Cost Accounting Assistant

Basic Purpose

The Cost Accounting Assistant will primary be based out of our Red Lion location, but it may require occasional travel to our Baltimore, Maryland plant as well as to our outside vendors. This position will serve to aid the cost accounting department in a variety of duties.

Responsibilities

• Performs daily reconciliations for inventory receipt transactions
• Enters and verify inventory transactions after receiving appropriate approvals
• Works closely with all other departments to ensure data accuracy within our ERP system
• Reconciles temp labor and posts journal entries to record transactions as well as recommend process improvements for this function
• Assists in systematically tracking our inventory
• Works closely with our operations and inventory teams to ensure the accuracy of our inventory
• Performs the costing function on new parts and changes issued for inventory parts as well as verifies the information entered by other departments
• Assists in system training as needed
• Assists with quarterly inventory counts
• Assists in semi-annual counts of our inventory at outside vendors
• Performs data entry and data verification.
• Performs other related tasks as needed
• Maintains awareness of individual contribution to and impact of the quality, safety, environmental, and product compliance policies and activities; reports all quality issues, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions to the proper personnel.

Qualifications

• Occasional light travel required
• High school diploma or GED required
• Experience in an administrative office environment for a manufacturing firm preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel