Senior Plant Cost Accountant
About The Position
The Senior Plant Cost Accountant role requires a strong manufacturing and finance background and the ability to harness this knowledge to navigate complex business issues in a multi-plant environment. Willingness to dive deep into the details while keeping an eye on the bigger picture will be critical to find creative solutions and providing insights to the Company’s leadership and business partners. Working for the Regional Controller and Operations Controller, as well as working with other cross-functional leadership and team members in the areas of accounting, inventory, costing, standards, variance reporting, and margin improvement to develop processes and tools to improve data for decision making. Processes and tools should be implemented consistently across all locations and functions to allow for individual location reporting as well as seamless consolidations. This is an onsite/hybrid role based in our Reno, NV plant.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 3-7 years in accounting / month-end close, cost accounting, or operations finance
- Experience in multi-plant environments and ERP costing.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to influence cross-functional leaders.
Nice To Haves
- CPA/CMA preferred
Responsibilities
- Inventory & Costing Work with Operations teams to recommend standards to allow accurate measurement of cost drivers as well as profitability
- Perform periodic cost reviews to update labor/overhead rate assumptions
- Complete inventory reporting and reconciliation for raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
- Review job costing / completed jobs to ensure proper inventory valuation
- Monitor cycle count and physical inventory programs; ensure strong internal controls across warehouses and production facilities
- Monitor slow-moving, obsolete, and excess inventory; partner with Operations to reduce scrap and waste
- Variance Analysis & Reporting Monitor and analyze margin and cost variances (material usage, purchase price, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, scrap, yield, and run rates)
- Analyze material, labor, and overhead budget variances and provide insights to plant leadership to drive accountability and improvement
- Prepare daily/weekly/monthly operational dashboards (OEE, yield, scrap, labor, productivity, waste, etc.)
- Prepare monthly cost accounting close, journal entries, variance explanations, and inventory reserve calculations
- Assist with monthly results commentary as it relates to operations performance
- Month End Close Assist Regional Controller with month-end closing task, including account reconciliations and journal entries
- Compliance & Audit Assist Regional Controller and Corporate Controller on facilitating external audits by coordinating physical inventory counts and working with the audit team as needed.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and company accounting policies
- Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivables Assist as a back-up for accounts payable and accounts receivable functions, including: AP- > processing vendor invoices, check runs, vendor management AR -> invoicing, cash application, and customer management
- Capital Work with the Regional Controller and plant leadership to prepare capital requests and spending justification
Benefits
- participation in our bonus program
- group health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k plan
- paid time off
- paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
