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Are you an experienced manufacturing accountant looking to lead high-impact financial operations and build a collaborative, results-driven team? Silgan Containers, North America’s leading producer of metal food packaging, is hiring a Manager of Operations Accounting to lead plant finance activities, cost analysis, and strategic operations support. About the Role: As Silgan Container’s Manager of Operations Accounting, you will be entirely onsite in Brookfield, WI. You’ll be responsible for overseeing the financial reporting of plant operations, including cost accounting, inventory control, and variance analysis. You'll lead a collaborative team and serve as a key liaison between our corporate finance, plant accounting, and operations leadership teams. This role is critical in ensuring accurate month end closes, driving consistency across our plants, and supporting best in-class reporting for manufacturing performance. Why Join Silgan? Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness benefits. Access to virtual healthcare through our telemedicine program. Optional wellness programs, including pet insurance and chronic condition support. 401k retirement savings plan with a 6 percent dollar for dollar employer match. 15 paid vacation days and 10 holidays annually. Tuition assistance and career development opportunities. A stable, inclusive, and purpose driven workplace in a thriving industry. What You’ll Do: Lead and develop a high performing operations accounting team, foster collaboration, and promote continuous improvement. Own the month end close process for plant operations, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance reporting. The Manager of Accounting Operations analyzes overhead, manufacturing, and inventory variances and prepares purchase price variance reports. Partner with plant personnel to support inventory costing, job closures, and physical inventory execution. Support compliance with internal controls and SOX requirements and champion process improvements. Coordinate with internal and external auditors and cross functional stakeholders such as Operations, Procurement, and IT Maintain and update standard operating procedures to ensure alignment across multiple manufacturing sites. What You Bring: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Master’s, or CPA preferred. 5 +years of accounting or related experience in a manufacturing environment. 3+ years of experience cost accounting. 1 + year of management or supervisory experience. The Manager of Accounting Operations brings a deep knowledge of standard cost systems, inventory accounting, and variance analysis. Experience with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne or similar ERP systems. Proven ability in Excel to build reconciliations, automate reports using pivot tables and lookup functions, analyze variances across data sets, and create templates that support journal entries and monthly plant-level reporting. Maintain effective internal controls over accounting processes, cut‑off discipline and ensure accurate posting timeliness at month‑end. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present complex accounting information to cross-functional teams, plant leaders, and auditors. Builds collaborative relationships and serves as a trusted financial partner to operations Comfortable working in a multi-site manufacturing environment and getting into the operational details. Review and analyze key accounts. Maintain general and subsidiary ledgers pertaining to assigned areas of responsibility. Assist with other projects as needed. Why Silgan Containers? As North America’s leading producer of metal food packaging, we support many of the world’s most trusted brands. We’re driving innovation and sustainability and building a people first culture rooted in our values. From using more recycled materials to investing in renewable energy and modern processes, we’re rethinking how food packaging is made and how we grow the teams behind it. Ready to take the next step in your accounting career as the Manager of Operations Accounting? Apply now and bring your skills to a company that builds more than just containers — we build careers. LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws. Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis. Silgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of a disability, which would not prevent the performance of essential job duties with, or without reasonable accommodation of any other protective status. Silgan is a drug-free workplace. This page is specific to Silgan Containers, Silgan Closures, Silgan Plastics, Silgan Plastics Food Containers and Silgan Specialty packaging. If you are interested in exploring opportunities with our Silgan Dispensing division, please click here Job Aid on How to Apply We are a leading worldwide manufacturer of dispensing and specialty closures for food, beverage, health care, garden, home, personal care, fragrance and beauty products. We are also a leading manufacturer of metal containers in North America and Europe, and we are the largest manufacturer of metal food containers in North America with a unit volume market share in the United States in 2021 of slightly more than half of the market. Additionally, we are a leading manufacturer of custom designed plastic containers in North America for a variety of markets, including the personal care, food, health care and household and industrial chemical markets. 
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silgancontainers
Brookfield Center, United States of America
Manager of Operations Accounting.
REMOTEFINANCE & LEGAL
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