Midlevel-Senior Cost Accountant (Hybrid)

*This position is in Wood Dale, ILAbout OPTOOPTO is a fast-paced, constantly-growing retail store fixture manufacturing company selling to the retail industry. We believe in relentlessly communicating, both internally and to our customers, in an effort to constantly improve ourselves. We are obsessively focused on helping our clients be successful, which in turn makes us successful.OPTO employs joined-up, responsive and adaptive people who work hard as a tight team. We have first-class marketing and a design-led customer sales interface focused on fully understanding and guiding each customer to be successful through the purchase of our product. The product itself is high-quality, customizable, durable, and built from inventory-based components. This gives us industry-leading speed and reliability in execution, which in turn gives our customers the confidence to make us business partners for years to come. Midlevel-Senior Cost Accountant Job SummaryAs the Midlevel-Senior Cost Accountant you will be responsible for assessing business expenses and preparing optimized budget plans for their employer. Your duties include reviewing financial records, researching the market rate for key business costs and adjusting the company ledger to accurately reflect balance sheets. You collaborate with other accountants and financial staff in the company to provide financial and accounting support to executives and department heads who establish goals and budgets for the organization. Your duties include: Midlevel-Senior Cost Accountant Key ResponsibilitiesCollecting and analyzing data about the operational costsForecast and analyze costs of processes, labor and inventoryDeveloping and analyzing cost standardsCarrying out cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis, and analyze purchase price variants Analyzing costs of all business processes such as administration, labor, shipping, etc.Performing account reconciliationsPreparing audit reports and presenting their findings to managementRecommending changes to the company's processes and policies to reduce cost and maximize profitAdvising executives and upper management on appropriate costing based on financial dataManaging the company's balance sheet and accounting booksSupporting other company accountants with invoicing and capital expenditureMidlevel-Senior Cost Accountant Essential Skills8+ years of progressive accounting experience with 5+ in cost accountingExperience in a manufacturing environment with a small/medium business background preferredBA/BS in Accounting or FinanceCPA and CMA preferredExperience with analytics software such as Microsoft Access, Power BI, etc. preferredStrong knowledge in corporate accounting, cost analysis, and preparation of financial statementsHas strong ability to assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problemAdvanced Excel spreadsheet skills a must What we offer:Hybrid ScheduleBlue Cross Blue Shield Health insuranceVision & Dental insurance$50K life insurance policy401(k) Match STD & LTD Compensation details: 70000-90000 Yearly SalaryPIb739b0ee2ad1-25660-33529033