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SENIOR MANAGER OF ACCOUNTING

Accounting leadership | Financial control | Manufacturing cost and EBITDA integrity Department Accounting Reports To Chief Financial Officer Role Authority Senior Leader of the Accounting Function Leadership Scope Corporate Accounting, Financial Reporting, Manufacturing Cost Accounting, Controls, Close, and ERP Classification Full-Time, Salaried Exempt Location Utica, New York Position Summary The Senior Manager of Accounting is the Company's senior day-to-day accounting leader and is responsible for the integrity, accuracy, timeliness, and control of the accounting function within DeIorio Foods' frozen dough operations. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this position leads corporate accounting, manufacturing cost accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, close execution, inventory valuation, accruals, reserves, and balance-sheet integrity. The Senior Manager has the authority and accountability necessary to direct accounting operations, establish standards, require timely support from business leaders, and escalate financial risk. The role will also lead the Accounting workstream of the Company's enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation, ensuring that the general ledger, cost accounting, inventory, production, purchasing, and reporting modules are properly designed, tested, reconciled, and controlled. This is an operationally engaged leadership position with a clear no-surprises mandate. The Senior Manager owns the complete accounting cycle and converts plant activity into accurate, supportable, and timely financial results. The role works closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Continuous Improvement, Engineering, Information Technology, and the separate Finance/FP&A function to explain cost drivers, build supportable budgets, identify financial exposures early, protect EBITDA, and strengthen financial discipline. The Senior Manager is accountable for Accounting outputs and decisions, while the Finance team retains primary ownership of consolidated forecasting and forward-looking financial analysis. Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesERP Implementation and Financial Systems Lead the Accounting workstream for the selection, design, configuration, testing, implementation, stabilization, and continuous improvement of the Company's ERP system. Define accounting requirements for the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, purchasing, inventory, production, standard costing, and financial-reporting modules. Ensure frozen dough recipes, bills of material, routings, work centers, units of measure, labor standards, overhead rates, yields, scrap factors, and inventory locations are accurately represented within the ERP environment. Lead chart-of-accounts and cost-center design, master-data governance, data conversion, user acceptance testing, cutover reconciliation, accounting controls, and post-go-live issue resolution. Partner with Information Technology, system vendors, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, and the Finance team to establish clear ownership, deadlines, testing evidence, and decision protocols. Create documented accounting workflows, control procedures, reconciliation standards, training materials, and reporting tools that reduce manual work and support audit-ready transactions. Corporate and Manufacturing Cost Accounting Own the corporate cost-accounting framework for raw materials, ingredients, packaging, direct labor, indirect labor, variable and fixed manufacturing overhead, work-in-process, frozen finished goods, and cost of goods sold. Maintain and validate frozen dough product standards, including formulas and recipes, ingredient quantities, packaging components, production routings, line speeds, crew sizes, labor hours, run rates, changeover assumptions, yields, and scrap factors. Establish and maintain standard costs by item and manufacturing location; coordinate annual cost rolls and interim updates when material, labor, production, or sourcing changes materially affect cost. Analyze purchase-price, material-usage, mix, yield, labor-rate, labor-efficiency, overhead-spending, overhead-volume, scrap, waste, rework, downtime, and production variances by product, line, shift, and facility. Reconcile standard-to-actual manufacturing costs and clearly explain the operational causes of unfavorable variances to Accounting, Finance, and plant leadership. Evaluate the accounting treatment and financial impact of trim, rework, scrap, waste, quality holds, obsolete inventory, damaged product, customer returns, and production losses. Partner with Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and Research and Development to validate costs for new products, formula changes, packaging changes, equipment additions, and process improvements. Provide accurate cost information to the Finance team for budgeting, forecasting, margin analysis, pricing support, capital analysis, and strategic decision-making without duplicating Finance/FP&A ownership. Inventory Accounting and Control Own accounting controls and reconciliations for ingredients, packaging, work-in-process, finished goods, goods in transit, off-site cold storage, third-party warehouses, and consigned or customer-specific inventory, as applicable. Establish disciplined processes for cycle counts and physical inventories, including count instructions, cutoff controls, variance review, root-cause analysis, adjustments, approvals, and follow-up accountability. Monitor negative inventory, backflushing, unit-of-measure conversions, unclosed production orders, inventory movements, lot transactions, and other conditions that may distort costs or inventory balances. Maintain and support inventory reserves for excess, obsolete, slow-moving, expired, damaged, held, or potentially unusable materials and finished products. Ensure inventory accounting aligns with operational traceability, lot control, food-safety requirements, and the Company's quality-hold and disposition processes. Corporate Accounting Financial Reporting and Close Direct and own the complete monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close, including the close calendar, general ledger, journal entries, consolidations, account reconciliations, cutoff, inventory, manufacturing, cost of goods sold, accruals, reserves, fixed assets, and supporting schedules. Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, roll-forwards, fixed-asset activity, intercompany transactions, and supporting schedules for accuracy, completeness, timeliness, proper classification, and appropriate authorization. Prepare, review, and deliver accurate financial statements and management reports, including the balance sheet, income statement, cash-flow support, manufacturing results, and cost-accounting reports that reconcile plant activity to the general ledger. Establish and enforce a disciplined close calendar with clear ownership, review requirements, cutoff procedures, accrual deadlines, issue escalation, and corrective-action follow-through across the organization. Serve as the principal accounting authority for close execution, accounting policy, journal-entry approval, balance-sheet integrity, external financial reporting, audit schedules, tax information, banking requests, and other corporate accounting requirements, subject to CFO oversight and established approval limits. Oversee the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash and treasury accounting, fixed assets, payroll-related accounting, tax support, and all other core accounting processes, with clear standards for accuracy, service, control, and timeliness. Evaluate significant, unusual, or judgmental accounting matters; document conclusions; obtain required CFO approval; and ensure consistent application of U.S. GAAP and Company policy. Present close results, accounting risks, balance-sheet exposures, control deficiencies, and required corrective actions to the CFO and executive leadership in clear, decision-ready terms. EBITDA, Budget, and Operating Performance Maintain a clear line of sight between plant activity, manufacturing costs, accounting results, and Company EBITDA; explain the accounting and operational drivers of actual performance. Partner with the CFO, Finance team, and department leaders to develop supportable annual operating budgets for ingredients, packaging, labor, overtime, maintenance, utilities, freight, warehousing, outside services, waste, rework, and manufacturing overhead. Challenge unsupported assumptions and ensure budget inputs are based on current run rates, contractual commitments, production volumes, staffing plans, price changes, consumption standards, and known business risks. Provide accurate actuals, accruals, cost standards, and accounting explanations to Finance for forecasts, EBITDA bridges, budget-to-actual reporting, and executive decision-making. Monitor budget-to-actual results throughout the month and escalate unfavorable trends, unrecorded liabilities, cost overruns, and emerging risks before the financial close. Work with accountable leaders to develop corrective actions that protect EBITDA, improve gross margin, reduce waste and loss, and prevent recurring unfavorable variances. Accruals, Reserves, and Balance-Sheet Integrity Establish a formal monthly accrual process with defined owners, submission deadlines, calculation standards, approval requirements, supporting documentation, and review controls. Maintain complete and supportable accruals for received-not-invoiced goods, utilities, freight, outside services, maintenance, repairs, temporary labor, rebates, commissions, professional fees, inventory-related costs, and other known obligations. Use purchase orders, receiving records, contracts, service activity, historical trends, open commitments, operational estimates, and subsequent invoices to identify and quantify expenses in the correct accounting period. Prepare and review accrual and reserve roll-forwards; compare estimates with actual invoices and outcomes, investigate significant differences, and improve estimation methods. Conduct monthly balance-sheet reviews to identify aged, unsupported, unreconciled, impaired, obsolete, or potentially unrecoverable balances before they require unexpected P&L write-offs. Maintain an exposure log for known and potential accounting risks, including estimated financial impact, accountable owner, required action, target resolution date, and communication to the CFO. Ensure write-offs, reserve changes, and unusual adjustments are identified early, supported by analysis, approved at the appropriate level, and communicated before results are finalized. Internal Controls, Compliance, and Audit Design, document, implement, and monitor accounting policies, standard operating procedures, approval structures, and internal controls across purchasing, receiving, production reporting, inventory, costing, and the general ledger. Promote compliance with U.S. GAAP, Company policies, contractual requirements, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations. Coordinate information and schedules for external audits, tax filings, banking requirements, insurance requests, and other financial reviews. Identify control gaps, inaccurate production or inventory transactions, and financial risks; recommend practical corrective actions and monitor their completion and effectiveness. Protect Company assets and financial information through sound access controls, segregation of duties, documentation, and professional judgment. Leadership and Business Partnership Lead the Accounting department and directly manage, coach, and develop Accounting team members; define roles, assign work, establish measurable expectations, review performance, build technical capability, and maintain appropriate cross-training and succession coverage. Act as the CFO's principal accounting advisor and provide decisive leadership for close, controls, accounting policy, accruals, balance-sheet reviews, audit readiness, ERP implementation, and corporate-accounting priorities. Ensure uninterrupted leadership and execution of all critical accounting activities during peak workloads, system