Staff Accountant

Seaboard Triumph Foods is seeking a Staff Accountant to support the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of financial results and the safeguarding of plant assets. The role handles general ledger accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, inventory and cost accounting, accounts payable and receivable, tax-related processes, audits, and special projects.

What you'll do:

• Maintain and bill records for outside warehouses. Prepare and update inventories for outside storage and report on a weekly and monthly basis
• Clear accounts receivable as payments made to the Company
• Maintain proper supporting documentation for record retention
• Maintain accounting worksheets and files on accounting shared drive
• Participate in the Company processes related to sales and use tax, hog/trade payables, fixed assets, asset tracking and inventory pricing
• Ensures all negotiated contracts are paid as all parties involved have agreed upon; ensure vendor discounts are taken
• Review and post cost accounting transactions and inventory transactions, including tracing the costs for financial reporting purposes
• Become cross-trained on other functions of the department
• Review of vendor statements to identify outstanding issues or credits for the company to take
• Assist in the Financial Reporting cycle and month-end closing process by preparing accounting schedules, account reconciliation, journal entries, preparation of financial statements by entering data into trial balance worksheets
• Perform trade A/P vendor set-up and/or change master file for existing vendor when primary contact is unavailable
• Assist in performing other routine and non-routine accounting tasks and special projects and audits, including end of year physical inventory count. Duties are subject to change

What they're looking for:

• A bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in accounting is required
• Must be a detail-oriented, effective performer, who can operate within strict timelines and adapt to a fast-paced, multi-task environment
• Must be self-motivated and able to work with other team members and motivate direct reports
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and/or governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management and employees
• Must have the ability to influence and persuade others
• Ability to read and interpret documents in the English language such as safety files and procedure manuals
• Must be able to effectively communicate with outside vendors, senior management, peers, customers and others within and outside of the organization
• Ability to apply mathematical accounting concepts to practical situations
• Must possess strong analytical and metric-based skills