What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant / Inventory Accounting Specialist position at TOPPAN Packaging Americas?
TOPPAN Packaging Americas specializes in designing and manufacturing sustainable, high-performance flexible and thermoformed packaging solutions for the food, beverage, medical and consumer goods industries. We offer products like transparent high barrier films, pouches, clamshells and trays, utilizing advanced technology to enhance product safety, visibility and environmental sustainability.
TOPPAN Packaging Americas operates as part of the global TOPPAN group, with 22 manufacturing facilities across North America, Latin America and Europe.
Want to learn more? Visit us at packaging.toppan.com
Summary Description
The Accountant / Inventory Accounting Specialist is responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy, supporting manufacturing operations, performing month-end close activities, and ensuring accurate costing and financial reporting. This position serves as a key link between production, purchasing, accounts payable, and finance by managing inventory transactions, job costing, accruals, reconciliations, and reporting requirements.
Daily Responsibilities
What you’ll be doing:
This role is critical to maintaining inventory integrity, supporting manufacturing operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and facilitating timely month-end and year-end close activities. The position requires close collaboration with Operations, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, and Corporate Finance to ensure accurate costing and reporting across the business.
At TOPPAN Packaging Americas, We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to support our employees’ overall wellbeing. This includes competitive pay, robust benefits, and programs that help you thrive both personally and professionally. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary based on your work location, employment classification, or collective bargaining agreement.
Benefits
TOPPAN Packaging Americas operates as part of the global TOPPAN group, with 22 manufacturing facilities across North America, Latin America and Europe.
Want to learn more? Visit us at packaging.toppan.com
Summary Description
The Accountant / Inventory Accounting Specialist is responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy, supporting manufacturing operations, performing month-end close activities, and ensuring accurate costing and financial reporting. This position serves as a key link between production, purchasing, accounts payable, and finance by managing inventory transactions, job costing, accruals, reconciliations, and reporting requirements.
Daily Responsibilities
What you’ll be doing:
- Invoice prior-day shipments accurately and timely.
- Verify receiving transactions and ensure receipts match purchase orders.
- Update and distribute daily operational reports.
- Cost receipts to jobs as required.
- Match vendor invoices to receipts and validate pricing against purchase orders.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies involving receipts, invoices, and purchase orders.
- Reconcile ink inventory cycle counts and process inventory adjustments.
- Generate and distribute Closed Job Reports.
- Submit accounts payable invoices to Corporate at least twice weekly.
- Schedule raw material cycle counts and communicate recount requirements.
- Process inventory adjustments and maintain cycle count logs.
- Reconcile inventories stored at outside warehouses.
- Update monthly reports and maintain departmental files.
- Review WIP and machine operations reports to identify production data errors and excessive labor hours.
- Organize and maintain production records.
- Perform monthly WIP counts with Operations.
- Review open jobs and ensure timely closure.
- Reconcile outside processing costs and inventory balances.
- Verify raw material pricing and job costing accuracy.
- Prepare consumption, aging, waste, and inventory analysis reports.
- Support quarterly cycle count preparation and EPA reporting requirements.
- Coordinate and participate in annual physical inventories.
- Update and distribute annual close calendars.
- Support year-end inventory and financial close activities.
- Calculate and post cost adjustments.
- Process finished goods and raw material scrap requests.
- Maintain annual scrap logs.
- Process lost inventory transactions and related adjustments.
- Transfer material and labor costs between jobs.
- Calculate and transfer excess inventory to odd-lot stock.
- Review completed jobs and close jobs within the ERP system.
- Maintain ERP master tables and system parameters.
- Receive and record inventory held at outside warehouses.
- Prepare and post monthly journal entries including:
- Inventory accruals and reversals
- Inventory corrections and GL reclasses
- Freight accruals and reclasses
- Coupa and AP accruals
- Intercompany and vendor invoice accruals
- Standard cost and variable cost adjustments
- Reconcile inventory and outside processing costs.
- Create and post ERP trial balance entries to the general ledger.
- Maintain month-end close schedules and supporting documentation.
- Generate operational and financial reports for management.
- Perform sales reconciliations and inventory analyses.
- Support account reconciliations and audit requirements.
- Ensure timely period close and opening of new accounting periods.
- Maintain rebate and certification documentation.
- Scan and retain required vendor documentation for compliance purposes.
- Provide reports to Operations, Accounting, and Environmental teams.
- Support quarterly cycle count programs and physical inventories.
- Assist with internal and external audits.
- Maintain accurate documentation and records supporting accounting activities.
- Associate or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field preferred.
- 3–5 years of manufacturing accounting, cost accounting, inventory control, or operations finance experience preferred.
- Experience with ERP systems such as Amtech, Oracle, D365, SAP, IQMS, or similar manufacturing systems.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
- Understanding of inventory transactions, standard costing, accruals, and month-end close processes.
- Ability to analyze data, identify discrepancies, and resolve issues independently.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Manufacturing Cost Accounting
- Inventory Management and Reconciliation
- Journal Entries and Month-End Close
- ERP Systems and Reporting
- Analytical Problem Solving
- Attention to Detail
- Cross-Functional Communication
- Process Improvement
- Time Management and Organization
- Compliance and Documentation
This role is critical to maintaining inventory integrity, supporting manufacturing operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and facilitating timely month-end and year-end close activities. The position requires close collaboration with Operations, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, and Corporate Finance to ensure accurate costing and reporting across the business.
At TOPPAN Packaging Americas, We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to support our employees’ overall wellbeing. This includes competitive pay, robust benefits, and programs that help you thrive both personally and professionally. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary based on your work location, employment classification, or collective bargaining agreement.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
- Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
- Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement