Senior Plant Accountant

About the role

The Senior Plant Accountant supports cost accounting, inventory controls, and other accounting functions by working closely with the finance team and operations leadership. Key responsibilities include preparing and creating journal entries and reports, analyzing and updating systems to ensure accurate production costs, inventory, and labor variances, performing costing of purchased parts, resolving AP discrepancies, assisting with month-end closing, reviewing account details, preparing reports, performing standard cost roll at year-end, coordinating inventory reviews, and collaborating with functional managers to identify and implement process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing and updating system to ensure accurate production cost, inventory and labor variances throughout the month
• Performing costing of purchased parts, service parts and resolving AP discrepancies
• Aiding in month-end closing by calculating accruals, booking journal entries, reclassifying and making other system adjustments
• Reviewing account details and following up on month-end closing items when necessary
• Preparing reports daily, weekly and monthly which may include but not be limited to production cost, inventory, spend and other metrics
• Performing standard cost roll at year-end to ensure standards are accurately updated
• Coordinating review of inventory balances and inventory monitoring programs
• Working with functional managers throughout the company to identify opportunities for improved efficiencies and offering recommendations for improvement

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or related field OR equivalent experience and education
• Minimum of five years of related Accounting/Finance experience
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Cost accounting experience preferred
• SAP experience preferred
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of analysis techniques that assist in report preparation for decision-making purposes
• Thorough understanding of general accounting functions as well as cost accounting and standard cost setting
• Advanced organization skills necessary to manage multiple assignments and priorities
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills for interfacing and communicating with diverse groups
• Desire to grow into a leadership role
• Strong computer literacy, especially experience with financial software systems
• Fluency in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location

Qualifications

• Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location

Skills

• Cost accounting
• Inventory management
• Financial reporting
• MS Excel
• SAP

Benefits

For this position, the expected base annual salary range is $70,000 to $100,000 USD commensurate with experience. Actual compensation within that range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, and applicable laws.

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

Not specified