Cost Accountant

Cost Accountant

SUMMARY: Responsible for determining and implementing cost accounting procedures, methods, and analysis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for accurate alignment of standard cost with actual cost.
• Responsible for development and maintenance of direct labor, indirect labor, and overhead rates for each manufacturing site.
• Analyzes actual versus standard cost variances.
• Monitors inventory levels and provides value added analysis.
• Develops and implements documented processes for inventory cost updates and transfers of materials between locations.
• Provides business support for the supply chain, engineering, and manufacturing departments.
• Develops understanding of the materials purchasing process insuring proper controls and optimal costs.
• Assisting in the coordination and analysis of world-wide cycle counts.
• Assisting in the coordination and analysis of world-wide standard costing efforts.
• Continually looks to integrate technology to drive efficiencies in the costing process.
• Responsible for value added analytics to drive accountability and decision making across the entire organization.
• Responsible for monthly financial close of costing related activities, account reconciliations, and reporting and analysis of various key metrics.
• Responsible for preparing financial metrics and summary schedules in support of daily operations management sessions.
• Assist in supporting annual U.S. GAAP audits from third-party auditors.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES Requires knowledge typically acquired through:

• Completion of a Bachelors degree from a four year college or university,
• Certified Public Accounting and/or Certified Management Accountant certification a plus.
• Four to six years of experience; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience using Glovia and ManEx ERP a plus.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports and legal documents.
• Ability to use data to influence decision making; must be able to thrive in multi-location, international environment.
• Ability to support responses to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to effectively present information to various levels within the organization including top management.
• Ability to execute on both reoccurring statements of work and ambiguous tasks or projects.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to work in Excel: Pivot Tables, Lookups, and creating reports.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

[Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability/Vet]

This job may require applicant to conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITARhere.