Plant Accountant

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

The Plant Accountant takes a leading role in branch accounting work, ensuring the accuracy of financial statements in compliance with accounting standards, Corporate policies and procedures, internal controls, and local statutory and US GAAP requirements. Duties include maintaining the accuracy of the general ledger and related financial statements, coordinating relevant aspects of the financial close process, performing account reconciliations and analysis to verify accuracy, journal entries, completing and issuing Corporate reporting, liaising with Corporate functions, maintaining relevant internal controls, addressing audit requirements, and processing and reporting to meet local and Corporate tax requirements. This role will also provide first-level support to Administrator staff.

Duties:

• Perform branch accounting activities and take a leading role in the financial close process - journal entries, reconciliations, review, approvals, controls, reports, etc.
• Complete Corporate reporting requirements as needed (ongoing and ad hoc).
• Ensure financial statement compliance with Corporate and regulatory accounting requirements.
• Perform local tax accounting and reporting requirements.
• Maintain relevant controls and address internal and external audit requirements.
• Respond to ad hoc requests and report requirements as needed.

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary degree from an accredited University in Accounting, Finance, Business or related; Professional designation (CMA, CPA) preferred
• 1+ years of finance and accounting experience in a manufacturing environment (automotive preferred)
• Demonstrated understanding and application of accounting concepts and US GAAP
• Experience leading financial close processes and issuing financial statements
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize work
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal, demonstrated leadership abilities

What to Do Next:

Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available. If you require assistance completing an application, please contact our team at careers@leggett.com

Our Values:

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You:

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!

We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO APPLICANTS:

Regarding Equal Employment / Equal Access

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, and all its Canadian affiliates value the diversity of skills, knowledge, and perspectives our employees bring to our workplace. We believe the presence in our workforce of individuals with characteristics protected under local human rights legislation, including but not limited to females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans, persons from all faiths and national origins and of all colors reward us with greater talent, new ideas and unique perspectives.

It is therefore our policy to recruit, hire, promote, transfer, administer benefits and handle all other conditions of employment in a non-discriminatory manner without discrimination regarding any protected status under local human rights legislation. Our Chief Executive Officer has requested that all of our employees make equal opportunity a priority.

We are committed to workplace accessibility and accommodation of persons with disabilities. Should you have any need for accommodation at any stage of the hiring or recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to provide appropriate accommodation or address any accessibility-related needs. This information will be handled as confidentially as practical. You are welcome to contact a member of our Corporate Employee Relations staff at 417-358-8131 if you need assistance to apply, wish to discuss an accommodation, or have questions about this notice.