Accountant

Accountant

Shaw Industries is hiring a Plant Accountant to oversee the accounting functions at Shaw Plant 04 in Dalton, GA.

Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands : Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more.

Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide.

Responsibilities :

• Assist with creating and updating the annual business plan
• Responsible for bridge explanation of differences in actual vs projected variances
• Ensure regular cycle counts are conducted for raw materials, WIP, finished goods, and the supply room to maintain the corporate exemption from year-end counts.
• Responsible for financial reporting for the plant including budgeting, POVA, and related reports
• Ensure consistent application of accounting policies and procedures by coordinating work through the corporate manufacturing accounting group
• Complies with month-end closing information requirements and deadlines as defined by the corporate manufacturing accounting group
• Comply with reporting deadlines as established by corporate manufacturing management
• Responsible for calculating and monitoring all raw material usage on a weekly and monthly basis. Reconciling physical inventory at month end
• Responsible for reporting month end chargebacks and journal entry adjustments
• Responsible for plant accounting duties
• Responsible for providing information for annual budgets including labor budgets, weekly expenses, packing costs, and production standards. Ensure the submission of all changes to the appropriate areas. Will coordinate work with the IE Manager to accomplish
• Responsible for administering S.O.X and records management systems and ensuring compliance as the records coordinator
• Responsible for analyzing budgets and POVA for variance discrepancies and initiating investigations to make process improvement recommendations
• Work with IE Group to update and maintain product costing guidelines
• Responsible for delegation to and management of the M.O. Control Lead and Accounting Clerk
• Responsible for monthly and quarterly variance projection explanations
• Responsible for managing all inventories at Plant 04, 80, 4C, 02, YW, and 21 (Raw Materials, WIP, Packing Materials, Yarn Cycle Counts, etc.)
• Attend periodic departmental meetings as well as training that will foster continued job improvement.
• Perform other duties as directed by the IE Manager
• Must have the ability to manage multiple projects and work without close supervision
• Must be detail oriented with strong organizational and communications skills
• Maintain and follow the accounting leader standard work document

Required Competencies :

Requirements :

Shaw Employee Benefits Include :

Work Shift :

8 hr non-rotating shift, hrs fall to in punch day, observed calendar, shift starts AM

Shaw Industries is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.