
• Project Controlling / Cost tracking of customer projects
• Material cost reporting
• Cost of goods sold reporting and analysis
• Standard machine costing
• Prepare monthly and quarterly costing reports
• Quality Cost report and analysis (scrap, rework, etc…)

Qualifications/Skills:

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or Economics
• Must have at least 5+ years manufacturing accounting experience
• Must have at least 5+ years of experience with standard costing
• Must possess a minimum of 3+ years of experience and competence in Excel and ERP software (we use NetSuite)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A Masters degree or MBA preferred
• Excellent MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) skills
• Creativity and ability to implement changes
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and oral
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and a strong work ethic
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong working knowledge of finance and controlling, analytics, business intelligence, data visualization tools
• Being data driven is a differential

Work schedule is on-site 8am – 5pm Monday through Friday in a casual environment. The majority of the job will be in an office on a computer, but this role will be expected to enter the production setting as needed to have a pulse on the live production and how that is affecting costing and inventory control.

Lake Foods offers Medical, Dental, Vision, Accidental & Life Insurance as well as a 401(k) plan with up to a 4% match.

Lake Foods, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Accountants: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: One location