Accounting Clerk

Lactalis North America is currently seeking candidates to join our Finance team in Nampa, Idaho. 

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. 

At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirt, hands-on responsibility and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

Lactalis North America: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.  

From your PASSION to ours

The Accounting Clerk will assist the Controller and accounting department with duties assigned. Compiles, classifies, records, verifies, and maintains data and payments to accounts payable records.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

· Reconcile production volumes and resolve discrepancies with appropriate departments.

· Accurately entering data into software systems.

· Record efficiency and other plant production data as assigned.

· Manage inventory of retail cheese store including physical counting and stocking of shelves.

· Conduct cheese store sales to both employees and outside customers

· Reads, interprets and comprehends documents, instructions and manuals as required.

· Produce a variety of reports 

· Checking for accuracy in reports, figures and postings

· Reconciling and reporting any discrepancies found in the records

· Analyze and evaluate data and determine the negative or positive net effects.

· General office tasks

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education

· Associates Degree in Accounting preferred, or equivalent relevant experience.

Experience

· 1-2 Years Related Accounting Experience 

· Preferred Experience in a Manufacturing Environment.

Specialized Knowledge

· General accounting, and a strong knowledge of Excel preferred. 

· Detail oriented with a focus on accuracy.

· Good communication skills 

Skills / Abilities

· Computer software: Microsoft Office. 

Physical Requirements

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or fell and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Employee frequently uses computer, printer, fax and calculator.