Accounting Analyst

About the role

You will have ownership for all operations accounting and cost management for multiple manufacturing and/or distribution sites. You will also support ad hoc requests for the PPC Supply Chain Operations and report to the Operations Accounting Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Perform monthly closing procedures and account reconciliations.
• Evaluate account reconciliations to identify trends and ensure accuracy of the account balances.
• Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis on an ongoing basis to service manufacturing, distribution, and business leadership.
• Help facilitate and perform re-costing and analyze results to understand real-time cost changes.
• Support the plant & DC manager and the leadership team with understanding results, proactive cost actions, capital investment analysis, and other ad-hoc tasks.
• Oversee inventory accounting and physical inventory financial practices for the plant locations.
• Help with SOX audit compliance and other issues raised by internal and external audit.
• Support the PPC Supply Chain Operations and Finance leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field with 5+ years of accounting or related experience.
• Prior cost accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Outstanding Excel knowledge required.
• Strong communication and leadership skills required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• SAP and costing experience preferred.
• Quarterly travel to plant sites.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employment-based visa sponsorship (now or in the future).