Fisher Barton Hiring for Plant Accountant Job at Watertown, WI Full Time

Job Title: Plant Accountant

As a Plant Accountant in the Accounting/Finance department within the Specialty Products and Blades businesses, your goal is to ensure the integrity of accounting information and provides financial decision-making by collecting, recording, verifying, consolidating, analyzing cost information and generating monthly income statements.

You can expect to:

• Coordinate and close the books on a monthly basis.
• Support variance analysis related to financial results.
• Collect, analyze and record data to determine the costs of business activity and in some instances, take the lead in recommending and implementing cost procedures that are most appropriate for particular operation/organization.
• Support supplemental statistical reporting requirements for the business units.
• Prepare general ledger account reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Support annual and interim audit requirements.
• Support CAR and major expense requirements.
• Assist in maintaining standard cost structure as necessary because of changes to product design, raw material purchases, inventory and labor. Includes department overhead rate maintenance.
• Lead and improve overall business knowledge in the area of cost accounting. Responsibilities would include but not be limited to annual cost roll, interim cost rolls, purchase part standards, missing cost review, job variance analysis, labor and burden rate analytics, pricing, etc.
• Actively participate in and provide financial summary for divisional and executive operational reviews.
• Support business unit financial budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes.
• Work closely with production, customer service, information systems, etc. to integrate data gathering and reporting systems that provide the most accurate and pertinent information to management.
• Prepare special reports for management or operating units utilizing costing techniques as needed.
• Support monthly inventory activities as necessary.

The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities. Responsibilities and impact may crossover technical fields/functions.

You are the kind of person who:

• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to lead projects and remediate issues.
• Strong project and time management skills
• Can multi-task and balance conflicting priorities
• Demonstrated experience in working with multi-functional teams
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5-10 years progressive responsibility with financial reporting in a manufacturing environment.
• 5-10 years experience with inventory accounting and standard costing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Familiar with pivot table usage and VLOOKUP programming
• Experience with ERP systems (examples: Oracle, EPICOR, SAP, etc.)
• Experience using financial consolidation software (Hyperion, Essbase, Longview, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• CMA or CPA
• Experience using Epicor Vantage
• Longview Accounting Systems experience

Work Environment:

• Office and Manufacturing

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Location: 300 Air Park Drive | Watertown | WI | 53094

Who we are:

At Fisher Barton, we combine years of experience across multiple industries to deliver unparalleled innovation. Our world-class talent understands the behavior of materials and develops leading-edge solutions that meet your unique needs. We’re more than a source for high-quality parts; Fisher Barton is your resource for the highest quality solutions you’ll find—anywhere.

Fisher Barton is an equal opportunity employer who welcome and encourages diversity in our workforce. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to any status or characteristic protected by law.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Relocation assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No

Work Location: One location