Senior Accountant, Product Costing

About the role

Kraft Heinz is hiring a Senior Accountant, Product Costing in Chicago to support its North America facilities. The role covers costing support for plant controllers, finance POD leads and general manufacturing operations, oversight of monthly financial reviews and balance sheet analysis, and development and management of product costing financial processes and policies.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close for North America external manufacturing locations, including SAP material ledger close, and investigate, escalate and resolve variances
• Own the month-end closing process and reconciliations for those locations
• Act as KPI owner for North American Controllership, tracking and documenting project-related KPIs
• Lead ad hoc analysis and information requests from external manufacturing locations, working with business partners and leaders
• Develop training materials and deliver training for accounting, finance and operations stakeholders
• Provide AOP support to the operations finance organization
• Carry out annual physical inventory observations where travel policy allows
• Support product costing process documentation and enhancement initiatives, supply chain and operations projects, and internal or external audits under US GAAP
• Work on projects and ad hoc requests supporting M&A activities and process improvement

Required profile

• 3+ years of relevant experience in accounting or product costing
• Analytical ability to review large data sets, with growth mindset and problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn systems and processes quickly

Required skills

• SAP experience (material ledger and general ledger) and advanced Excel skills preferred
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
• SOX experience preferred

What we offer

• Base salary range of $89,800 to $112,200, plus a performance-based bonus
• Medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) with 7% matching, and a discretionary bonus
• Paid time off, flexible work arrangements, employee assistance program and wellbeing programs