Cost Accountant

Responsibilities

• Follows all ISO standards, GMP, OSHA and plant policies and procedures
• Performs Monthly financial closing, analysis, and reporting
• Prepares General Ledger journal entries, analyzes and reviews General Ledger during month-end close
• Variance development and projection
• Aids in Annual Budget Preparation
• Maintains site’s standard costs and analyzes budget spending variances
• Analyzes labor and material variances
• Analyzes Cycle Counts and Physical Inventory results
• Supports plant departments in matters of cost, budget, and inventory control
• Prepares cost analysis and information for manufacturing purposes
• Performs monthly and quarterly account reconciliations per corporate guidelines and submits to site Controller for review and signature
• May include research of non-standard transactions
• Participates in annual physical inventory
• Maintains fixed asset system (process place in service submissions, disposals, etc.) as needed including coordination of Fixed Asset cycle counts
• Maintains AUC Capital spend tracking and forecasting
• Validates cost reduction savings and maintains tracking report
• Participates in monthly forecast requests as needed
• May perform some general accounting duties including:
• BPCS vendor setup and maintenance
• Tracks and expedites vendor return credit memos
• Tracks and reports salvage activity
• Prepares special product costs, reports and other ad hoc requests as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field, preferred, or equivalent experience preferred
• 4+ years' experience in related field (Costing or Budgetary), preferred
• Intermediate experience with Excel (pivot tables, v-lookup, multiple embedded formulas), preferred
• SAP experience, preferred
• CPA or CMA is a plus