Sr. Cost Accountant

Essential job functions and responsibilities:• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information in support of the monthly close process.• Maintains and balances general ledger and subledger accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.• Supports the calculation of complex reserves, which require sound judgment and understanding of the business (e.g., customer rebates, inventory valuation reserves, etc.)• Prepares monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, including analysis of movements.• Maintains fixed asset processing, tracking and reporting.• Provides expert monthly financial analysis of all P& L line item performance against budget and reforecasts. • Serves as a trusted business partner to operations in helping them understand the financial impacts of their decisions and actions. • Acts as the 'eyes and ears' for the controllership function regarding key developments in our operations. • Coordinates the annual physical inventory and monitors results of periodic cycle counts. • Drives the annual standard costing process and monitors the ongoing accuracy of standard costs. • Assists in developing and enhancing accounting and operational procedures by assessing current procedures and recommending and implementing required improvements to enhance controls for the organization.• Provides project analysis as needed including cost estimates of new or modified products, evaluation of capital projects, and product line expansion or restructuring analyses.• This position is a key team member and is expected to inspire associates to greater levels of professionalism, quality, productivity and engagement in the Team. Individual must possess the core values of Integrity, Quality, Passion, Accountability, Innovation, and be Performance Driven.Education and Experience:• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business administration required. MBA or CPA a plus.• At least 6 year’s experience in accounting in a manufacturing environment with involvement in closing, cost accounting, account reconciliation, and financial analysis required.• Must have the ability to apply generally accepted accounting principles.• Experience working with engineering and manufacturing personnel on development and analysis of standard costs.• Strong attention to detail, analytical ability and problem-solving skills.• Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.• Highly ethical, self-motivated, detail oriented with the ability to function as part of a team.• Must be tech savvy and a quick learner of ERP systems and BI software demonstrating an ability to understand the logic behind these systems to properly translate operating impacts to accounting transactions.• Must have advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g., VLOOKUP, SUMIF, Pivot Tables, etc.)• Experience in LN, Prophix helpful.

Salary : $90,000 - $105,000