Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Grower Accountant
Job Type: Full-Time Salary: $80,000 – $110,000 per year
Position Overview
AppleOne is recruiting a Grower Accountant to manage financial activity related to both company owned orchards and external grower accounts. This role ensures accurate cost tracking, timely grower settlements, and clear financial visibility across all farming operations. The ideal candidate brings strong agricultural accounting experience, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to partner closely with operations leadership.
Key Responsibilities
• Grower Accounting Management: Maintain detailed accounting records for internal and external growers, including crop costs, allocations, and revenue tracking.
• Crop Cost Analysis: Prepare cost-per-acre and cost-per pound analysis for figs, pistachios, almonds, and other specialty crops.
• Grower Statements & Settlements: Produce accurate monthly and annual grower statements, ensuring transparency and timely payments.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Support annual budgets, crop forecasts, and financial modeling for orchard operations.
• AP/AR Oversight: Review vendor invoices, verify coding to correct ranches/blocks, and reconcile grower receivables.
• Inventory & Harvest Accounting: Track harvest yields, processing charges, and inventory movements through packers and processors.
• Regulatory & Compliance Support: Assist with audits, crop insurance documentation, and compliance reporting.
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Work closely with farm managers, operations teams, and leadership to ensure financial accuracy and operational alignment.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Agribusiness; CPA or CMA a plus.
• 3–5+ years of agricultural accounting experience, ideally with permanent crops.
• Strong understanding of cost accounting, crop cycles, and ag specific financial workflows.
• Proficiency in Ag Accounting Systems (e.g., Famous, AgCode, Redline, or similar).
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and organizational abilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in a fast paced, privately held environment.
What Makes This Role Unique
• Direct involvement with high value specialty crops including figs, pistachios, and almonds.
• Blend of internal ranch accounting and external grower services.
• Opportunity to influence financial processes as the company continues to scale.
• Stable, long standing agricultural operation in the Central Valley.
How to Apply
• For more information on this career opportunity and a confidential conversation,
please contact Mike Marmolejo at 5 5 9 – 5 4 7 – 6 0 6 4 or email your resume
with the subject line "Grower Accountant" to m m a r m o l e j o @ a p p l e o n e . com
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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.
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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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Company Description
This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.
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