Cost Accountant

Resolute Tissue is a business unit of Resolute Forest Products. As one of the few fully integrated tissue manufacturers in North America, we have a well-established presence in retail and away-from-home tissue manufacturing and are ideally suited to serve U.S. customers. We own and operate three manufacturing mills, in Sanford and Hialeah, Florida, and Calhoun, Tennessee, as well as a converting facility in Hagerstown, Maryland.

 

Resolute Tissue offers a rewarding and safe work environment with opportunities and challenges that will help grow your skills.

 

The Cost Accountant maintains accounting and financial reporting and ensures all financial information is properly reported and analyzed in a timely and accurate manner. The position is instrumental in costing analysis, providing financial oversight and guidance for the facility. The position will report directly to the site Controller.

Requirements

You will assume the following responsibilities:

• Perform financial reporting processes, which includes monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statement close procedures, account reconciliations, & variance analysis.
• Prepare annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Perform costing analysis and provide guidance to Mill Management.
• Prepare grade cost analysis and margin reports for Mill Management.
• Assist with any other special projects or assignments.
• Understand journal entries, accounting flows, and operational back-office processes.
• Identify and communicate potential risk in accounts and resolve reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Produce detailed documentation of accounting processes and associated accounting flows.
• Identify opportunities for process and internal controls enhancements.
• Provide additional ad hoc analysis, as needed.
• Support procurement operations for the Calhoun facility.

 

The Ideal Profile

• Undergraduate degree in Finance/Accounting or related field
• Minimum of 2 – 3 years of Cost Accounting experience.
• Experience in conducting audits and financial analysis required.
• Manufacturing facility experience strongly preferred.
• SAP experience preferred.
• Position requires strong analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities.
• Knowledge and experience with the full Microsoft Suite required.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• A high level of ethical practice and safety mindedness required.

Forest products are essential, as are each and every one of our employees and contractors. We take the necessary steps to protect the health and well-being of our employees and to safeguard the integrity of all Resolute facilities.

 

We are all in this together. We are one community. We are #RESOLUTEPROUD

 

Be part of the change. Be part of a dynamic team.
We are a global leader in the forest products industry offering an energetic and safe work environment with opportunities and challenges that will help develop your skills. We are more than 8,000 employees in Canada, the United States and various other international locations.

We are looking for employees with the experience and expertise to improve our efficiency, increase our long-term profitability and deliver first-class products and services to our customers. And you, what are you looking for?

We are a company writing a new story for itself in a rapidly changing industry. We have made important inroads to ensure our viability and to be an environmental supplier of choice. Come take part of our history and be part of the change!
 

How are we building the Resolute of the future?
Find out in our Annual Report, available at resolutefp.com/publications.

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Resolute Tissue is an Equal Opportunity Employer