Job Description

Staff Accountant (Future Controller Track)

Location: Conyers, GA | Reports to: Controller

Why This Role?

Are you a meticulous accounting professional ready to bridge the gap between financial reporting and strategic leadership? We are looking for a Staff Accountant who isn’t just looking for a job, but a career path. This role is specifically designed as a leadership pipeline, serving as the primary training ground for our future Assistant Controller and Controller.

You will do more than just "crunch numbers"—you will be a key facilitator of special projects, a driver of profit improvement, and a vital partner in our facility’s operational success.

Your Impact

• Strategic Growth: Participate in Profit Improvement Teams (PIP) to identify efficiencies and drive the bottom line.
• Financial Stewardship: Own the month-end close process for inventories, distribution costs, and rebates, ensuring total accuracy and transparency.
• Operational Excellence: Lead the cycle count program and manage roll stock transactions, becoming the subject matter expert for our Conyers facility.
• Executive Visibility: Create and deliver ad-hoc presentations and reports that inform high-level decision-making.
• Process Innovation: Identify gaps in current procedures and build best-in-class workflows to improve departmental KPIs.

What You’ll Do

• Reporting & Analysis: Manage weekly estimates for distribution, rebates, and raw materials.
• Inventory Management: Oversee FG, WIP, and Roll Stock inventories, including aged inventory reporting and reconciliations.
• Leadership Backup: Cross-train to provide vital backup for the Controller and Assistant Controller, gaining a 360-degree view of the business.
• Compliance: Maintain a high standard of business ethics and safety in alignment with corporate guidelines.

Who You Are

• Experienced: You have 2+ years of experience in a similar accounting role, ideally within a manufacturing environment
• Analytical: You possess strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills; you don't just see the data, you see the story behind it.
• Organized: You are detail-oriented and highly organized, with a proven ability to prioritize multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
• A Strong Communicator: You are comfortable working across various teams and feel at home in a dynamic plant environment.
• Growth-Minded: You are ethical, dependable, and highly motivated to continuously learn and advance your career.

Qualifications & Technical Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (or equivalent professional experience).
• Software: High proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, complex formulas, and light macros). Experience with SAP is highly preferred.
• Efficiency: Ability to type a minimum of 40 WPM and manage digital communication (Outlook) effectively.
• Safety & Presence: Ability to work in a fast-paced environment requiring safety gear (glasses, ear protection, and steel-toed shoes) and flexibility for occasional short-notice overtime or weekend work.
• Soft Skills: A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, autonomous environment and can juggle multiple high-priority projects with ease.

Physical & Schedule Requirements

• Comfortable working in a dynamic manufacturing environment (safety gear provided: glasses, ear protection, and steel-toed shoes).
• Flexibility to accommodate short-notice overtime or weekend work to meet critical month-end or project deadlines.

Why work with us?

We offer a fast-paced environment where your contributions are visible, your professional growth is prioritized, and your path to leadership is clearly defined.

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Qualifications

Pratt Industries is America’s 5th largest paper and packaging company with more than 7,500 highly skilled employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than a dozen states. The company operates three of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by “harvesting the urban forest."

Pratt Industries offers competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities, full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA, All State, Pre-Paid Legal, and 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

Pratt Industries provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.