Sr Accountant

Post Holdings, Inc.; Lakeville (MN); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Post Consumer Brands, a unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our Lakeville, MN campus. You will lead monthly close activities, analyze results, and ensure GAAP compliance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Hybrid role with three onsite days and two remote days each week. Strong knowledge of US GAAP, advanced Excel, and ability to partner with operations, tax, and internal audit are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA certification.
• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and ability to research guidance.
• Experience with financial close processes, journal entries, reconciliations, and audits.
• Advanced Excel skills including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and large data sets.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to organize, document, and communicate accounting conclusions clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, financial analyses, and supporting schedules.
• Analyze financial results, investigate variances, and resolve discrepancies by understanding underlying business activity and system transactions.
• Research and apply U.S. GAAP guidance to complex accounting matters and develop well-supported accounting recommendations.
• Partner with operations, plant teams, finance, tax, and internal audit to evaluate accounting and reporting implications of business activities.
• Maintain the integrity of balance sheet and income statement accounts through timely reconciliation and resolution of reconciling items.
• Prepare documentation supporting accounting conclusions, estimates, judgments, and nonroutine transactions.
• Execute and strengthen Sarbanes-Oxley compliance through effective control execution, documentation, and continuous improvement.
• Support audit and tax requirements by preparing requested information and collaborating with internal and external auditors.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and simplify accounting processes while maintaining strong internal controls.
• Contribute to system implementations, integrations, and other cross-functional initiatives that support organizational growth.

Skills

Advanced Microsoft Excel

U.S. GAAP knowledge

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Multitasking / time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA certification

Tools

JD Edwards

Job description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

Senior Accountant

As a Senior Accountant at Post Consumer Brands, you will play a key role in delivering accurate, timely, and meaningful financial information that supports business decisions across the organization. This position partners closely with operations, finance, tax, internal audit, and other cross-functional teams to ensure accounting activities are completed with integrity, precision, and compliance with U.S. GAAP.

Working in a fast-paced consumer products and manufacturing environment, you will independently manage complex accounting activities, strengthen internal controls, drive process improvements, and help build scalable accounting operations that support continued growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead assigned monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, financial analyses, and supporting schedules.
• Analyze financial results, investigate variances, and resolve discrepancies by understanding underlying business activity and system transactions.
• Research and apply U.S. GAAP guidance to complex accounting matters and develop well-supported accounting recommendations.
• Partner with operations, plant teams, finance, tax, and internal audit to evaluate accounting and reporting implications of business activities.
• Maintain the integrity of balance sheet and income statement accounts through timely reconciliation and resolution of reconciling items.
• Prepare documentation supporting accounting conclusions, estimates, judgments, and nonroutine transactions.
• Execute and strengthen Sarbanes-Oxley compliance through effective control execution, documentation, and continuous improvement.
• Support audit and tax requirements by preparing requested information and collaborating with internal and external auditors.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and simplify accounting processes while maintaining strong internal controls.
• Contribute to system implementations, integrations, and other cross-functional initiatives that support organizational growth.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Make a visible impact on financial reporting and business decision-making across a leading consumer brands organization.
• Partner with diverse teams across manufacturing, operations, finance, tax, and audit functions.
• Apply professional judgment and technical accounting expertise to meaningful business challenges.
• Help shape scalable processes and leverage technology, including AI tools, to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Enjoy the best of big company opportunity and small company attitude in a collaborative, people-focused culture.

Qualifications

Location Requirements

This hybrid role is based at our Corporate Headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, with three days onsite and two days remote each week.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA certification.
• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and experience researching and applying accounting guidance.
• Experience with financial close processes, journal entries, reconciliations, financial analysis, and audit support.
• Demonstrated ability to independently resolve accounting matters and exercise sound professional judgment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and large data set analysis.
• Ability to organize, document, and communicate accounting conclusions clearly.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with JD Edwards or another enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
• Experience in a manufacturing, consumer products, or multi-location business environment.
• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements and internal control testing.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, system implementations, or process transformation initiatives.
• Experience using reporting, reconciliation, workflow, or data analytics tools.

Success in This Role

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent collaboration and relationship-building skills across functions.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to balance attention to detail with business perspective.
• Adaptability and continuous improvement mindset.

The pay range for this position is $72,498 - $101,497 per year.