Senior Plant Accountant - Buckeye, AZ

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for applying principals of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principals) to analyze financial information, prepare accurate and timely financial reports and ensure appropriate accounting control procedures are maintained.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Prepares accurate and timely monthly and quarterly analyses according to the financial closing calendar.
• Prepares all account analysis (Flux file) & forecasting processes including the accuracy of standard costs, month end closing and any plant financial forecasts and projection
• Prepares and inputs journal entries.
• Reviews books of original entry, general ledgers, and other subsidiary financial ledgers.
• Executes financial goals in partnership with plant and under the direction of Manager
• Prepares and tracks CAPEX budget in comparison to actuals, along with disposal & cycle counts of assets.
• Responsible for the explanation of the plant performance, explaining all production variances on a monthly basis as well as participating in the proactive measures to reduce variances from standard cost.
• Reports variances to manager and prepare reporting standards in a manner that plant management can understand and take corrective action.
• Executes financial goals in partnership with plant and under the direction of Manager.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Manager.
  Regular and reliable attendance.

Financial Operations & Controls

• Supports plant management team to ensure that accountability for internal controls is clear and processes are documented.
• Establishes, modifies, documents, and coordinates the implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures with corporate following corporate standards & policies.
• As directed by Manager, provides guidance to ensure that internal accounting controls are in place to protect company assets.