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JOB FILLED - Grower Accounting Technician

Job Description: 

Under the direction of the Grower Accounting Supervisor, the Grower Accounting Technician is responsible for preparing various reports, payments, account reconciliation, and month-end close duties.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is exposed to an office setting with minimal exposure to cold temperatures and loud noise.

Compensation/Salary: 
DOE
Responsibilities & Duties: 
  • Backup for daily KOI reports 
  • Verify daily raw product receipts for accuracy: verify weights, # totes received, average weights per tote, pallet, vendor, grower block and harvester, and tare weights 
  • Price out purchase orders according to contracts 
  • Enter harvesting and cooling charges as necessary 
  • Update the planting schedules on a weekly basis (assign lot numbers) and enter lots in the system 
  • Send updated planting schedules to harvesters and growers 
  • Report raw product receipts information to harvesters and growers daily 
  • Report to the Arizona Department of Ag and to the Leafy Green association and authorize payment 
  • Resolve any weight issues 
  • Liaise with growers and harvesters 
  • Maintains the master files in the system for crops and lots 
  • Prepares and verifies billing reports to First Street Cooling 
  • Reviews yield and yield roll up reports for accuracy 
  • Maintains and distributes a weekly pound report by grower
  • Obtains and reviews payables statements from all growers at month end 
  • Purchase match all payments to growers in accounts payable 
  • Files daily receiving documents 
  • Prepare a monthly lb. report for the California Leafy Green Association and report to the Association by the 10th of the month
  • Code CA Leafy Green Numbers by commodity and voucher in the system 
  • Prepare a monthly cooling reclass report and prepare and enter a journal entry 
  • Prepare a monthly report of all incoming raw product pounds and cost/lb. by commodity and type 
  • Maintain product varieties in True leaf Crop Cost Center 
  • Verify that all receiving from Previous day have block ID’s assigned to them. 
  • Maintain generic Famous P.O’s used for raw product receipts 
  • Create Salinas Valley/Imperial Valley/Yuma Pricing Sheets and distribute 
  • Create OP blocks from Outside purchases under True Leaf blocks
  • Process check run for grower payables 
  • Enter Freight Charges as necessary 
  • Conduct tare test for new containers 
  • Report Daily rejection (if any) to growers
 
Education: 
  • Associates degree in related field or minimum of 2 years’ experience in the agriculture industry
Skills: 
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and good working knowledge of other Microsoft Office software. Experience and proficiency in database software a plus 
  • Team player who will exceed assigned responsibilities and assist others to reach objectives 
  • Native intellectual curiosity and mental stamina 
  • Strong oral and written communication skills to deliver technical information in an easily understood manner across all departments
Qualifications: 
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus 
  • Famous software knowledge a plus

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