What are the responsibilities and job description for the SR COST ACCOUNTANT position at East Penn Manufacturing - Deka Batteries?
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Overview
East Penn is currently seeking a Sr Cost Accountant who will be responsible for valuation and reporting of inventory, maintaining material & labor costs in the bill of materials, applying overhead cost, preparing cost of sales quotes, reporting gross profit margins by division, and providing other cost reports and cost details requested by management.
Responsibilities
- Overall technical expert for complex divisions – Automotive, Stationary, Industrial &/or Metals
- Supervise & train cost accountants
- Review costs in various systems to ensure accuracy
- Review engineering specifications making cost changes & working with engineers to make non-cost changes as needed for labor, material & overhead
- Gather & analyze production data for annual labor cost updates
- Review & understand manufacturing changes with plant managers to update labor cost calculations
- Prepare cost quotes and detailed cost breakouts for Corporate Pricing & Sales
- Value inventory quantities and report inventory monthly to financial accounting & executives
- Audit year end manufacturing & distribution inventory counts
- Provide external auditors reports and assistance as needed
- Analyze data – inventory, bills of materials, quote requests, etc. – to identify inaccuracies; follow up with department heads to resolve
- Report obsolete inventory to inventory control for removal from records & disposal
- Compile gross profit analysis for sales & executives
- Prepare cost comparison analysis for Continuous Improvement, Engineering and other departments as requested
- Maintain documentation for all work processes; documentation can also be used for training of & backup by coworkers
- Review & improve costing processes, evaluating materiality of costs and time required for each process
- Participate on APQP and project teams as needed
- Lead project teams related to product costs and cost systems
- Lead department meetings, e.g. staff meetings, labor discussion meetings
- Prepare & understand various cost reports for all levels of management, e.g., Manufacturing Overhead
- Update cost accumulation systems to improve efficiency often working with IT for development, and testing
Qualifications
The qualified candidate should posses a Bachelors degree (preferably in accounting), an understanding of cost accounting, and working knowledge of MS Excel, Word and Outlook. Candidate should also have the ability to learn systems used to accumulate costs, trace costs back to the detailed components, understand bill of materials, communicate effectively with coworkers within & outside department including all levels of management, to prioritize cost requests and meet deadlines providing accurate data on time.
East Penn Benefits
East Penn offers excellent benefits:
- Competitive compensation
- Group health insurance that includes high quality medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage with a low employee premium
- Retirement Savings Plan with company match and a 3% employer contribution
- 9 paid company holidays, 2 paid personal holidays, and paid vacation days annually
- Employee assistance program
- Fitness Discounts
- Promotional opportunities
