Cost Accountant

Champion Homes•Ocala, FL

About The Position

Champion Home Builders, Inc. is seeking a Cost Accountant to join its team in the Ocala, Florida region. The role manages product costing and margin analysis for multiple brands of manufactured homes, including options. It determines the costing impact of product modifications and customizations, prepares costing estimates, and maintains master model and option price files for new-business quotations. The position also manages home configuration and standard costing systems. The Cost Accountant works with Sales, Engineering, Materials, and Production and provides current, accurate costing and margin information to support pricing decisions. The position assists with inventory counts, valuation, and related accounting. Champion describes its workplace as focused on integrity, respect, craftsmanship, strong relationships, and providing a safe, productive, and enjoyable environment for employees.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a minimum of 2 years of related experience preferred.
Leadership and organizational skills, with the drive to excel and perform at the next level.
Ability to exercise independent judgment or adapt or modify methods and standards to meet assigned duties and objectives.
Ability to research and solve problems, develop solutions and recommendations, and report findings.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as square and lineal footage, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume as they relate to costing.
Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Nice To Haves

Accounting and costing experience in a manufacturing industry preferred.
Experience with Navision or other ERP systems is a plus.
Knowledge of the manufactured housing or construction industry is helpful.

Responsibilities

Maintain costs in the Navision ERP system, including creating bills of material for models and options and updating them when purchased items change or become obsolete.
Maintain the local Navision system by running update programs, coordinating updates and problem resolution with the corporate office, and training others.
Audit bills of material on the production floor and update Navision records to reflect as-built items and quantities.
Maintain standard construction specifications for each brand.
Approve all job orders before production.
Work with Sales, Engineering, Materials, and Production departments.
Track commodity costs and monitor whether material surcharges need to be initiated or increased.
Keep costing information current to support margin analysis and price adjustments for models and options.
Maintain models, options, and Navision price files with approved prices for quotations.
Assist with quarterly physical inventory counts and valuation.
Maintain the standard costing system and manage purchase price variances.
Assist the Controller with accounting related to raw-material, work-in-process, and finished-goods inventories, as well as cost-of-goods-sold valuations and reserves.