Cost Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

• Monitor and review the controls needed for data accumulation and reporting systems.
• Conduct ongoing process constraint analyses and provide solutions.
• Report onbreakeven pointsby product, work center, and plant.
• Report on variances and their causes, focusing on material cost variance and labor rate variance.
• Review, process, and provide cost impact analysis for Engineering Change Notices.
• Review and updatestandard costsin thebill of materials.
• Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies.Provide analysis and reporting of variances.
• Assist with annual standard cost updates.
• As part of the month-end close, prepare journal entries related to inventory and WIP, conduct account reconciliation, prepare variance analysis, and project closing / analysis.
• Accumulate and apply overhead costs as required by generally accepted accounting principles.
• Coordinate physical inventory counts andcycle counts. Investigate cycle counting variances and resolve issues.
• Work with the operations team to locate and dispose of obsolete inventory.
• Serve as cost accounting liaison with both internal and external auditors.
• Update and review cost accounting work instructions and SOPs as needed.
• Participate on project teams, serving as primary Finance contact for Engineered-to-Order projects.Provide key work cell performance data to Engineering and Operations.Analyze and communicate budget-to-actual project performance to senior management.
• Prepare financial / inventory reports and provide explanations to variance / causes as needed.
• Perform other reasonably related tasks as assigned by management.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications :

Education

Experience

Preferred Qualifications :

Education or Experience

Interpersonal Skills

Technical Skills