Cost Accountant II

Amerequip • Kiel, WI

12d

About The Position

The Cost Accountant II will partner with operations teams on a day-to-day basis, providing support for projects, developing metrics, and generating ad hoc reports. This role involves analyzing the cost of goods sold (COGS), labor, raw materials, and overhead costs to create standard cost models. Responsibilities include validating costing after product design changes, identifying and explaining monthly manufacturing variances to management, and developing/maintaining weekly scorecards to drive performance improvement. The position also assists with and owns forecasting and annual budgeting processes for material and direct labor costs, and supports journal entries, reconciliations, and cost accounting close activities. Additionally, the Cost Accountant II will assist with various ad-hoc projects and analysis as needed.

Requirements

• Cost accounting experience
• Experience with COGS, labor, raw materials, and overhead costs analysis
• Experience developing standard cost models
• Experience validating costing after product design changes
• Experience identifying and explaining manufacturing variances
• Experience developing and maintaining performance scorecards
• Experience with forecasting and annual budgeting processes
• Experience with journal entries, reconciliations, and cost accounting close activities
• Experience with ad-hoc projects and analysis

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day partnering with operations teams, including project support, development of metrics and ad hoc reporting.
• Analyze cost of goods sold (COGS), labor, raw materials, and overhead costs to develop standard cost models.
• Validate costing after product design changes.
• Identify and explain monthly manufacturing variances to management.
• Develop and maintain weekly scorecards to drive performance improvement.
• Assist and own various forecasting and annual budgeting processes for material and direct labor costs.
• Assist with journal entries, reconciliations, and cost accounting close activities.
• Assists with various ad-hoc projects and analysis as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed