Plant Finance Analyst — SAP, Forecasting & Cost Control

Horizon; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizon Organic is hiring a Plant Accountant / Finance Analyst for our Salt Lake City, Utah plant to support financial planning, forecasting, reporting and cost control. You will partner with the Plant Controller and leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting and disciplined management of operating expenditures.

Based in Salt Lake City on-site, the role involves month-end close, inventory and cost accounting, and delivering dashboards and analyses to plant leadership to guide operational

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field.
• 2 years of strong accounting/financial analysis experience.
• SAP experience, preferably within manufacturing or plant operations.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Knowledge of inventory accounting and cost accounting principles.
• Strong analytical, communication, and business partnering skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop forecasts, monitor spending trends, and manage plant operating expenditures.
• Analyze operating expense variances versus budget, forecast, and prior-year results.
• Support month-end close activities, including reviewing and closing production orders, preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and validating financial data for reporting purposes.
• Maintain SAP transactional data and financial reporting systems to ensure data integrity, reliability, and timely reporting.
• Coordinate processing of invoices in accounts payable system related to plant expenditures.
• Review inventory transactions and balances to ensure inventory accuracy and compliance with company accounting policies.
• Prepare and distribute recurring financial reports, dashboards, and analyses to plant leadership to support operational decision-making.
• Support ad hoc plant initiatives and special projects as required.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Business partnering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Horizon Organic is hiring a Plant Accountant / Finance Analyst for our Salt Lake City, Utah plant to support financial planning, forecasting, reporting and cost control. You will partner with the Plant Controller and leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting and disciplined management of operating expenditures.

Based in Salt Lake City on-site, the role involves month-end close, inventory and cost accounting, and delivering dashboards and analyses to plant leadership to guide operational