What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cost Accountant position at SRG?
Cost Accountant
- Salary: Up to $90K
- Onsite with the potential to become hybrid
- Strong Comprehensive Benefits Package: 401k, Life Insurance, FSA, Education Assistance Plan, 11 paid holidays, PTO and Medical/Dental/Vision
- Relocation assistance (if needed)
This role is responsible to work to ensure the financial integrity of the business unit, including an accurate and timely close (both P&L and B/S).
Accountable for ongoing development and maintenance of product costs; partner with operations to trace costs back to underlying business activities. Support business as partner to Plant Manager to drive plant savings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the financial accounts of the entity, including monthly accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis. Recommend corrective actions to management based on analysis.
- Establish and maintain an environment of controls and compliance
- Analyze manufacturing variances to understand financial performance in cooperation with operations team and identify improvement opportunities.
- Manage and update standard costs in local ERP system; costing support will include actual products as well as new product inquiries.
- Support and provide input into planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Produce ad hoc reports as required to enable decision making.
- Oversee inventory valuation and reconciliation.
- Conduct physical inventory counts and reconcile with the accounting system.
- Identify cost reduction opportunities and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Work with other departments to streamline processes and improve cost efficiency.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant business or technical field.
- 2-10 years of experience with cost accounting in a manufacturing setting.
- Prior work with ERP software preferred; JD Edwards a plus.
Salary : $80,000 - $90,000
