Career Opportunity—Technical Accountant—$45-$60,000 DesPlaines, IL

Wholesome Harvest Baking
a Division of Grupo Bimbo

For immediate consideration, please email resume to carolyn.wells@mapleleaf.com.  We appreciate your time and consideration of Wholesome Harvest Baking.

Career Opportunity—Technical Accountant—$45-$60,000 

Wholesome Harvest Baking is a leader in providing par-baked bread, roll & bagel programs to in-store bakers, food service users and mass merchandisers. We are poised for growth throughout North America. To support the growth, we have a highly visible position where a talented individual can have a positive impact on the organization.

As an independent business unit of Grupo Bimbo, Wholesome Harvest seeks to grow value-added bakery segments by focusing on health and well-being, and penetrating new bakery segments and channels of distribution. Wholesome Harvest Baking operates 7 bakeries and employs approximately 1,400 Associates across the United States and Canada.

Job Description

The Finance Technical Accountant will be responsible for technical accounting issues, consolidation and reporting presentation, tax related activities, legal issues, M & A activity and special projects.

Position Responsibilities

Technical Accounting

·        Manage all technical issues such as asset impairment, capital lease management, embedded derivatives and restructuring provisions.

Taxes

·        Responsible for management of all tax related information requests, assisting with and review of all tax filings, payments and true ups.

·        Coordination of tax planning with Grupo Bimbo tax planning. Responsible for managing income tax audits and employee taxable benefits and sales and use taxes.

Legal

·        Responsible for Business Unit level legal issues such as preliminary review of agreements and contracts, transfer pricing agreements and determination of contingencies.

Mergers & Acquisitions

·        Assist with any Mergers & Acquisitions activity

Other
·        Assist Accounting Manager with external audit particularly with regard to technical accounting issues

Required Competencies

·        Degree in Accounting with CPA required; MBA a plus

·        2-5 years accounting experience; work for a Public Accounting firm a definite plus

·        Managerial experience; proven ability to manage a team and to lead projects

·        Strong computer skills including Microsoft Excel proficiency, Oracle and /or Hyperion experience a plus.

Core Competencies

·        Excellent communication skills to clarify practices and ability to communicate at all levels

·        Self-starter, ability to propose and implement process improvements

·        Ability to work well with others at all levels of the organization

·        Ability to analyze, interpret and recommend changes

Our associates include people like YOU – enthusiastic, innovative, passionate and energetic. We invite you to explore our Careers to discover more about our high performance culture and how we build leaders at Wholesome Harvest Baking.