Cost Accountant

Location: Harleysville

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Job Title:

Cost Accountant  ####

Location:

Harleysville, PA, Mid-Atlantic United States,USA  #### Company:

The Wenger Group  #### Industry Sector:

Agribusiness  ####

Industry Type:

Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services  #### Career Type:  #### Job Type:Full Time  #### Minimum Years Experience

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N/A  #### Salary:
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Follow Company More Jobs from The We...Send to Friend We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement. Leidy's is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Wenger Group since 2022. Leidy's is a 130-year-old pork company located on the family farm in Pennsylvania, where Jacob Leidy was deeded the original land grant by William Penn in 1753.
We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 1000 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector - agriculture! Learn more here:  /        
** Summary
* * The Cost Accountant develops, reviews, and maintains the cost accounting models and systems for the company. Works directly with production management concerning product costs, production variances, and production improvements. Assists the accounting team with various tasks.

** Essential

Job Duties and Responsibilities
** include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

· Responsible for inventory reporting and accuracy for the company       
· Works closely with Industrial Engineer to ensure product cost standards are accurate, and manages and updates the cost accounting sections of the CSB ERP system       
· Works closely with the Controller and TWG Financial Shared Services to support the period financial closing process       
· Responsible for all cost and production reporting       
· Assist production management and FP&A in capital expenditure justification (ROI) and in the analysis of production efficiency/effectiveness       
· Monitor, research, and reports on expense variances to budget and prior periods on a weekly, monthly, year-to-date and TTM basis       
· Responsible for reviewing and updating labor and overhead rates utilized in bills of materials (BOM)       
· Possesses a continuous improvement mindset and makes recommendations to streamline processes/improve accuracy throughout the company       
· Responsible for product line analysis, including product line profitability       
· Performs ad-hoc operations analysis as required utilizing Excel, ODBC connections to CSB ERP system data, and other software tools       
· Responsible for developing, producing and maintaining management reports for operations utilizing Excel, Power BI, and other software tools       
· Assists FP&A with the compilation of the manufacturing costs included in the annual budget and periodic reforecasts Develops and compiles the annual operating and capital budgets, as well as periodic forecasts       
· Accepts assignments varying in size and scope as well as other duties as assigned    Skills an
** d Competencies
** To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

** Analytical skills
- ** Able to structure and process qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Skilled in developing complex PC models to assist in analytical process. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights.

** Attention to Detail/Quality
- ** Does not let important details slip through the cracks and carefully checks own work for accuracy and completeness. Looks for ways to improve and promote quality and controls in processes.

** Problem Solving
- ** Learns quickly. Demonstrates ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information. Able to resolve complex…