Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Founded in 1954, Vibrant Ingredients is committed to providing innovative clean label solutions that naturally provide exceptional food protection, flavor, color and texture for a variety of applications, including processed and cured meat, beverages, plant-based alternatives, health and wellness, culinary, and pet nutrition. Vibrant Ingredients believes in improving the food and beverages we eat and drink with ingredients from nature that work.

About the role :

We are a trusted partner to our customers when it comes to innovation and an industry leader in clean label ingredients, we are a true partner. We collaborate with our customers in ways that respect people and the environment. A commitment to Real. Simple. Better™ drives our innovation team to discover new, on trend solutions.

As an Accountant , you will play a key role in centralizing and executing company-wide banking transactions and reconciliations. This role ensures accuracy, compliance, and efficiency in processing vendor, payroll, tax, and intercompany payments across multiple business units. You will oversee daily payment operations, support automation initiatives, and help establish scalable processes making a direct impact on Vibrant Ingredients financial health and growth.

How will you contribute :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Essential job functions and duties include, but are not limited to :

• Execute and monitor all outgoing payments including vendor, intercompany, payroll, and tax disbursements.
• Validate and reconcile payment requests from Accounts Payable, Payroll, and business units.
• Support Treasury in cash forecasting, working capital requirements, and optimizing DPO.
• Provide daily cash visibility by reconciling outgoing payments with Treasury’s cash position.
• Monitor and review expense reports and corporate card transactions during month-end close.
• Support process improvement and automation of AR / AP operations across business units.
• Standardize payment processes and develop procedures to ensure accuracy and compliance

Minimum Requirements / Qualifications :

Work Environment :

What Vibrant Ingredients can offer you :

More about us :

Vibrant Ingredients, headquartered in Lake Mary, FL, is one of the world's leading independent providers of natural ingredients. With a legacy spanning over 70 years, we deliver a diverse portfolio of clean label ingredients and innovative system solutions to the food and beverage industry. Our commitment to quality and performance is reflected in our American-made products, which enhance both taste and functionality. Backed by advanced manufacturing capabilities, we specialize in fermentation, patented cold brew extraction, custom flavor development, and a range of drying and blending technologies. Operating from four state-of-the-art facilities strategically located across the U.S., we ensure the accessibility of real, high-quality ingredients—helping our customers create better-for-you food and beverage for consumers.

"Improving the food and beverages consumed by providing real ingredients from nature that work."

This position is currently classified as on-site.

Employees are eligible to participate in Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Holidays, Vacation, Tuition Reimbursement Program.

The final salary offered for this position may take into account a number of factors including, but not limited to, location, skills, education, and experience.

The Company reserves the right to modify, update, change and / or make corrections to this job description, at the sole discretion of senior management, at any time during the employee’s employment term, at the sole discretion of management.

EEO Statement

Vibrant Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Vibrant Ingredients will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Vibrant Ingredients in advance.