Junior Accountant

Purpose of Position 

The Junior Accountant is responsible for performing day-to-day accounting transactions to ensure accurate financial and administrative operations.  

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee. The employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform. Any other job-related duties requested by any person authorize to give instructions or assignments. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Assists in maintaining financial records and ensuring that financial transactions are properly recorded 
• Helps ensures the accuracy of entries to ledger accounts 
• Prepares account reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts 
• Compiles financial data to aid more senior accountants in preparation of balance sheets, profit & loss statements, and other financial reports 
• Helps maintain Fixed Assets system, assigning Asset Numbers, and tracking projects. 
• Helps prepare journal entries, as may be required 
• Assists in P&L account analysis 
• Assists in preparing audit schedules and confirmation at year end close 
• Assists with tax audits 
• Assist in ad hoc projects as needed 
• Perform all duties as assigned 

Key Skills and Experience 

• Education Experience: High School diploma or equivalent required, Bachelor’s in Accounting or Business, Preferred 
• 2 to 3 years of related accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment with exposure to inventory and production accounting concepts
• Demonstrates proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel. 
• JD Edwards Oracle or SAP a strong plus 
• Must be self-motivated, flexible, hands-on, and able to work in a fast paced, multitask environment 
• Must have excellent organizational and time management skills 
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is subject to standing for prolonged periods; frequently walks, grasps, lifts, holds, or feels objects; occasionally stoops, kneels, crouches, or crawls. The employee often is required to use manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination when working and handling products, computers, or machinery. The employee may be subject to assist and support up to 50 pounds with varying amounts of assistance on an as-needed basis. The employee could have work conditions that are cold or hot. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

Compensation: Up to $27.00 - based on experience

About Us: Rana is an international Company present in over 60 countries, with a turnover close to $1.5 billion. Founded by Giovanni Rana in 1962, the Company has been led for over 35 years by Gian Luca Rana, CEO and pioneer of the internationalization project that has led the Group to become a leader worldwide in the production and marketing of fresh food products (filled and unfilled pasta, gnocchi, sauces and ready meals). Rana focuses its investments in the following areas: the creation of jobs (our workforce doubled in the last five years), the research and development, with the aim of offering Consumers delicious products made of the highest quality ingredients. The Rana Group has always made innovation its strength, both in the technological field (with the registration of dozens of product and process patents) and in communication. 

As a family-owned Company, we are united by strong Values and the aspiration of building a better future for the next generations. Ethics and sustainability are the cornerstones of our sixty-two years of history, which have made our business healthy and constantly growing. Today, Rana has 8 factories (6 in Europe and 2 in the US) and is a large family of 3,500 People. The engines of our continued success will keep being innovation, internationalization, passion and constant search for excellence in everything we do. 

Rana is committed to providing a workplace of diversity and inclusion. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, evaluating performance, or termination are made fairly. We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential. We welcome all applications from a wide range of candidates and selection for roles will be based on individual merit alone.

NOTICE TO STAFFING FIRMS, AGENCIES AND EMPLOYMENT VENDORS:

Rana Meal Solutions and its affiliates will not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters without a signed Fee Agreement in place AND before the resume is inputted into our applicant tracking system. Vendor solicitation should be directed to the Human Resource Department directly; as such, firms that circumvent the required compliant process will be barred from submitting candidates. In the absence of a signed fee agreement AND proper resume submission, RMS does not recognize any claim on a candidate by a third party, will consider unsolicited resumes the property of the company and reserves the right to engage and hire those candidates without any financial responsibility to the third-party vendor.