Senior Cost Accountant

Döhler GmbH • Cartersville, GA

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About The Position

The Senior Cost Accountant directs product costing, product manufacturing analysis, cost center spend analysis, and contribution margin analysis. The role provides recommendations to senior management in support of Company goals. It leads plant yield monitoring and improvement using the Doehler Analytics Hub (DAH), performs product-costing month-end close activities, and develops and maintains standard costs for finished goods and production components in a worldwide SAP system. The position also supports manufacturing cost and inventory valuation controls, operational improvements, financial analysis, and annual audit activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience computing and maintaining product costing and product margins.
• Motivation and initiative to take ownership, set business goals, and drive results.
• A sense of urgency in business matters.
• Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with a strong customer focus.
• Ability to work independently and interface with relevant internal teams and external business partners.
• Demonstrated understanding of relational data and using analytics to drive solutions.
• Experience documenting process flows and driving process improvements.
• Comfort working in a fluid environment and adjusting to new information and developments in day-to-day and large-scale activities.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead oversight of plant yield results in the Doehler Analytics Hub (DAH) and direct activities to improve yields by production line or product type throughout the month.
• Perform month-end close activities related to product costing.
• Prepare cost estimates for new and proposed products or services.
• Develop and maintain standard costs for finished goods and production components in the worldwide SAP system; manage tariff calculations and rates, annual rolling of cost standards, and periodic cost rolls or updates.
• Analyze the cost effects of changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services; analyze actual production costs and prepare periodic comparisons of standard and actual costs.
• Recommend cost efficiencies in new product layouts.
• Analyze available control KPIs, identify trends and target-versus-actual deviations, propose additional KPIs, and derive and manage optimization measures. KPIs include yields, OEE%, production volumes, and accuracies in DAH.
• Provide management reports comparing factors that affect product or service prices and profitability.
• Maintain and improve processes and controls related to manufacturing cost and inventory valuation.
• Ensure SAP validity and accuracy through analysis, internal audit, and coordination with inventory control, production, and work order processing.
• Assist in developing and documenting policies and procedures, including system requirements and internal controls.
• Prepare financial analyses related to manufacturing costs, material revaluations, and expenses to support decision-making.
• Represent Finance/Accounting on teams focused on operational improvement and cost reduction.
• Assist with the annual audit in areas of responsibility.

Benefits

• Flexible development opportunities across departments and a global team.
• Opportunities to broaden skills, discover strengths, and shape a career path.
• An entrepreneurial, impact-driven environment that empowers employees to take ownership and share ideas.
• Work with an international team and collaborate across cultures and perspectives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior