Plant Accounting Coordinator

Ventek Solutions (Ventek) is a leading manufacturer specializing in engineered shape molded foam components, protective packaging, and multi-material assembly solutions. The organization helps customers address complex challenges in product protection, component light-weighting, insulation, and design simplification. Ventek’s services span a variety of industries, including construction, automotive, electronics, medical, and more. Ventek Solutions leverages creative design, thoughtful engineering, and meticulous program management to deliver customized solutions. Ventek operates 8 plants in the US and Mexico with corporate headquarters in Charleston, SC.

In 2024, Black Diamond Capital Management acquired the Protective Solutions segment of Sonoco Products Company, rebranding the business as Ventek Solutions LLC. This acquisition encompassed the existing manufacturing footprint along with the embedded design engineering, program management, and commercial resources. As Ventek Solutions, we are dedicated to maintaining our advanced capabilities in creative design, thoughtful engineering, meticulous program management, operational excellence, and unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction.

As we continue to grow, we are looking for a Plant Accounting Coordinator to join our team in our Owosso, MI manufacturing plant. This role is onsite, 5 days/week.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION:

Daily

• Processing vendor invoices for payment though IDEAS and act as the point person for vendor inquiries
• Recording all project cost and posting invoices in JobBOSS
• Customer Invoicing includes validating cost in JobBOSS, relieving inventory, generating customer invoices in JobBOSS, and emailing invoices for IDEAS integration and customer payment.
• Assists with maintaining the safety program to ensure compliance with plant safety rules.
• Develop and implement updates to the safety curriculum as needed
• Maintain safety record-keeping as needed for compliance

MONTHLY:

• Close completed projects in JobBOSS.
• Create internal AR invoices in JobBoss to relieve items from inventory and send to Program Managers for their records when applicable.
• Post any unposted vendor and customer invoices in JobBOSS.
• Balance AP Invoice Register to AP Batch Report.
• Review accrual and deferral spreadsheets, and JobBoss cost with accounting closer.
• Generate several monthly reports verifying cost and revenue in JobBOSS with corporate systems.
• Prepare reports and analysis in accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, inventory, and month-end closing as scheduled or requested on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Prepare, consolidate, and reconcile financial reports for the month-end closing. Provide support for cost reduction teams.
• Closing account balances; accounting transactions
• Analysis & reporting of cost & production variances
• Apply a continuous improvement approach to seek, create and/or modify programs and reports to improve efficiencies in various administrative tasks. Implement new procedures as required.
• Other activities as needed.

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 1 year of experience in Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable or office Admin type role.
• Experience in Accounting / ERP systems
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and an aptitude for working with numbers. Able to analyze data using Microsoft Excel.
• Good communication skills, the ability to prepare reports, and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of people in many different job functions.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task and a team player with a positive attitude and a focus on business issues.
• Self-confident, mature, ability to work individually and as part of a team.
• Ability to work in a heavily deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to identify, research, coordinate and resolve issues.