What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cost Accountant position at Hausbeck Pickle Company?
COST ACCOUNTANT
Hausbeck Pickle Company is where our Mission is to produce & deliver the highest quality food products with enthusiasm & integrity while striving for win-win partnerships with our customers and suppliers. We are looking for experienced professionals to join our family-oriented environment. Please consider joining a team whose vision is to share the FUN, FLAVOR & FREEDOM of our food products with everyone, making the world a tastier place!
Job Summary:
The Cost Accountant is accountable for the ongoing gross margin analysis related to inventory and presents this information to management to aid in determining profit and loss. This position will include monitoring inventory accuracy, maintaining cost systems, analyzing variances, creating reports, recommending customer pricing, forecasting, and completing month-end duties to properly record costs on profit and loss statements per generally accepted accounting principles. They will use their findings to make suggestions to the CFO, COO, and Operational Managers for improvement regarding cost and operational efficiencies.
This position serves as the backup “Plex Champion” role. Plex is the company’s ERP system with a strong emphasis on manufacturing processes, quality control, and inventory tracking.
Benefits – Medical, dental and vision; STD, LTD and Life company paid; 401k with company match. Employee pays only 15% of medical cost at $19.11/week for Single and $57.33/week for Family coverage (2025 Rates). Company contributes HSA dollars annually of $1,000 for a Single and $2,000 for a Family.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Implements and advises other departments on the process of inventory item setups, production process setups, and build of materials setups in the Plex system.
- Investigates cycle counting variances, scrap adjustments, manufacturing variances, and other miscellaneous inventory adjustments on a daily and weekly basis. Reports and communicates to operational departments the proper procedures and solutions to resolve any issues.
- Determines item standard costs by studying and collecting data on costs associated with labor, raw materials, and other manufacturing activities. Maintains accurate standard item cost structures in the Plex system and reviews standard versus actual costs for inaccuracies.
- Creates costing models for customer pricing and plays a key role in helping set pricing policies to maximize profit while still selling at a fair price to customers.
- Creates detailed reports including monthly gross margin analysis by customer item with documented explanations of findings when compared to the budget plan and prior year.
- Validates the cost of goods sold and inventory balance sheet accounts as part of the month-end close including the recording of necessary reconciling adjustment journal entries.
- Makes recommendations and records journal entries for inventory adjustments and reserves.
- Accumulates and applies overhead costs as required by generally accepted accounting principles.
- Reviews Build of Materials (BOMs) and recommends changes to the Quality and R&D departments.
- Prepares forecasts of inventory turns utilizing sales and production information.
- Takes part in inventory cycle counts to ensure the accuracy of inventory records and assists with company annual year-end physical count that takes place the last week of December each year.
- Analyzes capital budgeting requests related to manufacturing.
Plex Backup Champion Primary Responsibilities:
- Assists other departments with process change within the ERP system (Plex) and will back-up the Plex Champion as needed.
- Perform system administrator functions including assisting with security, creating new users, resetting user passwords, setting up security roles, and assigning user permissions.
- Assists with custom report writing, dashboards, and EDI setups.
Additional Responsibilities
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
- 5 years of accounting/finance experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Excellent analytical and judgement skills.
- Superior knowledge of ERP systems and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or related software as required to complete and maintain records.
- Good written and verbal communication skills to convey and receive information effectively in person, on the phone, or through written correspondence.
- Excellent organizational skills to work independently, prioritize, handle multiple tasks and manage time.
- Leadership skills including decision-making, coaching, teaching and counseling, ability to inspire, and initiating collaboration and teamwork within the organization.
- Excellent understanding of manufacturing and “big picture” operational concepts.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:
- Provide necessary papers allowing holder to work legally in the United States.
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Walking/moving around, standing/remaining stationary, bending and stooping/kneeling.
- Sit at a desk and work on a computer for prolonged periods of time, talk and hear and use hands to handle, control or feel objects.
- Use close vision and ability to focus on computer screens and documents.
Work Schedule
- Hours and days to be determined by the business needs of the organization and are subject to change.
- Flexible and partial remote work schedules may be approved after 90 days of employment.
- Occasional travel as needed.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy:
Hausbeck Pickle Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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