Cost Accountant

PEPL has been engaged to place a Cost Accountant for a growing manufacturing facility in Social Circle, GA. The Accountant will analyze accounting and operational data to prepare accurate financial and manufacturing reports.

• Assist in developing, maintaining and analyzing standard costs
• Work closely with sales to ensure appropriate cost data is available for quoting and other pricing decisions as needed
• Part of cross functional team to improve costing process while implementing improvements in the process
• Develops, analyzes and distributes pertinent manufacturing data including gross margin, yield reporting and aged inventory reporting, among others
• Maintains accurate sales information by updating gross margin report monthly
• Assist in decision making to resolve problems in manufacturing area based on analytical data
• Prepare month end journal entries related to COGS, E&O, PPV and other manufacturing related financial accounts. Prepare month end reconciliations for these and any other manufacturing balance sheet account
• Calculate and record quarterly labor and overhead capitalization schedule and monthly obsolescence analysis while reviewing with Controller/CFO
• Provide analysis of COGS accounts on a monthly basis
• Support external audit and mid-year review process while also assisting as needed with internal audit queries
• Responsible for cycle count process and related inventory adjustments
• Special analyses and projects as needed
• Assist with GL accounting; including AR posting, collections, bank reconciliations, and other duties as assigned
• Maintaining and monitoring product costing, including establishing standard cost systems
• Integrating ERP systems to provide accurate financial reporting related to cost and financial analysis
• Communicating within cross functional teams and with other departments to improve costing and accounting system
• Coordinating daily, weekly and monthly accounting procedures
• Performing financial analysis
• Assist with the development of business plans, budgets and forecast
• Overseeing capital expenditure budgets
• Completing and assisting with month end journal entries as needed
• Extracting data from the ERP system and manipulating the information into MS Excel formal
• Other duties assignment by management

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 5 years’ experience in related capacity
• Accounting experience as it relates to recording entries and reconciling balance sheet accounts as well as calculating/analyzing manufacturing variances
• Strong MS Office skills in Word, Excel, and Power Point
• Cross cultural communications skills and experience is highly desirable
• English and Mandarin bilingual is a plus