What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cost Accountant position at 1 Point System?
Job Details
Role : Cost Accountant
Location: Tallahassee, FL
5 days onsite role need candidates local to FL.
Term: 18 months
Cost Accountant Position Description
We are seeking a Cost Accountant to join our project team. The selected candidate will work onsite in Tallahassee, FL Monday Friday 8AM to 5PM alongside the project team.
Candidate must have a minimum of 5 years' experience working in cost accounting or project costing OR experience working as a business analyst supporting the cost accounting functions of an organization.
Overview:
The selected candidate will be assigned initially to analyzing and documenting the Department's payroll distribution process and the Florida PALM project's reengineering of journal vouchering processes impact on critical business functions, supporting business processes, and related computing assets.
Additional focus will be on analyzing related financial planning and analysis systems and dependent business processes owned by the Department and assisting in re-engineering in areas impacted by the Florida PALM Standardized Business Process Model and redeveloped interfaces.
As part of this effort, a fit-gap determination must be made comparing the Department's computing assets functional scope with the Florida PALM Standardized Business Process Model to recommend those assets that may be decommissioned and addressed with the functionality within the Florida PALM solution.
The selected candidate will be given access to existing documentation and staff and be required to identify functional gaps, develop, and document business rules and processes supporting critical functions. Documentation will be completed with advice from Department staff in a desk procedure template or other formats conducive to communicating the information. The analyst filling this position will be assigned to the Department s Project Costing functions.
Prior knowledge of Cost Accounting or Project Based Costing is REQUIRED for this role.
Education
Bachelor s degree in business administration, finance, or accounting is preferred though work experience in these fields can be substituted for the educational requirement.
Experience
Candidate must have a minimum of 5 years' experience working in cost accounting or project costing OR experience working as a business analyst supporting the cost accounting functions of an organization.
