Assistant Operations Controller - Ops Accounting - Shift

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Bakersfield, CA, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

• This position will report to the:
  Operations Controller
• FLSA Status:
  Exempt
• Shift: 1
• Employment Category:
  Full-Time Regular
• Pay Range: $140,000-$160,000

Bolthouse Fresh Foods is a leader in carrot production, serving as a grower, packer, processor, and shipper. Headquartered in Bakersfield, California, we are a proud employer to 1,600 dedicated individuals. Since 1915, we have been committed to growing and producing high-quality carrots, and today, we are one of North America’s largest growers and distributors of fresh carrots for cooking and snacking.

Additionally, we supply premium natural ingredients for the food and beverage industry. With over a century of excellence, Bolthouse Fresh products are available at major retailers across North America.

Bolthouse Fresh Foods has approximately 1,600 employees.

The Assistant Operations Controller is responsible for overseeing plant cost accounting, inventory accounting, financial analysis, and related reporting activities for manufacturing operations. This role develops and maintains product costing models, monitors inventory controls, analyzes manufacturing variances, and partners closely with operations leadership to drive financial accuracy, operational efficiency, and informed business decision-making. The Assistant Operations Controller ensures compliance with account standards, supports month-end and year-end close processes, maintains strong internal controls, and provides detailed financial analysis and reporting to senior leadership.

This position plays a key role in inventory management, cost optimization, process improvement initiatives, and continuous enhancements of accounting systems and reporting capabilities.

• Develop true product standard cost using activity-based costing for 1,000+ SKU's
• Manage reporting on manufacturing cost variances on direct labor and overhead expenses vs. budget and absorption on the spending production of carrots
• Develop standard cost for packaging material and purchase spending of carrots
• Perform monthly inventory reconciliations of all categories of inventory for Cello, Cut & Peeled, NI, and Food Service plants.
• Generate plant allocation on actual expenses between conventional and organic carrot operations.
• Maintain an effective control environment related to inventory transactional accounting
• Ensure controls related to inventory controls and product costing is performed on a timely basis
• Manage Inventory Cycle Count Process in plant consumption locations for packaging materials inventory to ensure the integrity of balances reported in Financial Statements as well as true material usage variance reporting.
• Support Cost Accounting organization with month end close process following rigid timelines to complete accounting financial close activities within 5 1/2 business days
• Support internal and external audit teams to provide requested documentation related to cost accounting and inventory reporting and to ensure proper accounting principles are being followed.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate master data on inventory items in JD Edwards as well as RP System.
• Maintain thorough and accurate documentation related to Inventory Accounting processes and procedures including AAI's in JD Edwards ERP System working with Master Data department
• Develop and maintain extensive inventory reporting/modeling and KPI's for regular reporting
• Detail analysis and explanations on monthly financial results to senior management…