Accountant

About the role

Join the Animal Nutrition accounting team as a Cost Accountant and take ownership of cost accounting activities across a diverse network of operational locations and partners. In this high-impact role, you will lead complex daily, weekly, and monthly accounting processes—including journal entries, reconciliations, cost analysis, and inventory resolution—while serving as a key resource for cross-functional partners. This role is located at our Corporate Headquarters in Arden Hills, MN (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in office each week).

Responsibilities

• Work with key partners on product cost set-up, work order completions, sales and receiving corrections, freight issues, and cycle count reconciliation
• Evaluate, analyze, and resolve product costing to provide accurate reporting
• Update standard costing to new calculated weighted average cost based on weekly activity, and review and analyze costing variances
• Evaluate and correct general ledger activity and balances to ensure accurate gross margin reporting
• Analyze and explain COGS variances month over month
• Execute month-end close activities including journal entries, account reconciliations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required
• 1-2 years' experience in accounting, ideally cost accounting highly desired
• Proficient with ERP accounting applications (JDE or SAP preferred) and Microsoft products
• Advanced Excel required

Skills

• A solid understanding of inventory and cost of goods sold financial drivers
• Strong analytical instincts and the ability to draw insights from variances and trends
• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working in a team-oriented environment
• Confidence navigating financial systems, improving processes, and contributing to project initiatives
• A proven ability to build trusted relationships across functions

Pay

$61,360–$92,040. In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.