Cost Accountant

About the role

Franklin International, a leading manufacturer of adhesives, coatings, and sealants, is seeking a Cost Accountant to join their team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of Franklin’s standard cost system, product costing, inventory transactions, valuation, and physical inventory, manufacturing costs, and cost variances.
• Supports the month-end close process and provides routine and on-demand reporting, reconciling, and analysis.
• Maintains the standard cost system: daily tasks and checks to ensure the system is working correctly and efficiently; identifies setup issues and speaks for cost system concerns when assisting with new processes; monitors for exceptions indicating inventory and product cost issues.
• Ensures new products are costed correctly and efficiently through an understanding of the cost system and Franklin’s manufacturing processes; collaborates with relevant departments to provide cost estimates for new products as needed; participates in quarterly standard cost rollups.
• Reviews inventory transactions, ensures transactional integrity, assists with inventory reserve and monitoring unsellable inventory; participates in year-end physical inventory.
• Ensures manufacturing expenses are recorded correctly, assists with corrections, provides analysis and reporting as needed; assists with cost models and ensures expenses roll up into product costs correctly.
• Reviews variances including PPV, cycle counts, shop orders, etc.; summarizes and identifies trends and problem items/transactions; supports corrections and process improvement.
• Supports costing accounting related month-end close activities including journal entries, reconciliations, and database loads; provides routine and on-demand reporting and analysis to various departments.

Requirements

• Professional status as demonstrated by a four-year business degree or two-year degree with equivalent experience.
• Experience with MS Office Suite required along with strong Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to meet tight deadlines, ensure accuracy, and collaborate effectively.

Benefits

Franklin International offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Award-winning benefits program
• Free on-site fitness center
• Nurse health coach
• 529 Plan matching
• Adoption support

Pay

Competitive compensation based on experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.