Manufacturing Accountant

Position Overview

The Manufacturing Accountant’s primary focus will be on the Cuero manufacturing facility and its activities.  This includes assisting in the implementation of accounting processes and procedures. Including, but is not limited to tracking, reconciling, analyzing, and reporting of inventory and plant activities. Maintain multiple sets of raw material inventories at our first US modular manufacturing plant. Additionally, we are integrating multiple manufacturing verticals including our new Cabinet Shop production and Field Service team. Inventory belongs to different funds and must be purchased, consumed, and reconciled within strict guidelines to ensure compliance with specific tax rules.

Qualifications & Skills

Responsibilities include:

• Shop Floor system Master set-ups for new Vendors, Customers, Inventory items, Families, and General Ledger accounts as needed.

• Development of Bill of Materials (BOMs) from the Cost Estimator’s review of floor plans for production in the shop-floor system including creation of kits/sub-assemblies.
• Processing of manufacturing projects for each production unit within the shop floor system.  This includes creating the project, attaching the BOM to the project, inputting project labor hour and material budgets, handing off the BOM to purchasing for material analysis, and backflushing the BOM for each project as it is completed.
• Assist in development of Cabinet Shop production processes including downloading cut records to backflush sheet material, development of cabinet shop cabinets and packages’ bill of materials, and development and execution of process to account for the sales and inventory adjustments requirements to transfer the cabinets to the modular manufacturing business. 
• Creation of sales orders & purchase orders between the funds as needed for each production model, including full processing through completion.
• Complete ownership of inventory reporting and reconciliation requirements.

• Catch-up and maintain a current monthly inventory reconciliation for all inventories between the shop-floor system and the Yardi financial system.
• Oversee and approve shop floor inventory adjustment requests by the manufacturing operations and ensure they are recorded properly into both the financial system and the shop floor system.
• Capture Purchase Price Variances (PPV) in shop floor system purchasing reports and input journal entries into the financial system to record for reporting and reconciliation purposes.
• Reconcile and generate the month-end journal entry requirement for Goods Not Received.
• Assist in coordination with the plant operations tracking and reporting rework raw materials to report to the projects and make required adjustments to the financials and inventory records.
• Assist in implementation of new Field Service teams processes with the Controller and future ownership of full process.
• Development of weekly Inventory KPI reporting.
• Weekly Labor tracking reporting.
• Standard Cost review in coordination with the Controller for inventory reconciliation and productions bill of material standard costing.
• Assist the Manufacturing Controller in the implementation of ERP system requirements, including that of the current shop floor system as well as future financial/ERP systems.
• Major contributor to plant physical inventories as required.
• Ad hoc reporting and process documentation
• Other duties as assigned.

Just a few other things you should know:

THIS ROLE IS FULL ONSITE FROM MON TO THU !

Shift : 6 AM to 4 PM (4 days' work week) with 30 mins lunch break.

• Position must be on-site in Cuero, Texas.
• Must be able to work after hours and on weekends as necessary.
• Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

At least 2+ years of accounting experience, with a focus on manufacturing or production environments.

Experience with non-integrated shop floor and financial systems.

Extremely Strong Excel skills.

General accounting and reconciliation experience required.

Must have the ability to work independently.

Initiative-taker & go-getter mentality required for success in this newly created role.

Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite of products. Must be a strong Excel user.

Proficiency with ERP systems (Magica & Yardy)

Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Demonstrated experience in inventory and financial reconciliation, particularly with non-integrated systems

Proficiency with ERP systems 

Ability to develop, manage, and reconcile BOMs based on production requirements.

Excellent MS Excel Skills.

Benefits

A competitive compensation package, annual bonus, 401k match

Flexible PTO including 7 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, and 1 volunteer day

Employer-paid benefits (medical, dental, vision, health savings account)