Plant Cost Accountant

Summary

The plant cost accountant will be responsible for managing and analyzing the financial costs associated with a manufacturing plant, including labor, materials, and overhead expenses, by tracking production costs, identifying variances, preparing detailed reports, and collaborating with plant management to optimize efficiency, profitability and overseeing and analyzing cost expenditures and purchases within the organization.

Essential Functions

• Providing accounting services for a manufacturing plant.

• Collecting and analyzing data about a company’s operational costs.

• Setting standards costs of manufactured goods.

• Developing and analyzing cost standards.

• Carry out cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis.

• Establishing costs of business processes such as administration, labor, shipping, etc.

• Performing account reconciliations.

• Preparing audit reports and presenting findings to President CEO .

• Recommending changes to the company’s processes and policies to reduce cost and maximize profit.

• Advising upper management on appropriate costing based on financial data.

• Managing the company’s balance sheet and accounting spreadsheets.

• Analyze expenditures to create reports to advise on improving efficiency and reducing financial waste.

• Recommend new accounting procedures that could improve cash flow and make it easier to understand and itemize expense reports.

• Identify inconsistencies and irregularities in operations cost and model the impact on possible budget changes on the company’s financial health.

• Follow up is a high priority.

• Performs other job-related duties and responsibilities as required.

Must possess the following skill sets: Effective analytical and decision-making skills; SAP experience a must; IFRS experience preferred; Very proficient in Microsoft Excel; Ability to lead and mentor staff; Effective interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal; Effective change management skills.

Required Education and Experience Action oriented person with verifiable successful experience in bachelor’s degree in accounting, MBA and/or CPA preferred; Three (3) to five (5) years accounting experience in a management and or operational role; Proficient Excel user; Background in Costing and WOs preferred Ability to work across functional areas commonly found in manufacturing environment; Excellent written and oral communication ability; Ability to work non-standard business hours as required.

Travel

This position does not require travel.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional and manufacturing office environment.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the “core” work hours.

AAP/EEO Statement Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $60,000