Senior Staff Accountant -(Cost Accounting

About Us

The Marzetti Company (Nasdaq: MZTI) manufactures and sells specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti® dressings and dips, New York Bakery™ garlic breads, and Sister Schubert’s® dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden® dressings, Chick-fil-A® sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings® sauces, Arby’s® sauces, Subway® sauces, and Texas Roadhouse® steak sauces and frozen rolls. Our food service business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States.

At Marzetti, our mission is to make every meal better through high-quality, flavorful food. Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies and staffing firms refrain from submitting unsolicited resumes to our company. Any resumes sent without a prior agreement and access to proper submittal into the ATS will be considered the property of The Marzetti Company, and we reserve the right to contact those candidates without any obligation to pay a fee.

• Accounting/Month End Close
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for related areas and others as deemed necessary.
• Perform general cost accounting and other related duties for the organization. Assist with year-end leases analysis and finalization and property insurance summary.
• Assist with year-end and quarter end closing and related schedules.

• Standard Cost
• Lead Standard annual standard cost setting in collaboration with Supply Chain
• Update standard cost value in system for new items as required
• Prepare and update Annual Labor and Overhead rate calculations .
• Lead continuous improvement projects related to Standard Cost

• Freight
• Organize monthly freight reconciliation process, complete freight related processing, and prepare related journal entries .
• Collaborate with cross function to analyze and book month end activities .

• Inventory
• Assist with physical inventory preparation, execution, and reporting.
• Create and maintain training documents for audit
• Accumulate monthly inventory analysis and prepare journal entries for inventory using multiple systems of source data.
• Calculate inventory obsolescence reserves to reserve raw materials and packaging inventory that is categorized at risk or planned for destruction.
• Support inventory cut off as required monthly and quarterly

• Control Environment
• Perform assigned SOX controls in a timely and effective manner.
• Take appropriate actions should performance of assigned SOX control identify ineffectiveness/non-compliance in addressing the risk the control as required by audit.
• Prepare audit schedules as needed for internal and external auditors.
• Coordinate audit processes and follow-up procedures with internal and external auditors.
• Accumulate SOX control testing support throughout the year.
• Perform other related duties as assigned
• Support Continuous Improvement Initiatives.
• Engage in coaching and development for team members across other functions.
• Create and maintain SOP as required .

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, preferred.
• At least 3- 5 years of related experience required .
• SAP S4/Hanna experience , preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Understanding of AS400 (Prism/JDE)
• Understanding of and ability to adhere to GAAP.
• Knowledge of cost and financial accounting
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills