Plant Accounting Supervisor — Lead BOM & Cost Reporting (Relocation)

Smithfield Foods; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package available

Job summary

Smithfield Foods in Cincinnati, OH, seeks an accounting professional to support plant reporting, BOM maintenance, and month-end close, potentially supervising plant accounting coordinators.

You will prepare daily yield, labor, and inventory reports from SAP and other sources, analyze variances, and ensure accuracy of packaging and cost data. Travel up to 20% to other plants.

A Bachelor’s in Accounting with 2+ years’ experience and strong Excel skills are required; SAP experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university in Accounting or related field, and 2+ years’ professional accounting experience.
• Experience acting as a lead by providing training, guidance or mentoring to less experienced staff or managing processes and projects, preferred.
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry experience, preferred.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles.
• Proven ability to use Excel on a daily basis including manipulation of large amounts of data and creation of simple formulas.
• SAP experience (preferred).
• Strong attention to detail.
• May be required to travel to assist at other plant locations.
• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Compiles data from various sources (SAP, ADC, manual sheets from Supervisors, etc.) to prepare various daily reports in Excel including Yield Reports, Daily Pack Report, OPS Report, and Labor Report requiring data entry, data manipulation, and simple formulas in Excel.
• Perform month-end activities, which include, but are not limited to journal entries, plant variance and account reconciliations.
• Assist in timely measurement and explanation of plant variances and operating costs on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Responsible for ensuring that Corporate policy is adhered to, specifically regarding Bill of Material audits and Fixed Asset reviews.
• Provides back up and support to other Accounting staff in the areas of yield reporting, finished goods inventory, payroll and other areas as assigned.
• Will spend up to 20% of time on the production floor to understand processes and procedures.
• Using reports from the Purchasing department and SAP, coordinates and prepares weekly and monthly packaging, ingredients and MRO cycle counts and investigates and resolves differences with the Purchasing department.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

SAP

Job description

Smithfield Foods in Cincinnati, OH, seeks an accounting professional to support plant reporting, BOM maintenance, and month-end close, potentially supervising plant accounting coordinators.

You will prepare daily yield, labor, and inventory reports from SAP and other sources, analyze variances, and ensure accuracy of packaging and cost data. Travel up to 20% to other plants.

A Bachelor’s in Accounting with 2+ years’ experience and strong Excel skills are required; SAP experience preferred.