Cost Accounting Senior Analyst

Hillenbrand•Wytheville, VA

About The Position

Coperion is a global industry and technology leader in process technology serving a variety of end markets, including plastics, plastics recycling, food, pet food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, chemical, battery, and mineral industries. Every day, our teams of experts create individual, high-quality process technologies and systems optimized for the best end products, highest efficiency, and sustainability. Coperion is a business unit of Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand is a global industrial company that provides highly engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

Cost Data Management & Reporting
Work Order Management
Fixed Assets & Inventory Verification
Cost Analysis & Variance Review
Standard Costing & Changes Monitoring
Operational & Productivity Analysis
Collaboration & Issue Resolution
Approval & Data Validation

Responsibilities

Prepare annual cost roll, purchase price variance reports, and timely daily cost rolls of parts.
Analyze aged WIP and inventory items.
Review daily and monthly costing reports.
Open, close, and update status on various work orders (production, engineering, proposals, projects).
Ensure accuracy in work order data and timelines.
Conduct physical verification of fixed assets.
Analyze inventory fluctuations and aged inventory/WIP items monthly.
Conduct detailed variance analysis including manufacturing work order efficiency, PPV by material group, shipping costs, labor burden, and work center/material overhead utilization.
Review and approve changes to standard costs, monitor ongoing modifications, and ensure accuracy across groups and suppliers.
Review work center utilization, analyze deviations in efficiency, and identify main reasons for missed budgets or variances.
Assist AP with invoice/payment issues.
Communicate concerns to buyers.
Participate in weekly meetings.
Review, approve RFPs over $500.
Ensure accuracy of data supporting COGS, inventory, and financial trends from profit/loss reports.