Our client is a rapidly growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) organization seeking a motivated Plant Accountant to join its finance team. Reporting to the Plant Controller, this role will play a key part in supporting plant operations, inventory management, financial analysis, and cost optimization initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys working closely with manufacturing operations and driving continuous improvement in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Partner with the Senior Manager, Cost Accounting to support all aspects of plant finance and manufacturing accounting.
- Maintain and enhance the accuracy of standard costing within the SAP ERP environment.
- Prepare, analyze, and distribute key operational and financial reports, including monthly KPI dashboards and plant performance metrics.
- Review actual manufacturing costs against budgets and forecasts, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Analyze material, labor, overhead, and production variances, providing actionable recommendations to operations leadership.
- Monitor inventory transactions, including scrap, rework, obsolescence, write-offs, and inventory adjustments.
- Support costing analysis for current product launches and product development initiatives, partnering with Marketing and Operations teams.
- Assist in gathering and analyzing financial and operational data to support strategic projects and day-to-day manufacturing activities.
- Evaluate monthly plant spending and identify opportunities for cost reduction, efficiency improvements, and waste minimization.




- Participate in internal and external audits while ensuring compliance with accounting standards, SOX requirements, and company policies.
- Oversee inventory accounting across raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, packaging, and consignment inventory.
- Perform reviews of inventory controls, cycle counts, physical inventories, and variance reconciliations.
- Maintain inventory valuation schedules under a standard costing environment and ensure appropriate capitalization and variance treatment.
- Support fixed asset accounting, capital expenditure tracking, MRO reporting, and related financial analysis.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives that strengthen financial controls, reporting accuracy, and operational effectiveness.
- Assist with ad hoc financial analysis, reporting, and special projects as the organization continues to grow.

Qualifications

- 3-5 years of progressive experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing or consumer packaged goods environment.
- Strong understanding of standard costing, inventory accounting, variance analysis, and manufacturing operations.
- Experience working with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, complex formulas, and data analysis tools.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Proven ability to identify process improvements and implement solutions that drive efficiency and strengthen controls.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Plant Management.
- Hands-on, proactive team player who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

📌 Plant Accountant (Barrie)
🏢 Robert Half
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