transitions, audits, physical inventories, and special projects. Build effective working relationships across plant operations and communicate complex cost and accounting matters in clear business language. Drive continuous improvement by simplifying processes, strengthening controls, accelerating reporting, and improving the quality of financial information. Perform other accounting, financial, and leadership responsibilities as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer. Key Measures of Success ERP accounting and costing milestones are completed on schedule with reconciled data, effective controls, documented processes, and successful user adoption. Monthly EBITDA results are supported by complete accounting, accurate manufacturing costs, timely accruals, and clear bridges to budget and prior expectations. Budgets are built from supportable operating assumptions, known commitments, current cost drivers, and accountable department-level inputs. Known liabilities and accounting exposures are recorded or communicated before close; unexpected P&L write-offs and post-close adjustments are minimized. Accrual-to-actual variances are reviewed monthly, significant differences are explained, and recurring estimation weaknesses are corrected. Balance-sheet accounts are reconciled on time, aging and risk are visible, and unsupported or unrecoverable balances are escalated promptly. Standard costs accurately reflect current frozen dough formulas, packaging, labor standards, operating rates, yields, and manufacturing overhead. Inventory, work-in-process, manufacturing variances, and cost of goods sold are reconciled and reported accurately within established close deadlines. Material usage, yield loss, waste, rework, downtime, labor, and overhead variances are explained in operational terms and assigned for corrective action. Physical inventory and cycle-count adjustments decline over time, with recurring root causes identified and corrected. Accounting delivers accurate cost information that enables the Finance team and operating leaders to improve margin, reduce loss, and make sound decisions. Audit requests and reconciliations are completed on time with minimal repeat findings or unsupported balances. Accounting team members demonstrate clear ownership, stronger technical capability, appropriate cross-training, and consistent performance. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field. Seven or more years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including substantial hands-on responsibility for standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variances, budgets, accruals, and financial close. Three or more years of accounting leadership, supervisory, or project-lead experience. Demonstrated experience implementing, converting, or optimizing an ERP system with integrated manufacturing, inventory, and accounting modules. Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, EBITDA and operating-income drivers, internal controls, inventory valuation, standard costing, accrual accounting, reserves, production accounting, account reconciliation, and financial-statement preparation. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to work effectively with large and complex data sets. Strong analytical, organizational, project-management, communication, and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage competing priorities, exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and meet firm deadlines. Preferred Qualifications Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), or active progress toward certification. Cost-accounting leadership experience in frozen food, bakery, dough, food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, or another high-volume process-manufacturing environment. Experience with recipes or formulas, bills of material, routings, yield accounting, food-industry rework, lot-controlled inventory, multiple production lines, and off-site cold storage. Experience with multi-location operations, automated production environments, and ERP-integrated purchasing, inventory, production, costing, and general-ledger modules. Experience supporting external audits, tax compliance, fixed assets, capital-spending analysis, and corporate-accounting requirements. Demonstrated ability to lead a complete accounting function while partnering effectively with a separate Finance/FP&A team and maintaining clear accountability for accounting data, controls, financial statements, and results. Leadership Competencies Financial and business acumen Ownership and accountability Change leadership and project execution Operational partnership and influence Attention to detail with enterprise-level perspective Integrity, discretion, and professional courage Talent development and collaborative leadership Work Environment and Schedule This position is based in Utica, New York, and primarily works in a professional office environment within a manufacturing organization that operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Regular interaction with manufacturing and warehouse operations is required. The position must be available outside normal business hours when reasonably necessary to support month-end or year-end close, physical inventories, audits, ERP implementation activities, system cutovers, or urgent business needs. Physical Requirements The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. The role routinely requires sitting, standing, walking, communicating, and using a computer and standard office equipment. Occasional entry into manufacturing and warehouse areas may require compliance with applicable food-safety, personal-protective-equipment, and workplace-safety requirements. Equal Employment Opportunity DeIorio Foods, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities as required by law. This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, or working conditions. Responsibilities may be modified based on business needs.

Pay:

$95,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) Dental insurance Employee assistance program Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person