Accounting Administrator

Job Description

Job Description

Job Profile

Job Title:  Accounting Administrator

Location: Lackawanna, NY

Hire Type:  Contingen (4-6 months)

Pay Range: $22-25/hr

Work Model: Onsite

Recruiter Contact: Amy Dugenske | View email address on us.fitly.work | View phone number on us.fitly.work

Nature & Scope:

Positional Overview

Join our client, a global leader in the dairy industry where tradition meets innovation! We’re seeking a detail-oriented  Accounting Administrator to support our Milk Procurement team, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting and compliance while contributing to the flow of high-quality dairy products. In this role, you’ll play a key part in overseeing accounts payable, validating manifests and preparing monthly accruals—all while working closely with producers, cooperatives and plant personnel to keep operations running smoothly.

Role & Responsibility:

Tasks That Will Lead  To Your Success

• Edit and monitor site specific milk on a daily basis by reviewing each manifest for accuracy both slip and scale. Ensuring that each manifest follows USDA requirements. 
• Monitor slip to scale discrepancies and work with cooperatives/haulers to resolve load weight problems.
• Work closely with Milk Procurement person and plant personnel on a daily basis regarding daily milk slip/scale and quality sampling.
• Communicate with cooperatives on daily basis regarding slip/scale differences and component sample result via Excel sheets import files into DSI system.
• Audit, within DSI, focusing on volume and component results.
• Provide ongoing monitoring within DSI system to ensure a supply of manifest/sample bar code stickers and each SLI dairy, RSPC.
• Complete summary of designated Plant fiscal month milk intake/components to be used in the preparation of the monthly accrual reports.
• Maintain Producer Milk Procurement files within DSI and general files.
• Complete any special projects as directed for the department.
• Perform various weekly and monthly reporting duties.
• Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required.

 

Skills & Experience

Qualifications That Will Help You Thrive

• Associates Degree in Accounting or equivalent preferred.
• 3 – 5 years of relatable experience.
• General computer skills.
• Milk information software preferred.

 

AMBITION

• Performance: Challenging yourself and others in order to work efficiently and to deliver required business results.
• Continuous Improvement: Looking for ways to continuously improve quality, efficiency/effectiveness of the Group performance.
• People Development: Identify areas for developing oneself and the others.

 

ENGAGEMENT

• Entrepreneurship: Manage the business as if it were theirs. 
• Loyalty: Support positively and protect the Company.
• Tenacity: Overcome the obstacles.
• Accountability: Stand by one’s commitment, deliver the results in a transparent manner.

 

WITH SIMPLICITY

• Accessibility: Ensure relationships based on accessibility, modesty and proximity.
• Pragmatism: Work in a practical and effective manner (with common sense).
• Transparency: Act and communicate with clarity and transparency.