Plant Accountant

Position Summary

Responsible for financial statement preparation and consolidation, account analysis and reconciliations, cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, audit preparation, product pricing and internal control maintenance. This position will be a key member of the finance team and will work closely with the local GM.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing accounting functions including balancing detail and general ledgers, month-end account analysis and reconciliations, and monthly general ledger close, as well as report monthly within Amelkis.
• Ensure the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating and entering transactions.
• Prepare and record asset, liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Balance and maintain subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting transactions to the appropriate G/L accounts and departments.
• Assist in the interpretion of operating results as they affect the financial aspects of the organization and help strategize on specific recommendations for cost reduction and/or profit improvement.
• Summarize financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheet, profit and loss and other statements.
• Provide accounting support for product inventories.
• Provide input for the Annual Budget and Periodic Forecasts.
• Provide support for:
• Daily accounts payable/receivable and general accounting functions.
• Processing of cash receipts and ensuring accounts receivable records are accurate as well as maintained throughout the year.
• Customer collections process for outstanding payments.
• Daily, weekly & Monthly Bank Reconciliations
• Cash Flows and requirements to ensure favorable Free Cash Flow.
• Product pricing, giving consideration to market tolerances and trends, while maximizing returns/margins.
• Employee and Departmental Man/Machine Efficiencies.
• Periodic processes for establishing and realigning standard costs (material, labor & overhead) as appropriate and analyze variances throughout the fiscal year.
• Month and year end closings, preparing and approving journal entries as needed.
• All other duties and projects as assigned.