Company Description
Foster Farms has been a family-owned and operated company for four generations. Since our founding days back in 1939, we have always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. The hope is that our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our people will shine through in everything we do.
We are always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms team. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage employees to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.
Job Description
Purpose of position:
Provide accounting, reporting, and analytical analysis for a variety of Corporate Accounting activities including Capital projects, Business Line and Marketing detail reports, Capital Leases, Debt and Interest, and other functions as needed.
Essential Job Functions:
General Ledger – Run Treasury Module journal entries in SAP for debt and interest and ensure accuracy before posting.
Capital Projects- Review and coordinate the submission, tracking, and approval of Capital Projects, working closely with the management team on a daily basis.
Weekly/Period/Quarterly Reporting – Prepare and record journal entries for several accounts activity for the period. Review assigned accounts to ensure they are properly stated. Prepare weekly and period reporting for certain marketing groups as well as business line reporting.
Annual Audit – Assist and support manager with annual audit duties. This would include preparing support schedules, account confirmations, balance sheet roll forwards and other support documentation requested by external auditors.
Forecast – Assist in aggregating data for Annual SG&A forecast. Assist in the review of actual to forecast SG&A variances on a period basis, including providing meaningful explanations for variances.
Balance Sheet Account Reviews – Work with manager on reviewing and communicating to management status of AAW’s prepared by field accountants. This will include reviewing AAW’s for accuracy, inquiring about account balances and how transactions are posted, recommending suggestions and communicating status of reviews to management.
Board Book – Assist in preparations of assigned board book schedules
Other - Participation with system and process initiatives and ad hoc projects as assigned by the Manager
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
BS in Accounting or Finance
One-three years of Accounting/Financial analysis experience, preferably in food or consumer goods industry.
Strong accounting skills and sound understanding of financial statements
Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP, COGNOS)
Ability and willingness to learn new computer software and systems.
Excellent verbal, written, analytical & communication skills.
Preferred Requirements:
CPA preferred
One-two year’s public accounting experience preferred.
Physical Requirements:
Must have reliable transportation.
Must be able to have consistent attendance.
Must be able to sit for long periods of time.
Must be able to work on the computer for long periods of time
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new employees.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new employees.
