Summary:

This position will provide Cost and General Accounting support to Onsite Controller.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Quality, Environmental, Health, Safety (QEH&S) policy, and strategic direction of the organization.
• Developing standard costs; Annual process as well as daily for new items.
• Conduct “Make/Buy” analysis for Management Team
• Member Engineering Change Order team, measuring the impact of changes and following through until implementation.
• Inventory valuation, reconciliation and management.
• Lead annual physical inventory accounting effort.
• Review and report daily cycle count process, providing analysis consistent with Physical Inventory Exemption (PIE) corporate requirement.
• Management of Excess and Obsolete inventory; reserve analysis, research and journal entries.
• Assist Controller with Annual Budget preparation for Operations, Labor and Overhead rate development as well as variance budgeting.
• Review Manufacturing Work Order and performance variances daily and reconcile monthly.
• Review and Analysis of other Operations variances (PPV, Scrap, etc.).
• Calculate and book monthly Labor and Overhead absorption journal entries.
• Work with manufacturing and engineering on process improvements.
• Member of Finance Quality team and responsible for Quality initiatives surrounding COGS and Inventory.
• Document local processes in compliance with corporate procedures.
• Other duties as required by Division Controller.

 

Skills / Equipment:

• Must be a self-starter able to perform independently as well as part of a team.
• Detailed oriented and accurate reporting skills a Must.
• Must have strong accounting background in Manufacturing cost controls and accounting procedures.
• Strong Knowledge of quantitative analysis and problem solving skills is required.
• Computer - Word, Excel required, Access preferred, JDE (highly desired), SAP or Oracle
• HFM knowledge preferred
• Knowledge of manufacturing variance analysis is required.

   

  Educational Requirements:

• Bachelors Accounting Degree highly preferred or equivalent.
• 5+ years of Cost Accounting experience in an Industrial Manufacturing environment preferred.