Senior Cost Accountant

We are seeking a Senior Cost Accountant/Financial Analyst for our client's brand new, state-of-the-art, manufacturing facility at the Port of Little Rock.

The Senior Cost Accountant/Financial Analyst reports to the Finance Director and works closely with the Operations Management team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in tracking operations financial performance, supporting the operations team, and carrying out various financial analysis for this new facility. The ideal candidate will have a passion for numbers, a curiosity to understand the story behind the figures, and a desire to contribute to company’s financial success in a fast-paced environment in the context of the ramping of this new plant.

• Establish, monitor and analyze standard costing of the facility’s production
• Generate daily, weekly and monthly reports tracking and analyzing costs and their variances vs. standard costs
• Ensure cost center structure is adequate and maintain appropriate cost allocation rules
• Monitor and analyze inventory levels to support the production and logistics teams in optimizing inventory levels
• Review and ensure completeness and accuracy of inventory provisions
• Ensure proper controls are in place and are adhered to regarding cycle counts and other inventory management activities
• Lead the annual inventory count for the site
• Support ad hoc requests regarding operations
• Analyze month-end cost variances and reconcile with forecasts
• Review monthly departmental finance reports and monitor departmental performance vs budget and forecasts
• Ensure production order status is adequately maintained in SAP and perform month-end procedures for financial close
• Prepare all information for inventory cut-off
• Ensure the application of pertinent company's internal controls and suggest improvements as needed
• In charge of preparing information relative to government incentives
• Analyze and generate reports on capital expenditures and provide input for budget and forecasts

• Play a key financial role for the needs of the operations team and attend meetings to monitor operations
• Participate in the budget and monthly forecast process, supporting each director/manager reporting to the Little Rock Plant Manager in the preparation of their respective budgets
• Support the operations management team in controlling expenditures and explaining budget variances and general financial support
• Support the Region Americas Finance team
• Analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to quickly identify opportunities and risks
• Support ad hoc requests

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting (CPA or CMA preferred)
• US GAAP or IFRS Proficiency
• 5+ Years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment (ideally in the food industry) or Public Accounting with manufacturing Customer Portfolio
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
• Possibility of hybrid working environment, however frequent on-site presence required to adequately support operations teams
• Computer proficiency of Microsoft Office suite, with advanced Excel skills
• Experience with SAP (preferred)
• Experience with VENA or similar FP&A tool (preferred)