Accountant

Dawns Foods
Portage, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 5/2/2024 CLOSED ON 5/20/2024

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant position at Dawns Foods?

Here at Morski Brands/Dawn's Foods we produce a wide variety of quality refrigerated and frozen food products for both retail groceries and food service distribution companies. Pasta salads, potato salads, dips, and desserts are just a few of the many flavorful options we've been offering for the last 60 years!

We are currently looking for a team player that thrives in a fast-paced work environment to contribute to Morski Brands continued growth within the food manufacturing industry.

Job Description:

The accountant role in the company helps to identify and protects the growth and financial operation. This position will report directly to Senior Accountant, and any other partners within the corporation in the financial side of the business, working closely with department heads when needed. This role will work closely with areas as Sales, Operations, purchasing, warehouse, inventory, and COO in developing, maintaining, and achieving Morski Brands corporate goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Accounting

  • Review and post all Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable entries done by on-site team including debit/credit memos, customer invoices, vendor invoices, ACH and AR payments.
  • Assist and back up on the update customer pricing and vendor costing lists as needed.
  • Complete data entry for Weekly Sales reporting
  • Prepare all necessary monthly recurring journal entries in accounting software platform.
  • Assist and back up the responsible for ACH initiations and approvals with company banking institution.
  • Initiate AP check runs as needed.
  • Will serve as a point of contact with bank liaison if it is needed.
  • Provide Monthly Customer Profitability reporting data to ownership team
  • Maintain compliance with all state and federal regulations.
  • Be familiar with the proper accounting for four entities under corporate umbrella.
  • Parity Factory software management support.
  • Any other tasks assigned by a supervisor to help the team accomplish its immediate goals.

Finance

  • Assist as year-end point of contact for tax preparation
  • Process all monthly journal entries and review specific amounts quarterly
  • Any other tasks assigned by a supervisor to help the team accomplish its immediate goals.

Purchasing and Inventory

  • Process and report all destruction forms in Parity and Intacct
  • Prepare month-end journal entries
  • Ensure Intacct QTYs and Values stay in line between inventory and accounting systems
  • Update Raw Material costing in Intacct to actual costing and update accordingly
  • Oversee all discussions relating and involving inventory discrepancies and accounting action needed
  • Any other tasks assigned by a supervisor to help the team accomplish its immediate goals.
  • Handle all on site inventory/accounting processes within departments

Education

  • Prefer 3 to 5 years of Accounting/Finance experience with a manufacturing company but will train the right candidate
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field required
  • CPA preferred

Work Environment

This position is an on site position. This role may require frequent sitting, standing, major hand movements to finger, handle, feel, grasp, grip, twist, turn, push, and pull. May at times require lifting of up to 20 pounds relating to office supplies and/or files.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Morski Brands is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and a healthy work environment that is free of discrimination and harassment of any kind. It is our procedure to recruit, hire, train and promote employees according to their personal qualifications without illegal regard to non-merit factors such as age, race, religion, disability, color, sex, national origin or any other basis protected by law. Employment decisions are based on an individual’s ability to meet position requirements.

This role is detrimental to the success of our company and continued growth initiatives. If you or someone you know is interested in this position, we'd love to speak more with you!

Please contact our HR Department for more information.

Dawn's Foods- Human Resources (608) 745-5302

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Experience level:

  • 2 years
  • 3 years
  • 4 years
  • 5 years

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

License/Certification:

  • CPA (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

  • Portage, WI 53901 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $70,000 - $90,000

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