GENERAL ACCOUNTANT – Manufacturing Accounting

Job Description

General Accountant | Crustless Creations

The Tone:
This is a full-time or reduced-hours role at Crustless Creations, located in Akron, Ohio. Crustless Creations is a growing food manufacturing company seeking an experienced, dependable General Accountant to support its operations. This hands-on accounting position is crucial for maintaining financial accuracy, supporting growth, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and month-end close. The company offers flexibility in scheduling and a hybrid work arrangement, prioritizing practical manufacturing accounting experience over formal credentials.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time Equivalent
• Type: Full-time or Reduced-hours
• Location: Hybrid, Akron, OH
• Pay: $70000–$82000 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Chief Operating Officer (COO)
• Mission: This role ensures day-to-day accounting activities, general ledger accuracy, and inventory/cost accounting are meticulously managed to support a growing food manufacturing operation.
• Tech Stack: manufacturing ERP system, Microsoft Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• General Accounting: Manage day-to-day accounting activities, maintain accurate financial records, and ensure general ledger accuracy through journal entries and reconciliations.
• Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable: Oversee all AP and AR activities, including reviewing, coding, and entering invoices, processing payments, and resolving billing or payment discrepancies.
• Inventory Accounting: Maintain and reconcile inventory accounting records, monitor inventory valuation, and support physical inventories and cycle counts.
• Cost Accounting: Analyze inventory and manufacturing variances, support product costing, conduct cost analysis, and review Cost of Goods Sold (COGS).
• Financial Reporting & Controls: Support month-end and year-end close processes, assist with financial statements and management reporting, and maintain internal controls.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Experienced professional with hands-on accounting experience specifically in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience: Practical experience with inventory and cost accounting, strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, journal entries, and account reconciliations, and experience participating in month-end close and working knowledge of AP/AR processes.
• Skills: Proficiency in a manufacturing ERP system, strong Microsoft Excel skills (including formulas, reconciliations, and pivot tables), strong attention to detail, and the ability to work independently while communicating effectively.
• Bonus: An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or a CPA designation.