Plant Accounting Specialist – Inventory and Production Reconciliation

Job Description

Accounting Associate | Simmons Pet Food

The Tone:
This is a Salary Non-Exempt role, based at a plant location supporting Simmons Pet Food, an organization dedicated to providing pet food products. This position is vital for ensuring the accuracy of inventory and production data, facilitating timely vendor payments, and providing essential financial reporting to plant management, contributing directly to operational efficiency and informed decision-making. The role requires a strong commitment to accuracy and collaboration within a production environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person (Plant-based)

• Team: Supports the Plant Controller and plant production management
• Mission: To ensure accurate inventory and production data, process accounts payable, and provide essential financial reporting to support plant operations and management.
• Tech Stack: ERP systems (plus), personal computer, calculator, 10-key, Word, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Production & Inventory Reconciliation: Reconcile daily production and inventory reports by comparing database extractions to shop floor documents, analyzing discrepancies, and collaborating with counterparts to resolve variances.
• Accounts Payable Processing: Process vendor invoices by matching them to receiving reports and purchase orders, verifying proper account coding, and accurately coding invoices without purchase orders to expense accounts.
• Financial Reporting & Distribution: Generate weekly summary reports, communicate these reports to the management team, and prepare additional accurate and timely reports as needed, responding to questions.
• Accrual Management: Keep track of financial accruals, identify and estimate associated costs, communicate these to the supervisor, and determine the taxability of items for correct coding.
• Team Collaboration & Support: Cross-train with other accounting employees to ensure continuous day-to-day functional coverage, actively participate in team meetings, and contribute to developing and implementing team concepts and policies.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level. High School Diploma or equivalent required, with a basic understanding of math and accounting principles.
• Experience: 1-2 years of accounting, clerical, or administrative experience, combined with a working knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Skills: Accurate data entry with strong attention to detail, excellent organizational, interpersonal, analytical, and verbal/written communication skills, and the ability to work independently with a high degree of accuracy.
• Bonus: Experience with ERP systems, preference for a food processing or manufacturing organization background, some college (especially accounting classes), and military experience.