Cost Accounting
Job Overview
The Cost Accountant is responsible for analyzing financial records and reports and overseeing accounting operations from preparing journal entries, reviewing inventory counts, completions of monthly account reconciliations. Create a robust cost reporting system while supporting the successful growth of the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare and analyze cost reports, monitor cost variances, and identify inefficiencies to support budgeting and financial reporting.
Monitor inventory levels. Adjust inventories based on physical counts. Ensure inventory accuracy and analyze the impact of inventory counts on financial statements.
Verify correct standards and review variances.
Work with plants to ensure work orders are properly and timely being completed and closed.
Review and reconcile milk receipts and deliveries.
Review obsolete and overage inventory for financial reserves to cover possible risk.
Prepare, enter, and review journal entries, supporting the month-end process for the organization.
Ensure reconciliation of balance sheet and income statement accounts, partnering with operations finance around variances.
Aid in responding to audit requests ensuring comprehensive backup and support is included.
Perform various analyses on specific general ledger accounts, budget to actual reports, or forecast to actual reports.
Cross train on the Fixed Asset Module in Oracle, including managing mass additions, closing projects, and monthly fixed asset closures.
Assist with ad-hoc financial analysis to support strategic business decisions.
Continuously drive for improvements in financial processes, reporting tools, and operational efficiency.
Maintain and analyze financial results, KPIs, and performance metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Assist with a more robust costing structure implementation.
Foster a collaborative, high performing team culture.
Travel to sites to build collaborative relationships with inventory team.
Support the monthly Finished Goods cost standard roll up.
Minimum Qualifications
Must have a minimum of five years’ relevant work experience.
Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting and/or Finance is preferred.
Thorough knowledge of cost accounting principles and various cost accounting systems.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, advanced skills/knowledge of Excel.
Experience with accounting and finance within an ERP environment is required, Oracle is preferred.
Accounting / Finance experience within a manufacturing environment is preferred.
Cost accounting experience with dairy industry experience is a plus.
Byrne Headquarters in LaFayette, Byrne is a Central New York-based dairy company with a legacy spanning over 90 years. Its operations include an extended shelf-life (ESL) and ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurization plant in DeWitt, as well as an ESL manufacturing facility in Cortlandville. Byrne also maintains warehouse facilities in Syracuse and East Syracuse, along with a dedicated ice cream center in Syracuse. As a recognized industry leader, Byrne continues to drive innovation at the forefront of dairy processing and product development.