Plant Accountant

Hebron, KY, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 hour ago
Full Time
On-site
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Skills

  • Innovation
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Financial Reporting
  • Decision-making
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Inventory Control
  • Revenue Recognition
  • General Ledger
  • General Journal
  • Inventory
  • Cost Reduction
  • Collaboration
  • Corporate Finance
  • Accounts Payable
  • Purchasing
  • Sales
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Invoices
  • Taxes
  • Internal Control
  • Workflow
  • Process Improvement
  • Budget
  • Management
  • Performance Improvement
  • Corrective And Preventive Action
  • Documentation
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Manufacturing
  • Cost Accounting
  • JDE
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • GAAP
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office
  • Screening
  • Project Management
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Performance Management

Summary

Wagstaff

Description:
Wagstaff, Inc. is a family-owned American engineering and manufacturing leader in the global aluminum industry. For more than 80 years, the company's success has been built on a foundation of innovation, service, integrity, and quality. Wagstaff proudly manufactures 100% of its products in the United States at its facilities in Spokane, Washington, and Hebron, Kentucky.

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Job Summary

Responsible for managing and analyzing cost information to support operational efficiency, accurate financial reporting, and strategic decision-making. This role operates independently from corporate headquarters while maintaining alignment with corporate financial policies and procedures. The position supports both standard cost-based production and custom job shop projects for external customers, ensuring accurate costing, inventory control, revenue recognition, and budgeting.

Requirements:
  • Responsible for general ledger accounting, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, closing statements, and schedules
  • Complete month-end close duties relating to the monthly plant activity and department expenditures.
  • Oversees inventory reconciliation through physical/cycle counting, documentation, and record retention
  • Reviews costs for all external inventory, labor, and material purchases and recommend costs and cost savings
  • Develops and maintains standard costs of finished goods and production components such as labor, and overhead rates
  • Compare standard vs. actual production costs and recommend improvements.
  • Establish and maintain accounting principles (GAAP), practices, and procedures
  • Collaborate with the Corporate finance department to support overall corporate goals and objectives
  • Assist in payment of vendors and verification of external invoices for corporate accounts payable.
  • Supports purchasing and sales team by reviewing and ensuring accurate application of sales and use tax across multiple states while maintaining compliance with varying state tax regulations
  • Maintain proper controls for cash handling
  • Prepare invoicing for external customers and apply proper revenue and tax calculations.
  • Perform and adhere to internal controls
  • Support Corporate Controller with special projects and workflow process improvements
  • Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts
  • Analyze variances between actual results and budget, providing clear explanations
  • Prepare reports for, and attend company management meetings
  • Administer and monitor Performance Improvement Plans and Corrective Action
  • Participate in internal and external reviews; prepare and provide requested field work and maintain required documentation

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting required
  • Minimum of two (2) years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment and strong knowledge with both standard and job order costing.
  • Preferred experience with JDE and E2 (JobBoss) or other ERP system
  • Technical working knowledge of GAAP
  • Excellent skills with Excel and entire Microsoft Office Suite
  • Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with various teams at corporate headquarters.

Mental and Physical Requirements

The physical and mental requirements described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employment at Wagstaff is dependent on successfully passing a company-paid drug screening and background check upon hire. Benefits eligibility is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable policies, plans and programs of Wagstaff.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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