Plant Accounting Supervisor

Smithfield Foods • Saint James, MN

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About The Position

If you are currently employed at Smithfield, please log into Workday and submit your application through the Jobs Hub. A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. We’re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Apply Now! Your Opportunity This role will support the plants in reporting, departmental spending analysis, month-end close activities, bill of material maintenance and yield reporting. It may supervise Plant Accounting Coordinators to ensure all the daily yield, inventory and labor reports for management are completed on time and accurately. Reviews the reports created by the Coordinators before distribution to management. Creates the Bill of Materials (BOM) which identifies the cost associated with any new products or changes to products that are produced at the plant.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university in Accounting or related field and 2+ years’ of professional accounting experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Solid understanding of accounting principles.
• Proven ability to use Excel on a daily basis including manipulation of large amounts of data and creation of simple formulas.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Desire and ability to fully research issues and solve problems.
• May be required to travel to assist at other plant locations.
• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience acting as a lead by providing training, guidance or mentoring to less experienced staff or managing processes and projects, preferred.
• SAP experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Compiles data from various sources (SAP, ADC, manual sheets from Supervisors, etc.) to prepare various daily reports in Excel including Yield Reports, Daily Pack Report, OPS Report, and Labor Report requiring data entry, data manipulation, and simple formulas in Excel.
• Perform month-end activities, which include, but are not limited to journal entries, plant variance and account reconciliations.
• Assist in timely measurement and explanation of plant variances and operating costs on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Responsible for ensuring that Corporate policy is adhered to, specifically regarding Bill of Material audtis and Fixed Asset reviews.
• Provides back up and support to other Accounting staff in the areas of yield reporting, finished goods inventory, payroll and other areas as assigned.
• Will spend up to 20% of time on the production floor to understand processes and procedures.
• Using reports from the Purchasing department and SAP, coordinates and prepares weekly and monthly packaging, ingredients and MRO cycle counts and investigates and resolves differences with the Purchasing department.

Benefits

• Smithfield is proud to offer robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs to support our team members and their loved ones, and with out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers.
• Beyond our medical plans, our Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost.
• These programs are uniquely tailored to our Smithfield team and provide support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management and more.
• Our company invests in your future.
• We offer comprehensive training and professional development programs designed to help you reach your full potential.
• Our partnership with GUILD supports your continuing education with tuition assistance covering English language learning and various certificate programs, while our leadership development initiatives nurture high-potential talent.
• For those looking to build specialized skills, we offer apprenticeship programs that combine hands-on experience with focused learning.
• We also offer unique benefits like our Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children.
• Smithfield’s Education Reimbursement Program provides financial reimbursement to team members who want to further their formal education by obtaining a GED/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma or by pursuing an academic degree at an accredited college or university that is not a Guild learning partner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees