Plant Accountant

This position reports directly to the Plant Controller and is based onsite at the manufacturing facility.

• Track and review manufacturing expenditures and identify required reclassification entries or accruals.
• Identify spending anomalies and communicate findings to management.
• Perform financial and manufacturing analysis, including variance analysis, forecasting, and reporting.
• Prepare Cost of Goods Sold forecasts, including standard costs, purchase price variances, and manufacturing variances.
• Investigate and explain financial variances.
• Prepare plant-level financial reports and provide clear variance explanations.
• Support quarterly and annual internal and external audit activities.

• Manage inventory accuracy, reconciliations, and related financial impact analysis.
• Perform cost runs and validate product costing in partnership with Engineering and Operations.
• Analyze production variances and purchase price variances.
• Support ongoing improvements to plant cost-accounting processes.
• Strong SAP experience, particularly within:
  • General Ledger
  • Cost Accounting
  • Procurement
  • Inventory

• Prepare journal entries, including accruals and reclassifications.
• Reconcile accrual, prepaid, and other assigned balance sheet accounts.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities.
• Review trade and intercompany revenue and COGS for accuracy.
• Help ensure intercompany receivables and payables remain properly balanced.
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity of financial data.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal accounting policies, and SOX controls
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• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
• Calculate and maintain labor and overhead rates.
• Assist with financial projections and plant performance planning.

• Provide financial insights and recommendations to plant leadership.
• Support operational efficiency and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Procurement, and other functions on financial matters.
• Respond to corporate data requests, including tax-related requests and government reporting requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
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• Approximately 4–7 years of relevant accounting or financial analysis experience
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• Experience supporting a manufacturing environment
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• Strong SAP experience, particularly within:
  • General Ledger
  • Cost Accounting
  • Procurement
  • Inventory
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to identify financial errors, inconsistencies, and unusual trends and take appropriate action.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong overall proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with employees and leaders at all levels.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Ability to work additional hours during month-end close, budgeting cycles, and special projects when required.
• Ability to work in a plant business-office environment and regularly enter manufacturing areas.
• Minimal travel required, generally less than 5%.

• CPA or CMA certification preferred.
• Chemical, industrial, or process manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Strong background in plant accounting, manufacturing cost accounting, or financial analysis.