Job Description
I choose Opportunity. Whatever job you’re looking for, you can probably find it at Cargill. Our diverse partnerships across a variety of industries mean countless career opportunities for you. It’s your choice. It’s your future. And you can make it happen at Cargill. Cargill was founded in 1865 out of a single grain facility in Iowa. Today, we’re headquartered outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, but we have offices spanning the globe. Our purpose is to be the global leader in nourishing people. With 149,000 employees in 63 countries, Cargill is a company committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers in five key areas: crops and livestock; food; health and pharmaceuticals; industrial; and financial and risk management. Cargill's meat business, headquartered in Wichita, KS, is comprised of beef, pork, turkey, value added meats, case ready, distribution and feeder operations. Cargill's meat businesses employ approximately 35,000 worldwide with processing facilities and sales offices in the US, Canada, Australia, China, Honduras, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Cargill Value Added Meats-Foodservice has an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Accountant/Supervisor I at our new Brampton facility, outside Toronto. The successful candidate will be helping with system data set up, developing of procedures, etc. for a newly-operating facility. This position is responsible for the supervision of day-to-day cost & financial accounting activities. This person provides daily support in analysis and problem solving with the accounting team, facility managers, and customer. This position is a very important link between the location management team and other locations. As such, the Senior Accountant/Supervisor I will have a very good knowledge of processes linked to production. The successful candidate will be a leading participant in project work in the standard cost accounting processes (such as cost analysis, product costing, standard pricing and variance analysis), and the monitoring and improvement of internal processes and controls. The holder of this position will work closely with product management, supply chain management, and production management to monitor and review yield reports and ensure accurate standards in the system. The month end close will also fall under the responsibility of this position. Financial reports including weekly P & L’s are issued under the supervision of the Senior Accountant in a timely & accurate manner & in accordance with general accounting principles and Cargill values & beliefs. Principal Accountabilities: This person will be responsible for the proper supervision of the costing and financial accounting areas. This includes training, sufficient cross training, and mentoring/coaching of members of the accounting team as assigned. Establishing control procedures ensuring accurate valuation of materials inventories through the revaluation process. Updating and maintenance of Production Models in accordance with approved procedures. Overseeing the review of yields on a daily basis, driving problem solving interaction with production superintendents to determine causes of variances below/above threshold limits. Overseeing the preparation of the weekly P & L along with associated reconciliations. Ensuring monthly & quarterly close processes are performed on a timely and accurate basis. Ensuring balance sheet accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis. Overseeing the accuracy of interfaces from sales & purchasing/production systems to the financial system. Overseeing the management of the CIP account and capitalization of capital expenditures. Overseeing accounts receivables & accounts payables. Overseeing proper data/document retention. Special projects and other duties as assigned
Qualifications Accounting or finance degree Three to five years accounting experience Strong technical accounting skills Strong organizational skills Good time management skills Self-motivated, excellent analytical and problem solving skills Good team leading and coaching skills Strong computer skills — Spreadsheets and Access Ability to travel for training/coverage purposes Wants:
Cost accounting experience Knowledge of and experience with JDE and Prism
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