Accountant - Cost

Position Summary
Ensure accurate and timely completion to include but not limited to, weekly production closings, inventory tracking and analysis, journal entry preparation, balance sheet account reconciliations, raw material inventory valuation, accounts payable, vendor claims management and the cost accounting portion of the period end close process.
Essential Job Functions

• Ensure the accurate accounting reporting for the plant, to include but not limited to, the cost of production, and assessing the input and output costs of production, in collaboration with the local plant management team and corporate accounting.
• Assist in monthly and annual inventories, including but not limited to perform samples test counts and reconciliations.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting on product plant operations costing data to the management team.
• Generate and analyze reporting on Key Performance Indicators (KPI's), to identify trends. Recommend and communicate improvement opportunities to stakeholders.
• Provide various reporting and tracking tools to the plant management team including but not limited to, daily production output, supply & packaging variance analysis, yield variance analysis, and labor variance analysis. Gather and verify production reporting and investigate any data discrepancies.
• Oversee and ensure timely payment and processing of Accounts Payable for raw materials, if applicable to specific location.
• Prepare weekly, monthly and ad hoc analysis and reports.
• Assists Plant Controller in annual budget process to help ensure accurate completion and timely distribution to corporate reporting to include but not limited to, compile historical data, prepare spreadsheets, and gather standards changes and analysis for the upcoming budget year.
• Track purchase variances and analyze to identify trends, opportunities and areas of improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or four (4) years equivalent experience in accounting

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Two (2) years of accounting experience
• Knowledge of SAP Integral System

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to build professional relationships with accounting and other cross functional teams while facilitating a collaborative environment
• Ability to manage tight deadlines, organize and prioritize work independently
• Proven analytical skills with attention to details and possess a high degree of accuracy
• Possess strong analytical skills in reviewing data to identify trends and opportunities
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel, proficiency with Data Analysis, Pivot tables, and complex graphs
• Demonstrated ability to communicate across all levels of the organization, present complex ideas concisely and clearly articulate ideas verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work within a matrix organization

Environmental/Working Conditions

• Ability to work in an office and plant environment with exposure to noise, equipment and machinery.

Physical Requirements
Usual office environment with frequent sitting, walking, and standing, and occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and balancing. Frequent use of eye, hand, and finger coordination enabling the use of office machinery. Oral and auditory capacity enabling interpersonal communication as well as communication through automated devices such as the telephone. The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office levels to loud.