Excellence Wanted.About Us. Nice-Pak is more than just a Nice Place to Work, and we owe it to our amazing team of nice people to ensure we are hiring new team members who can do more than just meet expectations. We aim to hire excellence. At Nice-Pak, we manufacture products that touch (literally!) a person's every stage of life - from birth through adulthood to retirement - and worldwide! We are a leading manufacturer of wipes for major grocery, discount, drug, big box, and club membership retailers, and we care deeply about our associates and customers. We care about our environment, too, which is why we stand by our commitment to sustainably source the materials that make our wipes work and support sustainable forestry through education and community engagement. We live by our purpose of Creating products for a cleaner, healthier world, and it's important to us that each time we add someone to our Nice-Pak family, we do so with our purpose statement in mind so we can achieve a workforce as special as our customer base. About the Job.Why This Job is Important. The Manager of Cost Accounting/Supply Chain Finance will be responsible for and manage the organization's manufacturing operations accounting function. This position will coordinate the activities of Plant Accounting groups and Corporate Finance to provide timely, consistent, and meaningful financial results reporting, budgets, and forecasts of manufacturing operations. What You Can Expect. In this role, you will: Comply with the Nice-Pak Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct at all times while working at our Orangeburg, NY facility. Plan, organize, and direct all the activities of manufacturing operations accounting.
- Review plant results each month and question unexplained variances
- Oversee any necessary adjustments
- Develop and provide management with key performance indicators for decision-making purposes
- Proactively identify and analyze opportunities to improve results and facility processes, ensuring plans are in place to capitalize on these opportunities
Manage the local Plant Controller and support staff.
- Set goals and motivate
- Performance reviews
Ensure timely, accurate month-end financial closing along with the publication and review of related results reports.
- Main point of contact for various outside audits
- Consolidated inventory valuation reporting for the borrowing base
- Consolidated perpetual inventory reconciliations to G/L
- Reconcile COGS between reporting and accounting systems
- Review PPV report
- Calculate NPU reserve on a regular basis and follow up with Supply Chain/Sales for resolution
Support the Financial Budgets and Planning Group in the development of the annual budget for manufacturing operations.
- Ultimately responsible for completing plant budgets in a timely manner
- Coordinate activity between plant controllers and other groups at corporate to complete the budget.
Manage the development of standards costs and the standard costs tables within the existing ERP system
- Oversee the year-end physical inventory process
- Roll costs in the system at year-end
What We Expect from You in the Role:
- Effective analysis, communication, and presentation skills
- Sets goals for plant controllers and seeks improved performance and higher achievements from his team
- Promotes a spirit of innovation and continuous improvement within the finance department through better utilization of existing system and potential implementation of a new ERP system
- delivery of accurate reports and analysis in a timely manner
- Draws conclusions from data and proposes tactics for improving ongoing performance
- Good work throughout the year should result in minimal unexplained year-end adjustments
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent work experience
- Storn cost accounting background
- 5+years of progressive experience in accounting management.
- Demonstrated leadership and history of driving change and making a difference
- Experience in manufacturing systems/environments to drive process improvements
- Ability to lead, motivate, and support the accounting team.
- Ability to clearly and concisely communicate with non-accounting professionals.
- Self-starter, take initiative and intellectual curiosity
This is what you can count on from us:
- A safe and supportive work environment with a focus on continuous improvement.
- We want you to succeed and will invest in you and your career.
- You can count on us to encourage diversity, equity, and an atmosphere of inclusion.
- Great benefits that start when you do, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) match (after 6 months). We also offer tuition reimbursement and many other supplemental benefits.
- Salary range $130,000 - $140,000, commensurate with experience, plus bonus opportunities.
The non-negotiable things.
- No shortcuts are allowed. We expect you to support our culture of safety and hold others accountable for it, even if it is uncomfortable.
- The law. Nice-Pak adheres to all local, state, and federal laws, and we expect every associate to do the same.
- You will work with many people, so you must be able to communicate respectfully, professionally, and purposefully, both in writing and verbally.
- You must be committed to caring for our people - co-workers and customers. This means being a good listener, conducting yourself ethically, providing feedback respectfully, and being honest and fair.
The Important HR and Legal Stuff: Nice-Pak is an equal opportunity employer. We hire the most qualified individuals and do not tolerate discriminatory behavior. We adhere to ADA standards and will review reasonable accommodations to support our employees. Pre-employment screenings, including drug tests, may be conducted as allowed by law. Apply Now: If you are passionate about product safety and looking to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply and join our Nice-Pak family. Help us continue to provide safe and effective products that improve the lives of our customers around the world. For more details and to apply, visit our careers page at Nice-Pak Careers. Nice-Pak is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Visit us at LinkedIn #LI-SC1 #LI-NICEPAK Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)