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Schumacher

Designs fabrics and furnishings for interiors

Assistant Plant Controller/Senior Cost Accountant - Paramount Prints

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Passaic, NJ, USA
In Person
AccountingCost & Management Accounting

About the job

Requirements
  • Requires 4–6 years of experience in manufacturing or cost accounting, with exposure to inventory and receipts-not-vouchered processes.
  • Requires working knowledge of inventory accounting, standard costing, and goods receipt reconciliation.
  • Requires working proficiency in an enterprise resource planning system such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite, including tracing discrepancies within it.
  • Requires strong Excel skills.
  • Requires a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
  • Must be able to explain financial information clearly to non-finance partners and build working relationships on the production floor.
Responsibilities
  • Work with the Director of Production Planning and production team, providing analysis on throughput, labor utilization, and efficiency key performance indicators.
  • Run the division's month-end close, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and generally accepted accounting principles-compliant financial statements.
  • Prepare variance analysis on standard costs and manufacturing efficiency.
  • Support inventory integrity by performing cycle count reconciliations, helping maintain raw material and finished goods valuation, and investigating and resolving receipts-not-vouchered issues so the profit and loss reflects actual operating costs.
  • Develop processes and implement controls, including running time studies and creating bills of materials, to give management clearer visibility into production efficiency.
  • Work alongside the accounts receivable/accounts payable associate to keep transactional processing timely and internal controls over cash and liabilities in good condition.
  • Help track the division's capital projects, including budget monitoring, authorization-for-expenditure tracking, asset capitalization, and post-completion reviews.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience guiding or training others is a plus.
  • A certified public accountant credential or progress toward one is a plus.

About the company

Schumacher designs and sells decorative fabrics, wallpaper, trim and furnishings for interior designers and architects working on homes, hotels and commercial spaces. Its collections span textiles for upholstery and window treatments as well as wall coverings, allowing designers to specify materials across a room. Products reach customers through showrooms and an online store, while custom projects support designers with requirements beyond standard collections. The business sits within F. Schumacher & Co., whose other design brands include rug specialist Patterson Flynn and paint brand Backdrop. Founded in 1889, the group is headquartered in New York.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York, NY

Founded

1889

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What believers are saying

  • Schumacher's Bozeman Account Executive lists concrete benefits: annual corporate profit sharing and 20 paid days off.
  • Schumacher's 12-month Senior Quantitative Analyst contract offers Europe-only remote work and optional New York visits.
  • Schumacher's parent has extensive design source material: its Vanoutryve archive includes over 75,000 swatches, fabrics and drawings.

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  • Schumacher's Rocky Mountain sales work requires substantial travel: its Account Executive spends approximately 50% of time traveling.
  • Schumacher's Fort Mill packing schedule includes overtime potential: the Packer works weekdays, with earlier summer hours.
  • Patterson Flynn sales involve extended projects: its Los Angeles Account Manager listing requires experience with long sales cycles.

What makes Schumacher unique

  • Schumacher's parent owns a design media outlet: FREDERIC publishes four magazine issues each year.
  • Schumacher retains physical print production: its Passaic Printing Specialist prepares screens and inks for fabric and wallpaper.
  • Schumacher's parent certifies its paint range: all paints have Green Wise and Carbon Neutral certification.

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