May 2, 2005
GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY

Note: This particular opening is in our corporate office in York, but we will be hiring the same type of position in various plants throughout the US

Graham Packaging Company, L.P. is a $2 billion company with 90 plants worldwide. Graham manufactures plastic bottles and separates itself into 4 business units based off of the type of products: 1) Food & Beverage (juices, sport drinks, ketchup, etc), 2) Household (laundry detergent), 3) Automotive (oil containers), and 4) Specialty. This position is within the Food and Beverage division which is about half of the company and where most of the future growth opportunity is.  Food and Beverage's major customers are PepsiCo (Gatorade, Tropicana, Season's Best, etc), Coke, HJ Heinz, Ocean Spray, Kraft, Welch's, Miller Brewing, etc.

Graham Packaging is located in York, PA - 2401 Pleasant Valley Road.
For further company information visit the website at http://www.grahampackaging.com

Job Opening:    Plant Accountant - Food and Beverage Division
Monthly responsibilities include - month end financial statement preparation, balance sheet review and reconciliation, variance analysis, plant forecasting, product costing maintenance, plant support, and business unit support.

Budget process responsibilities include - coordination of plant budget development between the F&B business unit and finance department, verification of plant data, uploading budget information into the appropriate financial information systems, and standard cost development.

Financial responsibility of the tasks above is for approximately 4 plants in the Northeast US region.  This position is at the corporate office.

Other requirements:
BA/BS in Accounting is required
Microsoft Excel and excellent communication skills are required
Travel is minimal - less than 5%

Inquiries for this position please contact Travis Peters - contact information shown below:

Travis Peters, CPA
Food & Beverage PET Assistant Controller
Graham Packaging Company LP
2401 Pleasant Valley Road
York, PA 17402
phone:  (717) 849 8629
fax: (717) 771 3245
email:  travis.peters@grahampackaging.com