Accounting Trainee- Nestle' Purina

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (Minimum): Education:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or expected to attain by June 2014
Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA

Experience: Must be conscientious with high cognitive ability and possess initiative, responsibility, leadership potential and a strong work ethic. Must be willing to relocate to a Nestlé Purina location upon completion of the program

*PLUSES: Prior co-op or practicum experience; manufacturing experience; student organization or other leadership experience

Note: This position does not provide sponsorship for employment status (e.g. H-1B visa status). You must have the legal right to work in the United States.

LOCATIONS: Davenport, IA; Clinton, IA; Bloomfield, MO
POSITION SUMMARY:

For more than 30 years, our Management Trainee Program has developed the future leaders of our business. This program allows you to embark on a personal and professional development experience a classroom can't offer. As an Accounting Management Trainee, you'll be immersed in a highly technical and quality-driven production environment, to ensure we have the appropriate materials, inventories and compliance levels to achieve continuous improvement and manufacturing excellence. Through a well-designed rotation of our factory functions, you'll learn our operations, how they apply to accounting and how accounting interacts with other factory functions such as production, engineering management, quality assurance, supply chain, finance and human resources. Collaborating with your accounting mentor is essential to this role, as they will help you leverage your new business knowledge to execute and enhance the plant's inventory and audit processes.. Real-world application of technology, market leadership and best-in-class operations await you.

1. Produce accurate and timely departmental training reports
2. Develop a working knowledge of our Inventory Control computer systems
3. Participate in periodic inventories of raw materials and finished goods
4. Perform month-end closing functions and analysis letters
5. Participate in management meetings and functions
6. Conduct audits or compliance testing of internal controls

Following your trainee assignment, you'll have the opportunity to continue your leadership and functional development as an Accounting Assistant at one of our 20 production plants located in the U.S.

COMPANY PROFILE:
Most would say we make pet food. We say we make honest goodness - in our products, our processes, our people and our philanthropy. Others know us as a leader in the pet care industry and as a 'Best Place to Work'. We know ourselves as a wholesome family with a small-company feel, but with big opportunities at the global scale. We invest in you just as much as we invest in our ideas. If your full potential could be unleashed, what would you add to the mix? Join us in making more honest goodness.

Apply Here: https://www.nestlepurinacareers.com/career-opportunities/entry-level/accounting-trainee/