Cost/General Accountant

Order Type : DirectHire

Under general direction, provides financial record keeping, reporting, and analysis to operating management and maintains data integrity and control of systems used to accumulate and report cost and other financial performance data. Perform related work and other duties as required. •Development of annual standard costs and periodic review to ensure validity and accuracy. •Assist in establishing and maintaining standard costs. •Assist in development of operating budgets and forecasts. •Review and analyze data related to manufacturing and operating variances. •Analyze and review results of manufacturing labor charged to work orders. •Furnish cost reports to supervisor and other departments as required. Monthly reports include perpetual inventory analysis, analysis of manufacturing variances generated, purchase price variance analysis, work-in-process inventory reconciliation and analysis of costs by product line. •Active involvement with cycle counting procedures including tag control, resolving discrepancies, and production of reconciliation results. •Assist other departments to develop and ensure accurate execution of procedures affecting perpetual and general ledger inventories. •Support manufacturing engineering cost reviews as requested. •Support product development teams by generating pre-production cost information. •Review and approve finance-related portion of PDS and generate/validate/input standard costs if required. •Reconcile perpetual inventory balances to general ledger balances. Investigate discrepancies and reconcile activity as necessary. •Act as a liaison between the divisional purchasing and manufacturing, and Shared Services Center to ensure correct cost and inventory classification for any inventory shipped from the division to vendors for outside processing, credit, or rework. •Compile and maintain monthly cost reports from ERP system and databases. •Participate in month-end close process by preparing monthly journal entries and supporting schedules as required. •Participate in monthly, quarterly and annual reporting to Corporate offices as directed by the Assistant Division Controller and Division Management. •Maintain pricing files and ensure accuracy of same. EDUCATION •Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Finance, Economics or some related areas, minimum requirement. •Demonstrated experience and working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. •Successful experience working within a manufacturing environment. A minimum of 5-7 years experience ideally gained through positions of increasing responsibility. •Working knowledge of BPCS/MS Dynamics AX,SAP (or similar) ERP systems knowledge •ERP implementation experience in a manufacturing environment a plus. JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: •PC literacy including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows and an advanced level of knowledge using Microsoft Excel and spreadsheet development. • Must possess people skills sufficient to be able to interact adequately with all levels within the Division, with other Divisions and Corporate.