Cost Accountant - Laurinburg, NC

Champion Homes•Laurinburg, NC

21h

About The Position

Champion Home Builder, Inc wants YOU! We are seeking to hire a Full-Time Cost Accountant to join our team in the Laurinburg, NC region. WHO IS CHAMPION HOME BUILDER, INC? For decades, Champion has served as a leader in the manufactured housing industry and one of the largest mobile and modular home builders in North America. Champion offers many factory-built solutions, from single-family and multi-family homes to commercial and government buildings. Our manufactured homes, modular homes, mobile homes, park models, and commercial modular buildings can be found throughout the United States and western Canada. Throughout the organization, we act with integrity and respect. We take pride in our craftsmanship and build strong relationships with our customers, suppliers, and our employees. We know that we would not be successful without our team. In return for hard work and dedication, our goal is to provide a safe, productive, and enjoyable workplace for every employee. Summary: Manages product costing and margin analysis for several brands of manufactured houses including options. Determines costing impact of product modifications and customizations. Provides costing estimates and maintains master model and option price files for quotation purposes of new business. Manages home configuration and standard costing systems.

Requirements

Must have leadership and organizational skills with the drive to excel and perform at the next level.
Must be able to exercise independent judgement or adopt or modify methods and standards to meet assigned duties/objectives.
Must be able to research and problem solve, devise solutions and recommendations, and report on findings.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as square and lineal footages, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume, as it pertains to costing.
Must have advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and a minimum of 2 years related experience preferred.
Accounting and Costing experience in a manufacturing industry preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Navision or other ERP systems is a plus.
Manufactured housing or construction industry knowledge helpful.

Responsibilities

Maintains cost in Navision ERP system, creating bills of material for models and options, updating bills by exchanging new items being purchased for old items made obsolete, to provide accurate margin information for use by the General Manager and Controller for pricing decisions.
Local Navision system maintenance (running system update programs, working with corporate office to implement updates or problem resolution, training others).
Production floor audits of bills of material for models and options to verify and update Navision bills for as-built items and quantities.
Maintenance of standard construction specifications for each brand.
Approving all job orders prior to production.
Interacts with other departments including Sales, Engineering, Materials, and Production.
Track commodity costs to monitor the need to initiate or increase material surcharges.
Ensures maintenance remains up to date to provide current margin information for models and options used to determine price adjustments.
Maintains all models, options, and Navision price files with approved prices for quoting.
Assists with the quarterly physical inventory count and valuation.
Maintains standard costing system and manages purchase price variances.
Assists controller with accounting as it relates to inventories (raw, WIP, finished goods, and cost-of-goods sold, valuations and reserves).
Other duties as assigned by manager.