Job Description:
Role: Cost Accountant
Location: Maple Grove, MN
Job type: Full Time/Permanent
Description:
Responsible for working with global sites in US, Costa Rica, Vietnam and China working with Engineering and production teams in establishing, monitoring standard costing of products; monthly cost variance analysis to assist operations with continuous improvement in our profitability period over period in purchasing and manufacturing yields. This position will also be responsible helping with month-end entries, audits, and other projects as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities
· Teaming with Engineering and Production calculate and review standard costs of products
· Prepare and review bills of materials (BOM’s)
· Analyze job variances and determine appropriate amount of variances to be capitalized monthly
· Material Purchase Price
· Material Quantity Variance
· Labor Rate Variance
· Labor Efficiency Variance
· Fixed Overhead Spending Variance
· Variable Overhead Spending Variance
· Lead global locations annual standard cost update and rolling of annual standard costs; and review output for accuracy
· Evaluate inventory aging by location working with local operations management and finance team to determine the need for inventory reserves in accordance with fact pattern and company policy
· Create and input journal entries in EPICOR for the month-end close process related to cost accounting and inventory
· Support and preparation of audit and tax PBC’s and year-end entries related to costing and inventory
· Reconciliation of inventory and related accounts
· Assist with physical counts and cycle counts of inventory
· Prepare additional journal entries in EPICOR or other accounting duties as assigned
· Undertake additional tasks as directed by supervisor
Requirements
· Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
· Preferred 3 years plus of recent experience in cost accounting in a manufacturing environment
· Excellent attention to detail and strong math skills
· EPICOR knowledge preferred or similar systems with strong technical ability & Excel
· Ability to reconcile information, solve complex issues, and adaptable to change
· Strong work ethic; team oriented, and goal orientated
· Ability to work cross functionally with manufacturing, engineering and location controllers
· Strong self-reviewing skills
· Ability to simplify information to a single page to bring actionable information
· Spanish speaking is a plus
· Ability to work in multiple time zones
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $84,800.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
Application Question(s):
- Are you Interested in this onsite position based out in Maple Grove, MN? (Local candidates Preferred no relocation assistance)
- How many years of cost accounting experience you have in a manufacturing environment?
- Do you have EPICOR or similar manufacturing ERP system experience?
- What is your Full-time salary expectation?
- Kindly share your email address.
Work Location: On the road
