Staff Accountant

Posted 2 Days Ago
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Livingston, CA
67K-80K Annually
Junior
Food
The Role
The Staff Accountant will support operations and financial management by providing analytical reports and ensuring accurate general ledger closing. Responsibilities include creating production reports, preparing journal entries, conducting account analyses, and assisting with the annual budget process, all while meeting strict deadlines.
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Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued team members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms team. We offer the experience of a large organization, however, we operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage team Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Pay Range: $66,800 to $79,885 per year

Purpose of Position:

Support Operations and Financial management to achieve their stated objectives by providing analytical reports of performance (bpmh, cpmh, yield) and maintaining an accurate general ledger close. The close process includes completing assigned journal entries, researching unusual account balances, completion of balance sheet account analysis by day eight and distribution of final reports to plant management. Provide back-up to manager.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Create and analyze weekly production reports to include: Agristats yield, canned weight and packaging report, packaging material usage, packaging standard hours, piece recovery, performance graphs, and Chicken Plant Manufacturing report
  • Will assist with preparation of the weekly performance report, submit weekly data to Agristats
  • Complete product change requests/SAP BOM changes
  • Period end close and prepare and upload journal entries
  • Analyze and provide explanations for variances to standard
  • Prepare account analysis worksheets and prepare and submit period end data to Agristats
  • Assist with the annual budget process by preparing annual budget worksheets
  • Special projects as assigned by Accounting Manager.
  • Ad Hoc reporting upon request by Operations.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

  • B.S. degree in Accounting or related field
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Computer skills- SAP, Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, etc.), Kronos, Cognos, Mtech, and BW
  • Be a self-starter, detail-oriented and well organized
  • Ability to work within strict timeframes in order to meet deadlines

Preferred Requirements

  • Two-four years accounting experience 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new Team Members.

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Office (Excel
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The Company
HQ: Livingston, CA
2,874 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1939

What We Do

Serving families since 1939, Foster Farms has become one of the West Coast's most trusted brands. We've grown from a small poultry farm outside of Modesto, California, into a thriving food industry leader with products that span far beyond fresh chicken. We are now more than 12,000 employees strong with operations in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana.

Our portfolio offers a full variety of fresh, frozen and ready-to-eat products that meet clear consumer needs. Our market leading foods include the West’s #1 fresh chicken brand, the #1 frozen-cooked chicken brand and the country's #1 corndog. With plans for continued product innovation, and aggressive marketing support across multiple categories, Foster Farms is poised to enter its next major phase of growth, and become a national consumer food products leader. We are seeking team members that want to be a part of this new and exciting chapter in our company’s history.

At Foster Farms, excellence and quality guide everything we do. Our employees are our greatest strength and a true measure of our success. We treat our employees like family and encourage a collaborative professional environment. Foster Farms offers excellent salaries and benefits; we strongly support employee education and advancement within the Company. We are a family-focused organization and are active in our communities.

For information about joining our team, please visit: https://jobs.fosterfarms.com/

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