Do you want to make a difference in the lives of people and their pets? What about having the opportunity to connect with others across the world, full of stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions?

If this is how you see your career, Hill’s is the place to be!

Hill’s Pet Nutrition is a $2.3 Billion, global division of Colgate-Palmolive Company and the maker of Prescription Diet, Science

Diet, and Healthy Advantage brand pet food. Our mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets by providing the best innovative pet nutrition technology, products, and expertise to pet owners, veterinary professionals and other key pet professionals worldwide. Our company is a globally recognized Best Place to Work.

Provide the plant with improved reports and analysis to achieve budget goals and support continuous improvement activities relating to Finance. You will work in a friendly, team-oriented environment producing the industry's leading premium dry dog & cat food. This is your opportunity to work at Hills Pet Nutrition's newest manufacturing facility withpowerfult technology and processes. Our employees enjoy a caring, respectful, and professional environment.

What you will do

• Assist in month-end close activities: preparing and booking journal entries; working with budget owners to develop accruals; preparing expense and balance sheet account reconciliations; and preparing detailed spending reports (maintenance, travel, training, etc.).
• Become an SAP Power User, which will entail: learning all finance functions in SAP related to production reporting, costing, and inventories; understand business processes within the operating system; serve as an SAP focus resource/contact; drive system improvements to improve productivity; provide training to others as vital to perform job functions, including budget owners and the other finance personnel.
• Preparation of raw material and packaging yield schedules, inventory accuracy schedules, production throughput and downtime tracking, asset utilization reports and other key performance indicators.
• Work with Corporate Cost Accounting Manager and Plant operations to support the standard product costing process, Both annually and as needed for new products.
• Drive improvement activities in A/P to reduce transactional costs and increase valuable reporting capabilities to the plant, specifically for raw and packaging material purchasing.
• Participate in monthly cycle counts, full physical inventories and assist in researching inventory variances.
• Sarbanes-Oxley audit testing, as it pertains to all internal control SOP’s.
• Participate in monthly cycle counts, full physical inventories and assist in researching inventory variances.
• Participate in the preparation of the plant’s annual operating budget as well as LE forecasts in April and July.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Align with all policies and standards

Required Qualifications

• At least High school diploma.
• Very strong proven understanding of Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• +5 years in the manufacturing industry, in an accounting or finance related field.
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance or related area of study

Physical Demands

• Standing - Occasionally
• Walking - Occasionally
• Sitting - Frequently
• Lifting - Occasionally
• Carrying - Occasionally
• Pushing - Occasionally
• Pulling - Rarely
• Climbing - Rarely
• Balancing - Rarely
• Stooping - Rarely
• Kneeling - Rarely
• Crouching - Rarely
• Reaching - Occasionally
• Handling - Occasionally
• Grasping - Rarely
• Feeling - Rarely
• Talking - Frequently
• Hearing - Frequently
• Repetitive Motions - Occasionally
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Rarely

Working Conditions

• Extreme cold - Occasionally
• Extreme heat - Occasionally
• Humidity - Occasionally
• Wet - Occasionally
• Noise - Frequently
• Hazards - Rarely
• Temperature Change - Occasionally
• Atmospheric Conditions - Occasionally
• Vibration - Occasionally