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Job description
Cost Accountant
On-site position (One day a week remote) Relocate package offered
Comp: 80K to 107K
Preferred: SAP (Not required)
Preferred: Bi-lingual (German)
Education: Bachelors' degree required
SUMMARY:
The Cost Accountant will be responsible for helping the plant achieve its financial goals. This includes establishing costing, the monthly close process, rolling forecasts and annual planning, inventory valuation, and internal controls.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Follows and supports all Company Safety policies and procedures
Ensures proper accounting/financial procedures and computer application systems are configured and maintained as per company requirements.
Understand and apply core accounting principles such as debits, credits, product allocations, and accruals.
Manage and execute the monthly closing process.
Report the financial figures (Balance Sheet, P/L and Cash Flow) detailing assets, liabilities, and capital to summarize and interpret the projected company financial position.
Reviews, investigates, and reports deviations on the Budget / MTP monthly preparing the correspondent set of reports, including the financial portion of the company's KPI's and makes recommendations regarding possible actions on the reported deviations.
Periodic comparisons of SAP moving average vs planned purchase prices, and revaluations as needed, for purchased component inventory items
Develop standard costs for new products
Calculate standard costs for all products annually.
Analysis of activity rates, work center rates, and related efficiencies
Participates in the planning cycle including rolling forecasts.
Ability to develop a bottom-up approach to planning and work collaboratively with all areas.
Analyze production routings and costs.
Variance analysis in actual production costs vs planned.
Participates in and/or leads cost reduction and process improvement activities.
Maintains established housekeeping standards for responsible area
Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervise the Assistant Controller
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Analytical - work with complex information; Collects and researches data; Uses curiosity and experience to complement data.
Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Ask the questions needed to be successful.
Communication - Must be able to interact with all team members. Ability to actively listen; to teach; and collaborate.
Project Management - Ability to develop project plans; manages project team activities; and be an active team member on projects.
Manufacturing mindset - Able to understand and have interest in manufacturing processes. How are things made? What are the key areas?
Education and/or Experience: Bachelors' degree required
3+ years' of related experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
Computer and Technology Skills: SAP experience, especially with the FI, MM. and CO modules
Microsoft office expertise, including creating presentations, consolidation of large sets of data, advance formula skills
Language Skills: German language speaking skills is another advantage. Ability to communicate at all levels within the organization to accomplish department objectives.
Mathematical Skills:
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and ability to apply concepts such as: fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit, and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 15 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Allergen Awareness
Products produced in this facility may contain the following allergens: Egg, Shellfish, Fish, Gluten.
EEO Employer
LanceSoft is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. LanceSoft makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Worksite address
terre haute, IN, 47808, US
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