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Senior Cost Accountant

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Senior Cost Accountant

Riverside, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Senior Cost Accountant - Food Manufacturing

    A leading consumer products/food manufacturing company is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to join their rapidly growing Accounting team. Reporting directly to the Controller, the Senior Cost Accountant will provide financial analysis and assist with functional leaders to drive cost savings initiatives and develop financial KPI’s.

    Responsibilities

    • Oversee regular inventory cycle counts.
    • Test and identify opportunities for cost savings and tracks monthly savings.
    • Track monthly costs and production activity to provide insight into areas needing cost reduction and process or profit improvement.
    • Perform month-end close responsibilities to include journal entries, prepare key performance indicator reports, purchase price, labor variances, and other monthly financial reporting schedules.
    • Complete account reconciliations for specific general ledger accounts.
    • Reconcile inventory locations and prepare related schedules.
    • Calculate and analyze variances which includes labor and overhead and explain variances to management.
    • Analyze year over year production cost & variance changes.
    • Analyze volume vs price absorption changes.
    • Report inventory by product line and calculate inventory KPI's.
    • Analyze inventory excess and obsolete reserves.
    • Develop plan allocations for purposes of allocating overhead costs to our production cost.
    • Work with the team to develop financial models for new products and estimate cost per unit for new products.

    Qualifications:

    • Minimum 3 years of Cost Accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
    • Food manufacturing accounting experience preferred
    • Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or related field
    • Sound understanding of accounting principles
    • Excellent Excel skills
    • NetSuite experience or large ERP system preferred

    This is a great role for an experienced Cost Accountant that thrives in a fast-paced, high energy environment. Excellent compensation package, strong benefits package, and plenty of room for career growth. All interviews will be conducted remotely and role will be a hybrid work from home opportunity. Please be local to the Greater LA/Inland Empire area. Please apply directly. Thank you!