Production Accounting Clerk

Weingart Foundation; Springhill (LA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the timber industry is seeking a Production Accounting Clerk to assist with accounts payable operations. In this role, you will ensure timely processing of payments and contribute to resource accounting tasks, requiring two to three years of accounting experience and an associate's degree. The successful candidate will demonstrate knowledge of state sales tax laws and experience with Microsoft Suite while performing essential duties in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Education: Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent.
• Experience: Two to Three years' Accounting/Finance experience in manufacturing environment.
• Timber industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Process payables related tasks for Contractor Pay Check Runs.
• Assistance with annual 1099 preparation.
• Daily imports/exports of data from local scale software to master database.

Skills

Knowledge of state sales tax laws

Experience in Microsoft Suite

Knowledge of spreadsheet software

Knowledge of database software

Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent

Ability to work independently

Education

Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent

Job description

The Production Accounting Clerk duties are primarily payables related, providing assistance to Resource Accounting Staff in the timely and complete processing of Weekly Contractor Pay Check Runs.

General Payables Duties:

• Designated AP Vendor creator for US Barkie Production Group - processing all new Vendor requests for multiple Accounting Staff, in a timely manner
• New Vendor Setup (BB/FT/MWSS) obtain and file W9's on all Vendors in multiple Entities (Fiber Suppliers and Production Yards General AP);
• Tracking W9 status on all Vendors and releasing checks accordingly
• Provides assistance as necessary in annual 1099 preparation
• Route and follow up on invoices for approval; Posting Payables invoices for general yard payables in Blue Bee (BB); including reviewing payables for appropriate manufacturers tax exemptions etc.
• Prepares Contractor pay statement packages for approval (by Buyer), follows up and files approved of weekly pay statements.
• Maintaining copies of invoices for small asset purchases to assist Tax Department in Annual Personal Property Taxes reporting
• Coding some general payables invoices and monitoring coding of others for consistency between yards.
• Posting some Payables as assigned for Job Costing in Fiber Track (FT);
• Generating Weekly Payment Due reports and compiling invoices included in weekly check runs
• Matching checks to Contractor Pay Statements for mail out of Weekly Check Runs;
• Handling General AP Vendor inquires and Maintaining Payables Files by Vendor

Resource Accounting Duties:

• Workloads fluctuate tremendously dependent on harvesting volumes; Accounting Clerk provides assistance to the Resource Department as a whole in the following general duties that contribute to validation of Loads for weekly payment.
• Compiles, matches and sorts inbound Barkie Load documentation at multiple locations in preparation for Production Accountant's approval of weekly Contractor Pay Statements.
• Issues Barkie PO/Job #'s and Set up of New Barkie Jobs in Scale Software to facilitate Barkie Load receiving at local sites
• Daily imports/exports of data from local scale software programs to Master Scale Database and export to Contractor Pay System (FT)
• Daily Log Scale Bureau imports and assists is resolving issues with loads not matching Bureau scale data
• Validation of loads in FT Pay System for issues relating to Haulers and Haul Sorts etc.
• Maintains files of Purchase and Logging Contracts
• Validation of Non Pole loads in FT Pay System as well as assistance when necessary in validating pole loads for issues relating to Haulers and Haul Sorts etc.
• Validation of daily classing reports ensuring all facilities are do daily reconciliations accurately
• Assistance in entry of Log Sales Adjustments
  

General Accounting Duties:

• Reconciles payables related GL Accounts (Accrued AP and General Prepaid accounts)
• Prepares Accrued Payables Journal entry for material yard costs and assists with other month-end close, reports, etc.
• Assists in periodic reconciliation of Barkie inventories (Pieces) between Scale and Contractor Pay system
• Assists with data entry of Annual Pole Inventory Counts
• Participates and contributes to company safety program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Qualifications:

• Education: Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent
• Experience: Two to Three years' Accounting/Finance experience in manufacturing environment, timber industry preferred
• License/Certification: NA

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of state sales tax laws
• Experience in Microsoft Suite
• Knowledge of spreadsheet software, database software, and word processing software
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to work independently and under time constraints