Accounting Associate

The Mennel Milling Company; Fostoria (OH); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company located in Fostoria, Ohio is seeking an Accounting Assistant to support various accounting functions including accounts payable and receivable, account reconciliations, and financial reporting. The ideal candidate will have a degree in accounting and at least 2 years of relevant experience. Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel, are essential. This full-time role involves ensuring compliance with food safety programs and contributing to the company's tradition of quality and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in accounting or a related field is required.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Good time management skills and the ability to multitask.

Responsibilities

• Assist in period and year-end reporting procedures.
• Provide information to auditors during the year-end audit.
• Assist in preparing and posting cash receipts from lockbox.

Skills

Microsoft Office skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Verbal and written communication

Education

Degree in Accounting or related field

Tools

Microsoft D365

Excel

Job description

Reports To: Refer to location organizational chart

At Mennel, we believe in doing right and bringing our best to our people who are helping to feed the world. We promote teamwork and recognize the individual contributions everyone plays in the overall success of the company.

SUMMARY: In this role, you will help sustain Mennel’s tradition of excellence established in 1886 as well as support our food safety programs and mission to reliably deliver superior quality, uniformity, and service.

This position is responsible for assisting in various accounting functions. These functions include but are not limited to accounts payable and accounts receivable duties, account reconciliations, and various general accounting functions. You will assist in providing accurate and timely financial information that reflects the Company’s financial condition, allowing Company management to make knowledgeable decisions.

PRIMARY WORK SHIFT: Works shift as assigned and overtime as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Follow all food and personal safety rules and regulations in respect to GMP’s, OSHA, HACCP, the Global Food Safety Initiative, the US FDA Food Safety Modernization Act as stated in the FS&Q Statement, and sanitation guidelines as set forth by the company as listed in Corporate Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) and attend all required training sessions. Maintain the department/facility in an everyday audit ready condition.

• Assists in period and year end reporting procedures.
• Provides information to auditors during year-end audit
• Assists in preparing and posting flour and feed cash receipts from lockbox
• Assists in coding items such as invoices, vouchers, expense reports, check requests, etc. for data entry into the accounts payable system.
• Assist with data entry into the Microsoft D365 system
• Assist with quarterly CAT tax reporting
• Provides support for clerical, accounting, and bookkeeping functions as a liaison to other departments.
• Provides backup for A/P, A/R, and other accounting team members as needed
• Other duties may be assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position has no supervisory duties.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Degree in Accounting or related field is preferred but not required.

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in accounting or related field is required
• Strong Skills in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, and Power Point.
• Must have good time management skills.
• Well spoken, articulate and courteous verbal, written and phone correspondence.
• Ability to multitask, be detail orientated and prioritize work schedule
• Accuracy when working with numbers.
• Must be able to work without supervision

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Abilitytoreadandcomprehendsimpleinstructions,shortcorrespondence,memos,procedures,andplans.Abilityto write, complete checklists and other basic documentation and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information or data inone-on-one and small group situations to co-workers, supervisors, and managers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY:

Must use solid judgment when making decisions. Must have ability to quickly recognize and plan for changing work duties and events.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to perform maintenance tasks, reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to conditions that are typical to an office environment.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing