Job Description
The Cost Accountant is responsible for ensuring accurate product costing, analyzing variances, maintaining inventory policies, and supporting manufacturing operations through financial reporting and system expertise in a global manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain accurate product costing and refine costing methodologies.
- Prepare and deliver timely financial reports on purchase price variances, manufacturing variances, and inventory adjustments.
- Oversee inventory policies, including cycle counts and scrap management, ensuring compliance with corporate controls.
- Analyze purchase price and manufacturing variances to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
- Act as a subject-matter expert on the ERP system Epicor related to product costing and support foreign site cost accountants.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience as a Cost Accountant in a multi-entity manufacturing environment.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is preferred; however, direct experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing setting will be considered.
- Proficiency in managing and maintaining precise product costing, refining costing methodologies, and overseeing inventory policies across global sites.
- Ability to deliver accurate and timely financial reports on Purchase Price Variance, Manufacturing Variances, and Inventory Adjustments, including scrap, during weekly and month-end closings.
- Experience in maintaining and enhancing costing methodologies to keep pace with changes in manufacturing processes.
- Ability to uphold strict corporate controls on costing, inventory cycle counts, and scrap management.
- Experience conducting thorough analyses on purchase price variances and manufacturing variances to identify root causes and implement corrective actions in collaboration with Supply Chain and Operations teams.
- Knowledge of and ability to ensure compliance with corporate inventory cycle count policies.
- Subject-matter expertise in ERP systems, specifically Epicor, focusing on product costing, and providing assistance to Cost Accountants at foreign sites.
- Proactive, energetic, and inquisitive individual who is comfortable being hands-on.
- Excellent multitasking skills to meet various time commitments.
- Proven ability to communicate financial information effectively to non-financial personnel.
- Ability to work well across all levels of the organization as a team player.
Benefits & Perks
Salary Range: 105,000-110,000
Work environment perks: collaborative and proactive work culture
Additional benefits: opportunities to work on global manufacturing operations, involvement in projects, and potential for career growth in cost accounting within manufacturing
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