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Robert Half
Plant Accountant
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What they do
An Accountant organizes and maintains financial records and prepares financial statements for companies and organizations. Works as a public accountant (prepares financial documents where public disclosure is required by law, such as business balance sheets and tax returns), management accountant (prepares financial information for internal use by a company) or government accountant (maintains records for government agencies).
$73,796 / year median in Ohio
-9% projected decline
Job Description
Description We are looking for a Plant Accountant to support financial and payroll operations at our manufacturing facility in Ohio. This role combines plant-level accounting, accounts payable, and hourly payroll administration while helping ensure accurate reporting, compliance, and timely month-end close activities. The ideal candidate brings strong attention to detail, sound analytical ability, and experience working across accounting and payroll processes in a fast-paced production environment.
Responsibilities:
- Manage day-to-day plant accounting activities, including invoice handling, payable processing, and support for routine financial transactions.
- Prepare month-end accrual details for outstanding liabilities and coordinate required information with the corporate finance team.
- Reconcile vendor statements, investigate unusual account activity, and resolve billing or payment issues with suppliers.
- Administer payroll and timekeeping for hourly employees, including overtime review, deductions, taxes, benefit-related updates, and backup payroll support as needed.
- Respond to questions related to wage garnishments, review contract labor timesheets for accuracy, and maintain employee schedules and supervisor assignments within the timekeeping system.
- Complete monthly sales and use tax filings and assist with standard close entries and other period-end accounting tasks.
- Analyze labor, material, and scrap variances against standards, then communicate findings and concerns to appropriate operational partners.
- Review non-capital plant requisitions for coding accuracy, track open purchase commitments and spending, and route requests to designated approvers.
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations, submit journal entry requests within established deadlines, and research budget-to-actual variances to identify root causes and correct miscoded expenses.
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis and contribute to annual budgeting and monthly forecasting efforts to support plant leadership decision-making. Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in accounting, payroll, or a related finance role within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Hands-on experience processing full-cycle payroll, including multi-state payroll, taxes, overtime, and employee deductions.
- Working knowledge of accounts payable processes such as invoice entry, vendor reconciliation, and three-way matching.
- Familiarity with payroll and business systems such as ADP Workforce Now, Paycor, or QAD.
- Ability to support payroll populations ranging from 100 to 500+ employees, including experience with union or contract workforce time review where applicable.
- Strong understanding of general ledger activity, account reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close procedures.
- Proficiency in spreadsheet analysis and the ability to investigate financial variances and present clear explanations.
- Strong communication and organizational skills with a high level of accuracy and follow-through.