Cost Accountant

Overview:

The Plant Cost and Asset Controller will also ensure that costs are appropriately classified and reported accurately. The controller will enable the Operations Control team, Financial Reporting team, Planning, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality and Safety teams to help develop and analyze costs, assets and investments to support the site’s ambitions. This position will offer a unique experience with enriching contact between Manufacturing and Finance. This position will report directly to the GM of US and functionally to the Ops Controller, and will be based in PA2, Pennsylvania site while also supporting the UMB, Pennsylvania site.

Responsibilities for this assignment include but are not limited to:

Costs and Inventory Analysis:

• Enable site leaders to analyze the evolution of monthly costs, including determination of trends, and assist in maintaining costs within budget assigned by operations control.
• Facilitate the efficiency program at site level to enable site management to achieve the cost optimization objectives set by Site Management and Ops Control.
• Ensure the performance of cycle counts, and the biannual physical count by site personnel in accordance with Internal Controls criteria, under the supervision of Entity Finance.
• Provide monthly inventory, mobile asset, and consumable spare-parts consumption analysis with extensive explanations on any deviations to entity Finance and Ops Control managers in close collaboration with the team on site.
• Implement robust, standardized processes to manage and oversee spare parts consumption.
• Support site management, Ops Control, and the Investment Director to enable the review of the realization of expected benefits for investments on-site.
• Review exception reports from SAP and enable site management to maintain the quality of data and reliability of information streams in a satisfactory level.
• Enable Ops Control to monitor profitability of products at site level.
• Assist entity finance manager to ensure accurate cost allocation across cost centers while assessing variances.
• Lead the development of reporting metrics, tools, and carry out complex, ad hoc analysis.

Required Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor’s in finance, engineering, accounting with demonstrated capability in cost analysis and 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with SAP is required.
• Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Experience partnering with site leadership, willing to engage people from all levels to increase cost awareness of the site.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.
• Autonomous and able to work with cross functional teams.
• Commitment to uncompromising accuracy in data management.
• Ability to think critically and manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Ability to prioritize, manage time independently, set objectives and milestones.

Preferred Qualifications and Competencies

• Experience with Microsoft Power BI.
• Proficiency in Google Sheets and Google Slides.
• Experience communicating with senior management / senior organizational stakeholders.