Dayka & Hackett LLC is a leading grower/shipper/importer of fresh fruit to North American supermarkets and club stores. The company specializes in table grapes, tree fruit, mangoes, kiwi, apples, pears, and citrus. Products are sourced globally. Dayka & Hackett LLC maintains offices in Camden, NJ, Nogales, AZ, and its headquarters in Reedley, CA.
Dayka & Hackett and its members include farmers, packers, shippers and marketers; we are truly a vertically integrated farming, shipping and sales organization. We source product globally from such fertile growing areas as California, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Spain, and New Zealand. Dayka & Hackett will ship more than 10 million cartons of fresh fruit including table grapes, peaches, plums, nectarines, kiwi, apples, pears and citrus.
Job Description: The Grower Accounting Assistant will work closely with our grower accounting team to ensure grower satisfaction, loyalty and repeat business. Helping to develop a deep and thorough understanding of the accounting process.
Job Duties:
- Support import and domestic Grower Accounting Team through overall vendor and grower management
- Request and review vendor aging reports
- Enter import and domestic bills, which include cartage, cold storage, custom brokerage, expediting, fumigation, inspection, survey, terminal, USDA, cold storage, contractors freight and materials.
- Must understand how to read invoices and determine where costs should be allocated.
- Track and bill materials and labels
- Coordinate complete and accurate billing with Grower Accountants
- Ensure sign-off sheets from salespeople are completed and accurate
- Organize material invoice copies for grower files
- Must be able to process invoices quickly and make decisions in a timely manner
- Create lot and grower folders
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience in accounting
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel)
- Ability to apply basic math concepts (e.g., fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions)
- Punctual, reliable, positive attitude.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal/teamwork skills required
- Superior organization, planning, multitasking and prioritizing skills
- Excels at operating in a fast-paced environment
- Willingness to assume additional responsibilities or projects when time permits.
- Famous Software knowledge, a plus.
Compensation:
- Competitive pay
- Company paid medical and dental insurance
- Vacation and paid time off
- 401(k) programs with employer contribution
- Bonus plan
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- accounting: 2 years (Required)
- Famous Software: 2 years (Preferred)