Accounting Associate

Job Description

Associate Plant Accountant | Packaging Corporation of America

The Tone:
This is a full-time salaried role at Packaging Corporation of America, located on-site at a plant location. PCA is a Fortune 500 ideas and solutions company, with approximately 15,000 team members across more than 100 locations. Our corrugated packaging and white paper businesses strive for leadership in customer service and operational excellence. This role, focused on plant accounting, is essential for maintaining accurate financial records, producing timely reports and analyses, and ensuring compliance with company policies and accounting principles.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: On-site at a plant location
• Pay: $42000–$65000 yearly
• Mission: Responsible for maintaining accurate accounting records and producing timely financial reports, analysis, and statements.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, accounts payable software, general ledger software

What You’ll Actually Do
• General Ledger Management: Accurately post and verify all entries to the general ledger, ensuring accounts are balanced completely.
• Accounts Payable Processing: Validate and process accounts payable transactions efficiently, including the preparation of batch payments.
• Accounts Receivable Oversight: Post, audit, and collect accounts receivable transactions, making appropriate adjustments and corrections as needed.
• Payroll and Month-End Support: Provide essential support for processing weekly hourly payroll and assist directly with plant financial preparations for month-end closings.
• Record Keeping and Administration: Maintain all accounting and payroll files and backup documentation in accordance with company policies, and offer general administrative support for office operations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Requires a high school diploma and a solid working knowledge of accounting procedures, essential for accurate financial operations.
• Experience: Possess at least one year of prior experience in a business office or accounting function, specifically with exposure to general ledger, payroll, and/or accounts payable.
• Skills: Demonstrates strong analytical and organizational skills, the ability to manage detail-oriented tasks, handle multiple requests under deadlines, and maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Bonus: Candidates with an Associate’s degree or college accounting coursework are preferred, as is experience within the manufacturing sector or packaging industry, or with specific accounts payable and general ledger software.