Plant Accountant

Monogram Foods is a privately held manufacturer and marketer of meat snacks, corn dogs, frozen appetizers, pet treats, hot dogs, sausages, precooked bacon, and gourmet foods. With the Company’s Support Center in Memphis, TN, Monogram operates 13 processing plants employing over 3,000 team members. A fast-growing organization, Monogram Foods was recently recognized as a great place to work by the Memphis Business Journal. Monogram Foods has also been recognized on INC Magazine’s annual list of America’s fastest-growing private companies for eight consecutive years.

Job Summary:

• Plant Accountant will support Plant Controller with:
  • Evaluating and maintaining accuracy of the financial ledger
  • Account reconciliation, periodic spend reporting, and month end requirements
  • Development and accuracy of production standards and bill-of-materials
  • Maintaining costing models and compiling manufacturing cost true-ups.
  • Serves as a steward of internal cost controls and efforts aimed to improve profitability through lean operations methods, acquiring an in-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes and cost containment/tracking.

Responsibilities include but may not be limited to the following:

• Prepare and analyze general ledger data/reports (yields, labor, inventory adjustments) and track/trend plant performance and spend to standards
• Spend trends vs. annual operating plan reporting
• Develop in concert with Operations yield, labor and throughput standards.
• Maintain BOM’s and validate accuracy
• Develop costing models and costing estimates for customer quotes/bids
• Independently reach out to plant personnel across all functional areas to conduct root-cause analysis in response to discrepancies and communicate variance concerns
• Generate monthly manufacturing true-up calculations for co-manufacturing customers
• Perform ad-hoc duties including analysis in support of ongoing business needs

Desired Candidate will have the following qualifications

• Demonstrated abilities to accurately translate and record data for business analysis
• Proficient in general ledger accounting processes including financial postings, journal entries, expense accruals, and account reconciliation
• Proficient with a variety of computer applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, and specialized software designed to facilitate the tracking of raw materials, finished goods and inventory.
• Hands-on experience preparing financial spreadsheets and extracting data from databases to prepare reports for analysis.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills to support all inter-related functions with strong customer service techniques, practices and principles.
• Strong ability to plan and organize work to meet changing priorities and deadlines.
• Must be able to effectively perform multiple, concurrent tasks with constant interruptions.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Experience costing bill of materials preferred
• Advanced user of Excel preferred