Costing Specialist

Agropur•Appleton, WI

About The Position

The Costing Accounting Specialist will be responsible for establishing cost of goods standards in the ERP system, analyzing manufacturing costs, and evaluating the financial impact on profitability. This position will partner with several internal teams ranging from Plant Operations and Controllers to Category and Analytical Finance. Invest in you, Join Agropur. We dairy you!

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required. Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
Minimum three to five years of experience in manufacturing, finance, or costing required.
Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook and field-specific software.
Demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy in work.
Ability to apply logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of SAP is an asset.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) preferred.

Responsibilities

Support business decisions by providing cost analysis to internal clients such as Financial Category teams and plant operations for various projects and profitability analysis requests (new product launches, customer quotation, investment project etc.).
Develop management tools and perform financial monitoring, variance analysis, and explanation of key performance indicators.
Understand principles of milk payment and impacts on raw materials costs.
Collaborate with costing manager and plant controllers to ensure raw material costs are properly represented in the standard costs.
Lead the monthly costing activities including updates and validation of costing standards to ensure data integrity within SAP and financial inventory valuation.
Support the yearly cost revision activities by developing overhead activity-based costing models, guiding the manufacturing plants and controllers in establishing cost drivers used to allocate operations costs to products.
Execution of all internal controls related to costing.
Actively contributes to the design and implementation of new cost simulation tools for calculating impacts of operational changes; provide recommendations to optimize profitability.