Senior Cost Accountant
About The Position
The Senior Cost Accountant is primarily responsible for executing month-end and year-end closing processes, conducting detailed account and financial-result analyses, researching and resolving issues, and ensuring adherence to accounting policies and procedures. The role requires well-developed accounting, business analysis, and process-improvement skills. The position leads monthly and quarterly cost-accounting activities, product costing and cost-request initiatives, and supports annual inventory standard-cost and labor and overhead rate reviews. It analyzes inventory-related general ledger reconciliations and results, provides detailed findings to management and business partners, and helps operating plants resolve accounting issues. The role also contributes to financial reporting, company-wide accounting policies and procedures, and coordination across internal departments to meet accounting and company objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting.
- Three years of related experience and/or training.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Experience with ERP systems is required.
Nice To Haves
- CPA or CMA license, or candidacy for one.
- Manufacturing experience.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX2012.
- Experience with Power BI.
Responsibilities
- Lead monthly and quarterly accounting activities within cost accounting.
- Prepare costing and analyses for new products and work with project teams to provide metrics for product-development decisions.
- Lead costing-request initiatives, including auditing costs, bills of materials, and routes.
- Support the annual review of inventory standard costs and prepare the annual review of labor and overhead rates in coordination with operations finance.
- Analyze month-end results and inventory-related general ledger account reconciliations, and provide detailed analysis to management and business partners.
- Review, analyze, and explain financial reports to support management decision-making.
- Assist in preparing monthly and quarterly financial packages for analysis and review.
- Monitor adherence to corporate policies and processes, and help operating plants resolve accounting issues.
- Assist in developing and monitoring company-wide accounting policies and procedures related to inventory and standard costing.
- Coordinate with internal departments to complete accounting objectives and other company goals.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
