Flowers Foods

Controller

Flowers Foods$95K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
  • 3-5 years of accounting or audit experience
  • 2 years as Assistant Controller or equivalent
  • Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe
  • Experience with SAP (ECC or S/4) and BlackLine application is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Oversee Plant Finance accounting coordination with local departments
  • Direct and monitor Plant Finance personnel activities
  • Prepare and ensure accuracy of weekly income statements
  • Maintain periodic corporate and local reporting
  • Ensure timely and accurate accounting closing process
  • Analyze balance sheets and general ledger accounts
  • Execute product costing and maintain inventory integrity

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and medical benefits
  • 401(k) Retirement savings plan
  • Professional growth and leadership training
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave
Full Job Description
Full-time employees are offered the following benefits:
  • Comprehensive health and medical benefits
  • 401(k) Retirement savings plan
  • Professional growth and leadership training
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave


Benefits may vary depending on your work location.

Bringing Home the Dough

Oversees and advises the General Manager and Regional Controller on all matters concerning accounting and internal control procedures. Assists the General Manager and other department heads in preparing the operating budget, capital budget, projections, proformas, as well as completes the weekly profit/loss statement in compliance with GAAP accounting.

Rising to the Challenge: Position Responsibilities
• Coordinates efforts of Plant Finance accounting requirements with local departments.
• Assigns, directs, and monitors the efforts and activities (including training and cross-training) of local Plant Finance personnel
• Responsible for the preparation, completion, and accuracy of weekly income statements
• Responsible for maintaining periodic reporting (corporate and local)
• Responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of period, quarter, and year end accounting closing process
• Analyzes balance sheet & general ledger accounts and prepares associated quarterly & annual schedules
• Responsible for executing product costing for new items, updating changes, and quarter-ly costing runs
• Responsible for preparation of the annual financial planning process including operating and capital budgets
• Responsible for the preparation of personal property tax and business license filings
• Responsible for oversight of all cash and bank accounts in conjunction with Record to Report and Shared Services responsibilities
• Ensures that all receivables are properly stated and monitor for timely follow up, in-cluding collection efforts in partnership with our SSC A/R and Collections teams
• Ensures that all inventories are safeguarded and stated correctly
• Create and/or analyze various financial reports including proformas and fluxes
• Maintains plant records in accordance with Company Policies, Procedures, and Internal Controls
• Adheres to controllership policies as directed by Regional Controller and VP of Plant Finance
• Ensures compliance with all company policies and procedures including Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), Internal Audit requirements, EEO, Sexual Harassment, Safety, etc.)
• Maintains cleanliness of work area
• Ensures employee compliance with work rules
• Makes recommendations on disciplinary action and otherwise participates in the disciplinary action process as necessary
• Performs other duties as directed by the Regional Controller and VP of Plant Finance

Knead to Know: Preferred Qualifications

  • Three (3) to five (5) years of accounting, audit, or relevant work experience with two (2) years serving as an Assistant Controller or a Senior Accountant/Accounting Manager or equivalent role
  • Strong MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe is required
  • SAP (ECC or S/4) and BlackLine application experience is a plus


Additional Ingredients: Essential Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
  • Master's degree in Business Administration or Accounting a plus

Salary Range- $95k-$110k/year

We offer a competitive salary and an excellent total rewards package. Please reply by 7/23/26. Interested job seekers who successfully complete the series of pre-screening questions and who appear to possess the basic qualifications for this position may be contacted for a telephone interview.

About Flowers Foods

Flowers Foods, Inc. is a producer and marketer of packaged bakery products. The company operates in two segments: Direct-Store-Delivery (DSD) and Warehouse Delivery. The DSD segment produces fresh breads, buns, rolls, tortillas, and snack cakes that are delivered to retail and foodservice customers directly. The Warehouse Delivery segment produces frozen breads, rolls, and snack cakes that are sold through customers' warehouse channels. The company's brands include Nature's Own, Wonder, Tastykake, Dave's Killer Bread, and others. Flowers Foods was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
Learn more about Flowers Foods
Size
8,900 employees
Market Cap
$6.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$152.3 million
Founded
1919
5 Year Trend
+2%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
NASDAQ

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