Summary

The Operations Accounting Manager will manage all accounting and reporting functions for the Rockingham plant, ensuring adequate controls to protect company assets and operational effectiveness. They ensure relevant, timely, and accurate reporting of complex operations and effective support of operations and financial management. This person manages the accounting team which has the responsibility for the planning, reporting and financial decision support of the facility/plant.

This position is eligible for relocation packages.

Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintains an effective system of internal controls, ensuring compliance with Corporate and generally accepted standards of accounting and reporting.
• Directs the processes of recording, reviewing, and reporting the plant’s performance, with a focus on continuous improvement in terms of accuracy, timeliness, relevance, and cost. Effectively utilizes information processing technology and staff to deliver information to management in an efficient and effective manner.
• Assists plant management in managing capital expenditures to optimize economic performance, product quality, and associate safety. Effectively manages the plant’s CER process. Oversees inventory and overall asset management.
• Manages the accounting staff and ensures effective utilization of human resources. Ensures effective training, development, coaching, of the accounting team members. Ensures effective and continuous staffing via local and regional recruitment in cooperation with corporate finance/accounting management.
• Serves as the coordinator/director of the operations’ cost/financial issues on behalf of the plant management team. Performs special projects as directed by Controller, Operations VP, and Director of Operations.
• Reviews monthly closing responsibilities and related cost/analytical and auditing responsibilities.
• Supports activities related to annual capital/operating budgets, labor standards, key initiative reporting, Operations performance forecasts, scorecard comments, capital project review and approval and AgriStats analysis and review.

Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelors degree in Finance and/or Accounting and 5+ years of relevant work experience.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 5 years of supervisory experience
• Extensive manufacturing costing experience and process cost accounting
• Ability to work in a plant environment which includes the ability to work with the local management team to understand the product flow in the facility, perform audit requirements in the plant and support areas and understand risks related to the processing facility

Experience Preferred

• CPA or CMA or MBA
• Poultry Industry experience

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements

Position is mostly sedentary but may require occasional moving to other offices or buildings. May need to move light equipment or supplies from one place to another. May need to access files, supplies and equipment. Work activity is in an office, open-partitioned, cubicle environment.