SUMMARY:
Management Business Solutions is actively seeking a Cost Accountant for a manufacturing company located in Grand Rapids, MI. The ideal candidate will have cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment with complex BOM’s. This person will be responsible for all financial and labor efficiency reporting through a standard based costing system, recommending process improvements and working with internal business partners to implement change.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly financial close with adequate controls and reviews in place.
- Oversee and perform various cost accounting functions including full absorption standard costing, analysis and setting of labor and overhead rates, pricing, volume and efficiency variance analysis.
- Develop departmental labor & overhead rates.
- Propose and help implement strategies to improve efficiency and reduce cost.
- Validate and track cost reduction projects.
- Roll standards at least annually.
- Maintain inventory reserve analysis for excess and obsolete inventory.
- Year-end Physical Inventory Count.
- Partner with new product development, operations and sales / product line planning and analysis to prepare cost models for prospective products.
- Partner with the engineering groups to review and audit BOM’s and routings, to ensure accuracy.
- Manage and execute special projects as assigned by the Plant Controller.
- Partner with external auditors to maintain GAAP and IFRS compliance.
- Prepare annual budget and forecast schedules across multiple units.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required.
- Masters degree, CPA and/or CMA designation preferred.
- Minimum of 5 Years’ Experience in Cost Accounting required.
- Experience using cost accounting modules of JD Edwards in a manufacturing environment is required.
- Experience in Lean/Six Sigma a plus.
- Advanced skills in an AS400 environment desired.
- Advanced skills in Excel, PowerPoint & Word, data mining, SQL/ODBC, Kronos, etc.