Manufacturing Financial Accountant

Stevens Point, WI (onsite) with a salary range of $65,000 to $75,000 per year. ABR Employment Services is seeking a Manufacturing Financial Accountant to support accurate records, strong month-end reporting, and detailed cost accounting analysis for manufacturing operations. This role includes a full benefits package and offers the structure and ownership you need to keep financial information reliable and audit-ready.

What you’ll do

Maintain and analyze manufacturing costs across direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead. Monitor and evaluate product costs and standard costs, including analysis of material usage, labor, overhead, and production variances. Support consistent product costing by establishing and maintaining accurate product costing and reviewing inventory valuation, including investigating unusual inventory cost changes.

You’ll also reconcile key balance sheet and ledger accounts to ensure completeness and accuracy. Responsibilities include preparing monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, investigating and resolving reconciling items and discrepancies, and reconciling accounts such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, fixed assets, accrued expenses, prepaid expenses, payroll-related accounts, and other assigned accounts.

• Review general ledger activity for accuracy and proper account classification
• Prepare and post recurring and adjusting journal entries
• Maintain supporting documentation for journal entries and reconciliations
• Assist with month-end and year-end closing processes
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting for the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and supporting schedules
• Prepare and review the Income Statement, analyzing revenue, expenses, gross profit, and operating results

Cost and inventory analysis continues through work-in-process and finished-goods review, annual reconciliation of physical inventory to accounting records, and evaluation of cost trends and opportunities to reduce costs.

Fixed asset ownership is also a key component. Maintain the company’s fixed asset records by recording acquisitions, disposals, transfers, and other fixed asset activity, processing monthly depreciation, reconciling the fixed asset subledger to the general ledger, and ensuring proper classification and capitalization in line with company policy. Support capital expenditure tracking and reporting as needed.

Prepare information requested by external accountants, auditors, banks, insurance companies, and other authorized parties. Contribute to process improvement by identifying opportunities to improve accounting procedures, internal controls, and reporting processes.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Accounting (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• 3+ years of accounting experience, preferably in manufacturing
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting and financial statements
• Experience performing account reconciliations
• Strong Excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to analyze financial information and identify discrepancies
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of financial information
• Strong organizational and time-management skills

Tools you’ll use

• Excel
• Microsoft Dynamics GP

Preferred experience

• Cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Inventory accounting and manufacturing variances experience
• Standard costing experience
• Fixed asset accounting experience
• Microsoft Dynamics GP or another ERP system experience
• Experience with financial statement audits or reviews