What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Cost Accountant position at Chase Corporation?
This position reports to the Sr. Manager of Operations Finance. The Senior Cost Accounting Analyst is expected to have strong interpersonal and decision-making skills, the ability to think critically and creatively, and have knowledge of internal financial reporting, budgeting, and cost accounting.
It is expected that the candidate will have a strong understanding of financial planning and analysis, performance tracking, variance analysis, and KPI application.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Additional Responsibilities as Assigned)
- Accurate accounting of the company’s monthly inventory and cost of goods position.
- Support all financial activity in the Operations area, including inventory costing, standard cost valuations, bill of material (BOM)/routings setup and maintenance, supply chain PO support.
- Key contributor to an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end close.
- Preparation of account reconciliations, journal entries, and audit requests.
- Work with our Operations leaders as a finance business partner providing advice and support to maximize margins and review expenses to make recommendations for continued growth and financial profitability.
- Work with our corporate functions as a finance business partner to analyze and evaluate the monthly operating results and provide the drivers behind variances to support and enable optimal decision making.
- Responsible for month-end financial reporting using Global Insight Software and distributing the reports to key stakeholders.
- Assist with the annual budget and monthly forecasting processes by partnering with finance colleagues and business leaders to drive reporting of actual results against budget, prior forecast and historical performance.
- Support the Oracle ERP upgrade with data reconciliations across various data environments.
- Monitor financial performance against key performance indicators (KPIs) and identify areas for improvement.
- Perform Ad-hoc financial and variance analysis upon request.
Education
Requires a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of five years of relevant financial/accounting experience.
Knowledge and Experience
- Expertise with Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with knowledge of accounting software systems a plus (Oracle, JD Edwards).
- Strong business acumen, judgment and professionalism required.
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently and meet objectives without supervision.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to express ideas clearly and persuasively. Collaborate with colleagues by sharing insights and learnings. Must be able to work well with senior leaders and peers.
- Ability to take a big-picture view to understand what effects your decisions and actions have, beyond immediate focus.
- Possesses a continuous improvement mindset with the flexibility to adapt to change.
