Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description – Senior Staff Accountant

Job Type: Full Time

Job Summary/Primary Functions:

Log Still Distillery is seeking a motivated and dependable Senior Staff Accountant to join our growing team. The Senior Staff Accountant will support finance and operations with the primary goal of cost control and asset stewardship.

Key responsibilities include accounting for business activities, ensuring a timely month-end closing process, standard cost setting, variance reporting and analysis, cost reduction support, overseeing inventory control procedures, balance sheet reconciliation, and financial reporting.

The scope will focus primarily on the accounting and internal control systems of Log Still Distillery manufacturing and sales, as well as hospitality amenities including a tasting room, amphitheater, bed & breakfasts, events center, and restaurant.

Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Not Applicable.

Major Job Responsibilities / Key Duties:

• Directly participate in all accounting operations including maintaining the General Ledger, Inventory/Cost Accounting, Operational and Capital Budgets and Fixed Assets
• Uphold and ensure consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all areas of the business
• Support the accumulation and consolidation of month-end financial data necessary to accurately and timely present financial and operational business results

Develop annual cost standards for distillery operation

• Analyze budget vs actual variances to support the company’s performance goals

Accounting

• Partner directly with Accounts Payable and Purchasing to ensure accuracy of daily system transactions
• Ensure the timely and accurate posting of month-and year-end close procedures to ensure accurate booking of revenue/expenses
• Post necessary accrual entries as needed
• Participate in the review and reconciliation of balance sheet account balances
• Oversee inventory controls, to ensure balance sheet accuracy

Cost Standards

• Develop and maintain standard cost data for new and existing products and ensure accurate inventory valuation.
• Establish and verify component costs, labor costs and overhead costs used for inventory valuation and COGS posting

Reporting

• Ensure timely and complete financial statements are available for leadership team
• Analyze budget vs. actual reports and comment on variances across areas of business and functions, including COGS standards
• Assist executive team with strategic projects and ad hoc reporting throughout the year

Analysis

• Communicate, assist and advise department leaders in the Monthly Variance Analysis.
• Provide reconciliation of designated areas of balance sheet accounts.
• Ensure that all financial activities are in compliance with all applicable laws and GAAP.
• Continuously improve the handling, recording and reporting of all financial data.
• Recommend and implement process improvements including streamlining the close process, financial reporting, account analysis, etc. Identify areas for improvement in operations.

Skills / Experience Required:

• 5+ years accounting/finance experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in applying GAAP principles
• Excellent time management skills: ability to proactively plan ahead and take initiative
• Excellent organization and coordination skills- ability to manage priorities and routine functions effectively and efficiently
• Strong attention to details
• Analytical mindset
• Proven written and verbal communication skills
• Empathy: being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do
• Teamwork: ability to flex scope of responsibility and perform other functions as needed, regardless of job description
• Proficiency with personal computers / laptops and associated programs (Windows, Microsoft Office suite of programs and apps)

Skills / Experience Preferred:

• Accounting/Finance experience in beverage alcohol or consumer goods manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (or similar ERP system)
• Experience working in a structure with multiple business entities
• Comfortable navigating in a quickly growing and evolving business environment operating across multiple business segments

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration

Special Working Conditions (e.g. Temperature Extremes, Lifting, Noise, Off-shifts)

• Located in Kentucky
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to sit for long periods and read multiple monitors

Reports to:

Director of Finance and Business Operations

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