Simmons Foods Hiring for Plant Accountant Job at South West City, MO Full Time

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

Maintains the integrity of production and costing transactions. Analyzes costing and inventory variances to management for review.

ESSENTIAL POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintains production units and raw materials usage in system. Collects, reviews, and verifies shop floor documents. Calculates production units and raw material usage, enters into ERP system. Collaborates with production staff to resolve discrepancies. Communicates issues to accounting or operations management as appropriate.

Reconciles manufacturing variances and/or inventory reports and transactions. Generates manufacturing variance, finished goods and material inventory reports and tracks difference between actual and projected. Ensures compliance to established cycle count procedures. Collaborates with production or warehouse staff to resolve discrepancies. Elevates unresolved issues to manager for further direction or support. Ensures timely submission, accuracy, and validity of cost variances. Verifies balances reconciles to the general ledger at month-end and may maintain balance sheet accounts, including posting journal entries and preparing account reconciliations. Prepares weekly and monthly variance and inventory analysis and distributes to management. Responds to queries from upper plant management.

Provides additional accounting support. Prepares multiple reports and analyses. Assists plant management team in understanding costs variances and other operating measures. Prepares supporting documentation for audits and assists auditors as needed. Maintains spreadsheets and other records to support budgeting process. Frequently supports special projects for accounting and other departments.

Physical Activities: Enters and locates information on a computer. Visually verifies information, often in small print. Presents information to small or large groups. The employee is frequently required to talk and hear. Communicates with Customers, Vendors, or Employees via telephone, in person, and/or electronic mail. Requires ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist or reach out to file documents into (or pull from) cabinets. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10lbs.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): As required by visiting facility.

Travel: May at times need to travel to and from multiple facilities or work-sites, possibly requiring overnight stays.

Technical Experience: 0-3 years’ accounting experience. Preference for experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning system. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel.

Industry Experience: Strong preference for manufacturing experience, with preference for food processing.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.

Preferred Education: N/A