Plant Accountant

Simmons Prepared Foods Inc; Van Buren (AR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Simmons Prepared Foods Inc in Arkansas is seeking an accounting professional to maintain production costing and material usage records. The role analyzes variances, reconciles cost reports, and supports month-end close with ERP-driven data.

The ideal candidate has 0-3 years of accounting experience, with strong Excel skills and familiarity with ERP systems, preferably in food manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years accounting experience.
• Experience with ERP systems preferred.
• Strong Excel and MS Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain production units and raw material usage in the system.
• Reconcile variances and prepare inventory reports for management.
• Assist with cost variances, budgets, and month-end close processes.
• Collaborate with production and warehouse teams to resolve discrepancies.

Skills

Excel

Office suite

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

Tools

ERP system

Job description

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Locations

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• Accounting
• Full-Time

Description

Purpose of the Position

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

Essential Position Responsibilities - This is a Salary Exempt position.

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

Reconciles manufacturing variances and/or inventory reports and transactions. Generates manufacturingvariance, finished goods and material inventory reports and tracks difference between actual and projected. Ensurescompliance to established cycle count procedures. Collaborates with production or warehouse staff to resolvediscrepancies. 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 maymaintain 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 teamin understanding costs variances and other operating measures. Prepares supporting documentation for audits andassists auditors as needed. Maintains spreadsheets and other records to support budgeting process. Frequently supports special projects for accounting and other departments.

Participates as a member of the Team . Participates in the ongoing development, communication andimplementation of team concepts, programs and policies; coordinates work to ensure best practices with all teammembers. Attends appropriate team meetings. As a member of the Team, fosters strong cohesiveness regarding allmajor issues; e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes, etc. Accepts responsibility to quickly identify anyareas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in asupportive manner to resolve issues and actively look for ways, and reinforce actions needed, to achieve synergypossible within the larger organization.

Simmons Operating systems principles and objectives: Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems(e.g. quality, security, office environment, company policies, LEAN); understands the responsibility to maintainfamiliarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems - including a consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas.

Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives: This position description is intended toguide the activities of the person in this position and is not intended to limit the thinking and creativity of the person as to the work of this function nor is it intended that this describe all the work that may be required of the person in this position.

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. Communicateswith Customers, Vendors, or Employees via telephone, in person, and/or electronic mail. Requires ability to quicklyand 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 ResourcePlanning 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

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