Cost Accounting Specialist: GL, Inventory & AP Analytics

Minority Professional Network, Inc.; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hormel Foods Corporation in Kansas (Wichita) seeks a cost accounting professional to manage day-to-day cost accounting functions, review production entries, analyze variances, and ensure accurate inventory records.

Key duties include cost and inventory reporting, general ledger activities including period close, journal entries, and collaboration across teams. Experience with Oracle Financials or similar systems is a plus.

Qualifications

• Prior accounting experience, preferably Cost Accounting.
• Ability to think critically and logically.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Demonstrated initiative and reliability.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day cost accounting functions including variance investigations.
• Review costing and inventory exception reports and maintain accurate inventories.
• Perform general ledger duties including period close and journal entries.
• Create and distribute accounting reports (yield reporting, write-offs).
• Handle AP tasks: researching and approving invoices related to receipts of raw materials, packaging, ingredients and services.

Skills

Critical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Initiative

Attendance reliability

Time management

Communication skills

Tools

Oracle Financials

QAD

Perpetual inventory systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Hormel Foods Corporation in Kansas (Wichita) seeks a cost accounting professional to manage day-to-day cost accounting functions, review production entries, analyze variances, and ensure accurate inventory records.

Key duties include cost and inventory reporting, general ledger activities including period close, journal entries, and collaboration across teams. Experience with Oracle Financials or similar systems is a plus.