Job Description
As the Senior Accountant within the accounting team, this role serves as the primary financial anchor for plant operations. Working closely with the Divisional Controller, Plant General Manager, and Operations Manager, you will manage day-to-day operational accounting, ensure data integrity, and provide the critical financial visibility needed to drive facility efficiency.
You will have functional oversight of plant-level financial reconciliation-including cost accounting, inventory integrity, variance analysis, and purchasing governance-while maintaining absolute confidentiality. By translating raw operational data into precise, structured reports, you will provide management with the analytical insight required to manage risk, optimize manufacturing margins, and support informed decision-making.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the position include the following:
• Lead the monthly close process for the facility, managing the preparation, analysis, and execution of comprehensive plant financial statementsin strict alignment with corporate deadlines, formats, and protocols.
• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process by partnering with the Controller and plant management to compile operating plans andlong-range financial models.
• Analyze and interpret variances, transforming monthly operational results into clear, actionable financial commentary for plant and financial leadership.
• Execute ad-hoc financial analysis, capital expenditure (CapEx) evaluations, and specialized cost investigations as directed by financial or plant management.
• Review and benchmark plant performance metrics, tracking labor efficiency, raw material yields, manufacturing overhead, and distribution expenses to highlight cost-saving opportunities.
• Coordinate routine audits of Bills of Materials (BOM), labor routings, and price codes to ensure product standard costs accurately reflect factory floor realities.
• Maintain a continuous feedback loop with the General Manager and Operations Manager to help diagnose production variances, bottleneck costs, and margin fluctuations.
• Oversee and validate the integrity of raw material physical inventories and cycle-counting programs; investigate and resolve book-to-physicalvariances.
• Manage the monthly inventory review process to identify, track, and mitigate financial exposure from slow-moving, excess, or obsolete (E&O)inventory.
• Manage and perform Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable duties.
• Ensure strict GAAP compliance across all facility financial transactions, internal records, and data transmissions in accordance with corporatepolicies.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment, proactively partnering with corporate finance to uphold compliance and address internal auditrequirements.
• Guarantee absolute confidentiality and data security regarding sensitive financial metrics, corporate strategies, and personnel data.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support team objectives and organizational goals.
Competencies
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following functional and interpersonal competencies:
Functional
• Cost Accounting & BOM Auditing: Strong understanding of manufacturing cost structures, overhead allocation, standard costing, andvariance analysis.
• Financial Analysis & Forecasting: Ability to build accurate spreadsheets, support annual operating plans, and translate operational data intostructured projections.
• Inventory Control: Experience with physical inventory reconciliation, cycle counting processes, and tracking obsolescence.
• ERP & Systems Literacy: Proficiency in managing order entry, billing, accounts payable, and financial transmissions within enterpriseaccounting systems.
• GAAP Compliance: Solid grasp of regulatory accounting principles, internal controls, and corporate governance frameworks
Interpersonal
• Analytical Communication: Ability to distill complex financial data into clear, actionable guidance for operations and financial managers.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Skilled at bridging the gap between numbers and physical operations by working collaboratively with plant floorsupervisors and corporate teams alike.
• Discretion & Trust: Absolute commitment to maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive financial and operational business data.
• Professional Transparency: Confident in presenting monthly financial results clearly to varied internal audiences, from plant teams to financeleadership.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's degree (B.A. / B.S.) in Accounting, Finance, or a related business field from a four-year college or university.
• Minimum of five (5) years of related accounting/finance experience (preferably in a manufacturing or production environment).
• Alternative Qualification: An equivalent combination of formal education, specialized training, and hands-on experience that demonstrates the required expertise will be fully considered.
Work Environment and Schedule
This position is for our Seattle, WA corporate office. Open to hybrid (for right candidate), would require at least 3 days per week in office.
Physical Demands
While performing the essential function and job duties associated with the job, the employee is regularly required to sit, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Mental Activities
The employee is frequently required to set an example by consistently modeling high standards of honesty and integrity. Presentation and sharing of information should be handled in a direct, appropriate, and helpful manner. Maintains a reputation for honesty, confidentiality, reliability, and fairness. Is willing to admit mistakes and does not misrepresent him/herself for personal gain. Performs work with energy and drive; values planning, but will take quick, decisive action when an opportunity presents itself.
Salary Disclosure
The typical base pay range for this role is $95,000-$115,000 per year. Individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills.
Silver Bay Benefits and Perks
• Health Insurance: Employees, as well as their families, are eligible for health benefits that include medical, dental and vision benefits. Employeesare also eligible for basic life insurance, long-term disability, as well as voluntary life insurance benefits for them and their families.
• Employee Assistance Program: Available for employees and their families.
• Retirement Plan: Employees are eligible for the Silver Bay Seafoods safe harbor retirement 401(k) plan.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: Employees are eligible for Paid Time Off (PTO) plan benefits which start at 3 weeks a year, go upbasedon years of service, and receive 8 paid holidays each year.
• Other Compensation: Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
