OFFICE TENDER ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR

Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with primary seafood processing operations and fleet support in twelve Alaska communities. Trident's global operations produce finished wild Alaska seafood products in 6 countries and its sales teams serve customers in over 50 countries. Trident employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide each year and partners with over 5,400 independent fishermen and crewmembers. Species harvested and processed by Trident include virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also includes cultured and wild species from a network of trusted sources worldwide.

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Overview: The Alaska Operations Office / Tender Accounting Supervisor will be responsible for overseeing various financial and administrative tasks essential to the operational core of Trident Seafoods. This position encompasses a wide array of responsibilities requiring meticulous attention to detail, effective communication with internal and external stakeholders, and proficiency in financial analysis and reporting. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in accounting or finance, exhibit excellent organizational skills, and demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively within a team environment. This position reports to the Sr Manager of Fisherman Commerce and plays a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of contractual partnerships with our tenders and fleet, financial records, and compliance with administrative business regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Tender Fleet Accounting: Owns financial transactional activity, accounting, and reconciliation specific to tender vessels including loan maintenance, settlements, fish purchases, taxes, fees, contract verification, etc.
• Fish Purchases/Government Reporting: Ensure timely and accurate reporting and accounting of fish purchases via defined government processes and cadence.
• Rotational Onsite Leadership: Serves as the back up Office Manager during rotation - Leading and managing a team, fostering a positive work culture, maximizing efficiency, and effectively managing day-to-day office operations to achieve departmental goals and objectives.
  • Account Receivables: Administration and monitoring of outstanding balances owed for products, or services. This entails invoicing, recording payments, pursuing overdue accounts, and discrepancy reconciliation ensuring prompt payments.
  • Manufacturing Reporting/Shipments: Leads a qualified team to ensure timely and accurate flow of manufacturing data to key business stakeholders. Responsible for ensuring accurate daily reporting of production and product shipments from local shop floor system into SAP S/4 HANA .
  • Inventory Management: Conduct month-end physical fuel and store inventories, reconciling with plant use and valuations. Reconcile store and fuel inventory accounts, ensuring accuracy in point-of-sale cumulative totals.
  • Petty Cash Management: Conduct physical cash counts and reconcile with petty cash account balances. Prepare and send documentation, including petty cash count sheets, logs, and receipts to the plant controller. Identify and review discrepancies with accounting management for resolution.
  • Financial and Transactional Reconciliation
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to buying, selling, financial transactions, price adjustments, tax information, and risk management.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with internal departments including finance, operations, fleet experience, supply chain, IT, global logistics, and sales to ensure seamless coordination and communication between teams.
• Establish strong working relationships with key stakeholders to understand their needs and address operational challenges.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members to ensure professional development and growth.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements to drive innovation within the operations function.
• Other duties as assigned.

This is a salaried exempt position with an annualized salary range of $90k to $110k.

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, long-term disability, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, paid time off, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave. For full-time employees, the initial paid time off benefit starts at 20 days per year, adjusted commensurate with relevant experience. Commuter and transit programs are also available.

Required:

• CPA or 8+ years of account management experience, financial month end processes, preferably within the Alaska fishing industry.
• 3+ years' experience working within ERP systems (experience with SAP Fiori strongly preferred).

Preferred:

• Experience with, NorthScope or Catch Manager software, Square POS strongly preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of the seafood processing industry, particularly in Alaska or similarly challenging environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success in process optimization and performance improvement.
• Experience in budget development and management.
• Proficiency in accounting principles and practices.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant industry regulations and best practices.

***Travel Expectations***

• This position requires travel to company site in our Alaska Operation within the assigned region.
• Travel expectations will vary depending on business needs, however, candidates should anticipate spending time in Alaska.
• The totaltravel engagement may be up to 3 months with an exclusive PTO benefit for up to 1 month offsite when in Alaska and or during the season.
• Employees are encouraged to schedule their vacation time in consultation with their regional managers and in consideration of project timelines and business needs within the alignment of company vacation policies and regulations.

Work authorizations:

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship