What You Will Do

The Senior Accountant will be a key player in providing key analysis and insights to guide decision making and improve financial performance. Provides direction ensuring the financial accounting and reporting needs of the plant operations and capital projects are met to enable the plant management team to meet their budgeted financial goals and objectives. The scope of the position includes accounting, financial reporting and analysis, SOX compliance, budgeting and forecasting, cost accounting, and controls

How You Will Make an Impact

• Responsible for developing a detailed, cost-effecting budget for the project by collaborating with project manager.
• Responsible for performing accounting duties such as budget reconciliations, forecasting cash flows, and supporting accounting team during month end close activities.
• Report any financial risks and budget discrepancies to Plant Controller/Project Manager
• Keep accurate record of all project finance for internal/external auditing/tax purposes.
• Prepare cost analyses and % of project completion to keep management update of unforeseen costs.
• Track the compilation of project costs into fixed asset accounts, and close out those accounts once the related projects have been completed
• Assign tag numbers to fixed assets
• Calculate depreciation for all fixed assets. Review, maintain, and update the depreciation schedule

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and/or Finance. Master’s Degree in
  Accounting/Finance preferred
• 4+ years of related experience, food industry experience preferred
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, change and a dynamic business environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite. Advanced Excel Skills (pivot table, vlook-up, hlook-up, index/match, VBA), Sage 100 experience, and working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics D365
• Knowledge of construction cost and fixed asset accounting and related financial procedures
• Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills under pressing time constraints.
• Ability to prioritize and control multiple tasks at the same time
• Ability to develop collaborative relationships across various functional areas both internally and externally.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

What We Offer

At Freshpet, we offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, basic and optional life insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, pet insurance, tuition assistance, a generous PTO plan and so much more!

Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce:

At Freshpet, we embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Freshpet aims to foster, cultivate and preserve a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our employees are our most valuable assets. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well. Freshpet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Disclaimers

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Freshpet is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Freshpet via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Freshpet. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Freshpet as a result of the referral or through other means.