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Cost Analyst/Accountant - Prepared Foods - Vernon Plant

Tyson Foods
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Apr 2025

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To feed a changing world, it takes an incredible team. From the cutting board to the board room, every Tyson Foods team member plays an important role in our success.

Setting the table for your success

At Tyson Foods, our team members’ health and wellness is very important to us. We believe in helping our team members thrive inside and outside of the workplace. That’s why we’re committed to providing a holistic benefits package that provides support for you and your family. 

We invest in our team members and their success by providing resources like BENEFITS ON DAY ONE OF EMPLOYMENT and FREE EDUCATION! 

Benefits include: medical/Rx, dental, and vision coverage; paid holidays; 2 weeks paid vacation upon hire; 401(k) with employer match; stock purchase program; and product purchase program.  We also offer CAREER GROWTH and much more! 

SUMMARY: This position is responsible for the accurate preparation and reporting of all cost and other financial information for the plant.  This includes gathering and processing information to generate daily and weekly production cost reports, preparing weekly and monthly costs.  This position will assist in the preparation of the annual operations and capital budgets and is responsible for ensuring adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Tyson’s accounting policies.

Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate the plant self-audit program.  This program covers quarterly fixed asset audits, idle asset audits, and capitalization of fixed assets acquired through the CIR process, review of the purchase order process, inventory management reviews, and other areas as needed.
  • Learn the Time and Attendance system to assist with the weekly processing of payroll.
  • Maintain bill of materials and recipes (standards) for products produced at the facility.
  • Assist with reporting needs – daily, weekly, monthly.
  • Learn weekly processes to cover in the absence of the controller.  This includes understanding the weekly variances to be able to communicate explanations of variances, generate weekly spend file, and upload of data into the financial system.
  • Analyze information compiled from different software sources readily available at Tyson
  • Generate/create excel spreadsheets to find the information required for ad-hoc questions from the plant management team.
  • Assist in generating the cost savings for projects based upon the savings for line efficiency, labor efficiency, usage, or capacity based on the data provided.
  • Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.

Experience: 1+ years of financial analysis/cost accounting experience. Exposure to budgeting and forecasting preferred

Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Computer Skills: Intermediate computer skills including Excel, creating spreadsheets with the understanding of syntax and basic formulas, and word processing skills; willingness to learn broad SAP knowledge including purchasing, materials management and product costing.

Supervisory: None

Travel: Minimal

Position Specific Requirements:

  • Must reside in the United States to be considered.
  • Sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

Hourly Applicants ONLY -You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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