What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Cost Accountant position at Savaria Patient Care?
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Savaria is a global leader in accessibility and patient care products, designing and building wheelchair lifts, stairlifts, elevators for home and commercial applications, medical beds, therapeutic surfaces, ceiling track lifts, and patient slings. Savaria employs 2,450 valued associates globally and has 11 manufacturing facilities to reach markets in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
SAVARIA PATIENT CARE
Built from a heritage of brands including Span, Handicare, and Silvalea, Savaria Patient Care provides products designed for safe patient handling and positive outcomes. Our research and clinically based product portfolio includes therapeutic surfaces for pressure management and positioning, a complete range of innovative ceiling and floor lifts, and slings. Savaria Patient Care is a division of Savaria Corporation, a global leader in accessibility.
OVERVIEW: The primary purpose of this position will be to manage the cost and profitability of the project business; to create data-driven strategies that improve our company's processes and increase our market share. You will be working with a team to analyze the results of projects, ensure proper reporting and coding of cost/expenses, develop analytics tools, and report back on your findings and solutions.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Competencies
The employee may occasionally stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch during shift. Employee will be required to regularly sit, use hand to finger, handle, feel and reach with hands and arms. Employee must be able to occasionally lift and or move up to 25 lbs.
Work Environment
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Savaria is a global leader in accessibility and patient care products, designing and building wheelchair lifts, stairlifts, elevators for home and commercial applications, medical beds, therapeutic surfaces, ceiling track lifts, and patient slings. Savaria employs 2,450 valued associates globally and has 11 manufacturing facilities to reach markets in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
SAVARIA PATIENT CARE
Built from a heritage of brands including Span, Handicare, and Silvalea, Savaria Patient Care provides products designed for safe patient handling and positive outcomes. Our research and clinically based product portfolio includes therapeutic surfaces for pressure management and positioning, a complete range of innovative ceiling and floor lifts, and slings. Savaria Patient Care is a division of Savaria Corporation, a global leader in accessibility.
OVERVIEW: The primary purpose of this position will be to manage the cost and profitability of the project business; to create data-driven strategies that improve our company's processes and increase our market share. You will be working with a team to analyze the results of projects, ensure proper reporting and coding of cost/expenses, develop analytics tools, and report back on your findings and solutions.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Collaborate with coworkers and management to implement improvements
- Ensure all costs entered the BuildOps system correctly and properly assigned to jobs
- Evaluate budgeting process to ensure all costs are captured on jobs in the planning process
- Execute final project closeout reviews and identify opportunities in operational and financial processes
- Develop, enhance, and implement new systems and operational improvements.
- Document existing systems and recommend changes to enhance data flow.
- Financial responsibility for existing systems and reliance and reconciliation of systems
- General accounting responsibilities, including but not limited to: timely, quality month-end close to comply with the Divisional close schedule; review of monthly, quarterly, and year-end packages for the Division or Corporate; development and implement procedural improvements; active involvement with the preparation and analysis of the AOP
- Additional responsibilities as requested or required
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Competencies
- Knowledge of, and experience with standard costing system
- Demonstrates a high degree of attention to detail
- Follows policies and procedures
- Prioritizes and plans work activities
- Approaches other in a tactful manner
- Reacts well under pressure
- Treats others with respect and consideration, regardless of their status or position
- Works effective with other departments, share knowledge and experience
- Follows through on commitments
- Monitors own work to ensure quality, demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
- Completes work in timely manner
- Three (3) to Five (5) years accounting experience, with emphasis in manufacturing, construction, and analysis
- Strong communication and analytical skills.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from group of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Associates degree (A.A) or equivalent from a two-year college or university and 3 years related experience; Bachelor’s degree (B.A. / B.S.) preferred.
- None required.
- Proficiency with data visualization software like Microsoft Power BI is strongly preferred
- Experience with ERP software (Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Oracle) is preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required
- Experience working with Databases and querying skills
The employee may occasionally stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch during shift. Employee will be required to regularly sit, use hand to finger, handle, feel and reach with hands and arms. Employee must be able to occasionally lift and or move up to 25 lbs.
Work Environment
- This position works in an environment with moderate noise levels.
- None is required for this position.
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