Job Purpose:

Manage the external financial reporting function to ensure compliance with US GAAP disclosures, timeliness to agreed-upon deliverables with lenders and rating agencies, and efficiency of external financial reporting processes. Additionally, the role will support the internal financial reporting, accounting policy, financial statement audit & review engagement, and technical accounting area. This position will partner across the business with key constituents such as general accounting, tax, FP&A, operations finance, commercial finance, external auditors, and other internal and external business partners.

Essential Functions:

• Manage the annual and quarterly 10-K/10-Q equivalent financial reporting, including financial statements, footnotes and MD&A, while ensuring compliance with reporting and disclosure requirements
• Manage the month-end close process for leases, stock compensation, and debt accounting, including review of journal entries, account reconciliations and variance analyses.
• Manage the preparation of tie-outs of supporting documentation for 10-K/10-Q equivalent, earnings releases and investor relation documents
• Manage quarterly and annual goodwill impairment analysis, segment reporting analysis, and other technical areas as needed.
• Provide supporting documentation to the external auditors during quarterly reviews and the year-end audit
• Support technical accounting research on complex transactions and ensure adherence to GAAP, including the preparation of accounting position papers and memos
• Support the adoption of new accounting pronouncements.
• Support M&A activities, including purchase accounting and fair value valuation on acquisitions
• Prepare and maintain internal controls documentation across the accounting function
• Review, enhance and maintain accounting policies.
• Interface with various groups including the finance leadership team, outside public accountants and attorneys, external tax firm, internal legal, and investor relations
• Stay current with new accounting standards, regulations, and best practices in financial reporting
• Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications (Education, Experience, Competencies):

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience including mix of financial reporting and technical accounting
• 2+ years of public accounting with CPA designation, preferred
• Proficient technical accounting knowledge of SEC reporting regulations and US GAAP