Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food products. We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of applications from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators, and grocery retailers. While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the world’s best-known companies.
Location: Hybrid (Alsip & Home)
Summary: The position is part of the Corporate Accounting team. Responsibilities will include a wide variety of domestic and international accounting activities such as account reconciliations, royalty calculations, use of foreign currency translation, journal entries, reporting analytics, invoice processing, and foreign unit chargebacks.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Daily cash reconciliation
- Coding invoices/submission for payment
- Prepare journal entries for month-end close for three corporate entities
- Prepare account reconciliations for three corporate entities
- Prepare foreign chargebacks
- Record foreign charges
- Review travel and expense/open AMEX charges
- Prepare aging reports for corporate entities
- Assist with budget preparation for three corporate entities
- Capex reconciliations and maintenance of project subledger in Dynamics
- Monthly purchasing card (p-card) audit
- Review global account submissions, follow up with units as needed
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from a four-year college or university with a minimum of 2 years related experience.
- Manufacturing experience a plus.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics and BPC software a plus.
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- Strong planning and organization skills.
- Ability to multi-task paired with superior time management skills.
- Strong formula capabilities for Microsoft Excel.
- Solid computer skills with Microsoft Office required, excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Griffith Foods believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity. Griffith Foods does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of the following actual or perceived characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristic or information, AIDS or HIV status, order of protection status, marital status, military or veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, participation in benefit programs, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.
In carrying out our commitment to equal employment opportunity, Griffith Foods will make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship, safety, and/or health risk. Applicants and employees requiring reasonable accommodations must notify Human Resources.
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