Cost Accounting Manager

Job Description

Business

Summary:

Our client is a leading provider of creative and manufacturing solutions for premium beauty and personal care brands. Founded in 1987, the company specializes in complex OTC drug formulations, premium skin care, and hair care products, with a particular focus on natural formulations. The company offers services that include contract manufacturing, co-packing, and flexible packaging solutions. Their mission is to provide a full range of creative and manufacturing services to the health, beauty, and household industries, helping to bring quality brands to market.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from a four-year college or university
• Excellent standard cost expertise
• Strong manufacturing exp
• A minimum of five years experience
• Sage software preferred

Day To Day Responsibilities:

• Manages processes involving establishment of standard costs of new parts and review and analysis of standard costs for existing parts
• Provides cost support to cross functional areas as requested
• Provides product cost information utilized in month end financial closing
• Analyzes the of purchase price variance general ledger account
• Audits cycle count activity, selection of items to be counted, recount decisions, research of discrepancies, and reporting on root causes and progress toward making improvements for greater quantity and physical accuracy
• Prepares, reviews and distributes daily absorption report and compares with forecast
• Manages inventory and related work order systems including physical to perpetual to general ledger reconciliations, journal entries, audit explanations, and standard costs
• Manages periodic requirements of manufacturing systems to ensure timing an accuracy of standards and gross margins and provide meaningful analysis of results
• Manages preparation and execution of annual standard cost roll

Nationwide construction company is looking for someone to join their growing team.