The Senior Accountant plays a critical role in ensuring that we deliver timely, relevant cost and financial information to key stakeholders, including business partners, Corporate Accounting, and internal auditors.

This position also ensures that we have sufficient internal controls to assure that our financial results are to a high standard and meet all GAAP requirements. The successful candidate will be able to build and maintain strong relationships with business partners to deliver guidance and to provide a financial perspective to operations. This position is also responsible for identifying and driving process improvements that will help drive scale, improve financial accuracy, and drive business understanding.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, and other COE’s to establish the processes which will deliver accurate financial results.
• Own standard cost, labor and overhead rates and support the related accounting and audit process.
• Prepare KPIs and other business indicators as part of our financial reporting process.
• Examine and develop management reporting for material and labor variances, drive solutions to reduce E&O and scrap.
• Identify business risks to financial reporting and support our established accounting and control processes.
• Educate cross functional partners and documenting processes to ensure compliance with internal company procedures.
• Identify and lead initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale reporting tools, processes, and methodologies.
• Own monthly / quarterly cost related close cycles to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Lead processes to ensure inventory controls are in place within Safco in compliance with GAAP and LDI policy including cycle count and physical inventory processes.
• Manage the Operations Expense Budget and Forecasting process for plants & distribution centers, leading the operations teams to develop budgets that drive improvement in line with Safco goals.
• Complete reconciliations and reporting related to inventory balances including reserve balance. This includes entries to update costing of inventory SKU’s.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting.
• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment with a strong knowledge of standard cost management and operations accounting
• Excellent data analysis and trend identifications skills with the ability to show the impact of past and future decisions on the financial statements.
• Exceptional judgment and creative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel 3-4 times per year.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regular sitting, standing, and walking throughout the day to accomplish tasks
• Manual and finger dexterity used regularly with some repetitive finger motions
• Ability to work in front of a computer screen for long periods of time
• Specific vision abilities include close and distance vision; able to identify colors, small letters, and numbers; hand/eye coordination, depth perception and able to adjust focus
• Hearing and speaking
• Other conditions may include frequent reaching, stretching, pushing, pulling, pinching, grasping, and gripping.

ABOUT OUR COMPANY:

Comprised of multiple companies with headquarters in New Hope, Minnesota, Liberty Diversified International (LDI) is a privately held company employing more than 1,900 individuals across our manufacturing facilities, production facilities and core business operations in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, California, and Mexico. With deep roots in the corrugated box manufacturing industry, we operate in the core markets of paper, packaging, workplace products, corrugated plastics and building products.

Since 1918, our values – Caring, Innovation, Trust and Excellence – have guided our day-to-day activities. We believe that when our employees are aligned with these values, we create superior solutions and service for our customers. The LDI family of companies includes Liberty Packaging, Liberty Paper, Liberty Plastics (Custom Solutions and Quarrix Building Products) and Safco.

Safco® offers an array of furniture solutions to create top-notch spaces everyone will be talking about. The team delivers a memorable experience because they truly care about how and where people work. To create work spaces that energize and inspire people, they use market knowledge and employee know-how to spread workspace product innovation. Safco® is committed to excellence in serving our customers for the long-term and building strong relationships.

As part of the Liberty Diversified International (LDI) family of companies, Safco's headquarters are based in Minneapolis, Minnesota with manufacturing and distribution centers in Iowa, Virginia, California and Georgia. The LDI family of companies includes Liberty Packaging, Liberty Paper, Liberty Plastics (Custom Solutions and Quarrix Building Products) and Safco.

Liberty Diversified International is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, age, creed, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, disability, or any other protected class