Skills: Manufacturing Accounting, ERP systems (Magica & Yardy), Strong MS Excel skills, Development of Bill of Materials (BOMs)

Experience level: Mid-senior
Experience required: 3 Years
Education level: Bachelor’s degree
Job Function: Accounting/Auditing
Industry: Real Estate
Total position: 1
Relocation assistance: Yes
Visa sponsorship eligibility: No

THIS ROLE IS FULL ONSITE FROM MON TO THU!

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

Our Client, a full-service real estate solutions platform, is an innovative approach to home development that utilizes offsite construction to create new housing supply at scale without sacrificing quality, homes are constructed at a manufacturing studio in Cuero, Texas, building hundreds of new rental homes for communities every year with a full suite of resident services provided by Amherst’s property management affiliate, Main Street Renewal.

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 within the new division. Including, but not limited to tracking, reconciling, analyzing, and reporting of inventory and plant activities. The client maintains 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 Amherst 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 the 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 the 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 processes 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 the implementation of new Field Service team processes with the Controller and future ownership of the full process.
Development of weekly Inventory KPI reporting.
Weekly Labor tracking reporting.
Standard Cost review in coordination with the Controller for inventory reconciliation and production 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.

Position Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting
2+ years of accounting experience.
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 is 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.

Just a few other things you should know:

The position must be on-site in Cuero, Texas.
Must be able to work after hours and on weekends as necessary.
Please note, that 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.

Our full-time employee benefits include:

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)

Accountant [Manufacturing Experience]