Cost Accounting Manager
About The Position
The Cost Accounting Manager manages a team of Cost Accounting professionals and applies accounting principles to reconcile and analyze financial and cost accounting information. The role assists with preparing and reviewing financial data and provides manufacturing and cost accounting reports to support management review and decision-making. It requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills and initiative. The position oversees accounting data integrity, monthly journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, inventory variance analysis, cost accounting projects, reporting processes, physical inventory observations, month-end reporting, and operational business partnering. It also supervises general ledger and cost-account maintenance, bill of materials processes, material cost changes, and Oracle and Avante report maintenance and development.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
- 5–7 years of experience and familiarity with basic and advanced accounting principles.
- 5 years of supervisory cost experience required.
- Competent in general math calculations.
- Highly proficient in Excel and other reporting tools.
- Articulate and effective communicator who works well in a team environment.
- Logical, proactive approach to work, with a calm and organized manner.
- Independent thinker who is detail-oriented and has strong analytical skills and the ability to make reasonable assessments.
Nice To Haves
- MS or MBA preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage the Cost Accounting team.
- Review and analyze accounting information to identify and correct issues and maintain the integrity of accounting data and structure.
- Review and approve monthly journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Provide monthly inventory variance analysis.
- Identify, coordinate, and review cost accounting projects, including pricing and margin analysis, customer, market, and product profitability, and data warehouse integrity and reporting.
- Develop and implement reporting and analysis processes to provide accurate information.
- Organize and coordinate annual physical inventory observations across multiple facilities.
- Research and assist management with analysis and other financial or cost-related projects.
- Process month-end internal and corporate reporting and distribute it to management.
- Partner with Operations.
- Review, analyze, and supervise part component and bill of materials entry and maintenance; recommend changes when necessary.
- Coordinate and direct material cost changes and maintain monthly accounting records for proper market cost valuation of commodities and raw material inventory.
- Direct and supervise general ledger, financial reporting, and cost account code entry and maintenance.
- Initiate new account codes or structures to improve data and reporting accuracy.
- Direct and supervise maintenance of Oracle and Avante report programs and creation of new reports.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
