Job Description

Job Description:

Pernod Ricard Winemakers USA is seeking a seasoned accountant with over 3 years of experience for a contract role supporting all aspects of costing in a CPG manufacturing environment. Proficiency with balance sheet reconciliation and a keen attention to detail are essential. The Cost Accounting Analyst will report to the Finance and Accounting Manager, providing key support to ensure data integrity and accurate forecasting insights related to accounting workflows and seasonal costing projects. The role will work closely with local and global stakeholders.

6 month temporary assignment

40 hours per week

Hybrid/onsite 2-3 days per week

Can be located at Mumm Napa or Kenwood Vineyards

Summary of Role

- Reconciliation of inventory balance sheets to subledger reports

- Support annual costing projects

- Support periodic reforecasting exercises for cost of goods sold and manufacturing variance

- Monthly work order close in JD Edwards and tracking of related accounting flows

- Ensure data integrity in item build of materials (BOMs) with respect to COGS modeling

- Support gross margin reporting requirements

- Use of financial modeling

- Timely communication with local and global stakeholders

Essential Qualifications/Skills

- Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related discipline

- 3 or more years of experience in FP&A or Accounting; CPG industry is a plus

- Direct experience with ERP software; JD Edwards preferred

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, in particular Excel

- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills

Key Responsibilities:

Intermediate Accounting (25%)

- Balance sheet reconciliations (inventory): accounting flows, reconciliation to subledgers

o Winemaking software reporting

o JD Edwards item ledger reporting

- Accrual accounting: overhead movements and releases in line with production plans

- Financial statements: working knowledge of P&L relationship to Balance Sheet in manufacturing

Seasonal Projects (20%)

- Support the data retrieval, validation, and analysis of the following annual costing projects:

o Vintage costing – grape inventory valuation

o Tirage costing – composition of grape valuation used in tirage modeling

o Standard costing – compilation of wet, dry, and production costs

Advanced Excel (20%)

- Pivot tables: formatting, field selection, calculated fields, formulaic references

- Lookups: V, H, X, Index Match

- Sumifs, Sumproduct, Weighted Average Calculations; dynamic/elevated references

- Attention to formatting, including presentation appeal and ease of user/reviewer navigation

- Documentation of process logic and workflow

Data Administration and Maintenance 20%)

- Data inputs to JD Edwards, primarily for BOMs (build of materials)

- Reporting and analysis of inputs against standard cost calculation guidance to ensure accuracy

- Monthly work order review and data reconciliation

- Support monthly HQ reporting requirements related to gross margin

Intermediate Financial Modeling (10%)

- Financial model navigation and input updates

- Support forecasting exercises related to cost accounting

- Maintain clean and organized framework

Communication (5%)

- Collaborate with local and global stakeholders

- Timely response to all inquiries

- Identify any risks to meeting deadlines

Pay Transparency Disclosure: The base pay scale offered for this position is $80,000-$85,000. These figures represent what we reasonably expect to pay for this position, but the actual compensation offered will depend upon numerous job-related factors, including but not limited to candidate qualifications, skills, experience, education, location, and alignment with market data. The Company reserves the right to modify the range in the future.

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Contract work, Part time, Local area, 2 days per week, 3 days per week,

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