Plant Accounting Supervisor
At a glance
Mid-level Accounting role at Smithfieldfoods. Cincinnati · full-time · $55,000–$82,500 base.
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What you'll do
- Pull figures from SAP, ADC and supervisor sheets into Excel reports on yield, packing, operations and labor
- Handle month-end journal entries, plant variance work and account reconciliations, then explain cost changes
- Build product cost bills of materials and check that BOM audits and fixed-asset reviews follow corporate rules
- Coordinate packaging, ingredient and MRO counts, investigating differences with Purchasing
- Guide accounting staff and review coordinators’ yield, inventory and labor reports before management receives them
What you bring
- A bachelor’s in accounting or a related field, plus at least two years of accounting work or training
- You can use Excel daily to work with large datasets and build basic formulas
- You understand accounting principles and can investigate issues carefully to resolve them
Who this fits
This suits an accounting professional ready to guide staff and oversee plant reporting. You may spend up to one-fifth of your time on the production floor and may travel to other plants. The role is mostly office-based, with exposure to heat, cold, humidity, machinery, fumes and chemicals in the plant.
From the employer
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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.
Core Responsibilities
Daily Reporting
- 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.
Support
- 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.
Reporting and Packaging
- 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.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
- 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
- Experience acting as a lead by providing training, guidance or mentoring to less experienced staff or managing processes and projects, preferred.
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry experience, preferred.
- 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.
- SAP experience (preferred).
- 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.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Provides leadership and guidance to employees in the accounting department.
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
- Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Work Environment & Physical Demands
The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The majority of the time is spent in an office setting outside of the production plant. The plant environment will include wet or humid conditions (non-weather related), extreme cold and heat (non-weather related), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and chemicals.
- Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud when in the production area.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision includes close vision and ability to adjust focus.
- Frequently required to sit, use hands to handle, or feel, and talk or hear.
IndSPR-Ops
Smithfield Foods provides pay ranges that reflect its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the company reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of hire. Individual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, location of the position, the candidate’s qualifications and experience, internal equity, external market pay for comparable positions and budget considerations. At Smithfield Foods, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about our benefits package here.


Relocation Package Available

Yes

EEO Information
Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.