Senior Accountant

Responsibilities

• Review, update and maintain cost roll ups in ERP system, ensuring that inventory is properly valued and standards are accurately set.
• Evaluate manufacturing costs, comparing standard costs to actual production costs. Analyze Bills of Material (BOM). Update, monitor and maintain the application of material, labor and overhead costs. Conduct purchase price variance analysis and reconciliation. Analyze manufacturing efficiencies, spending variances, product cost and inventory trends and capacity utilization. Review, analyze and update product margins and cost variances.
• Coordinate with Operations to evaluate inventory controls and to monitor monthly inventory test counts of cycle count program to verify accuracy of inventory balances.
• Develop, manage and maintain cost estimates for specific projects (such as new product development and product revisions), working in conjunction with other departments.
• Engage in the monthly closing process by preparing journal entries and verify posting in the financial database.
• Review daily accounting activities in the general ledger, including posting and sales analysis.
• Prepare monthly financial statement reporting package, including income statements, balance sheet and P&L analysis.
• Actively work with year-end audit procedures including preparation of audit work papers as well as year-end physical inventory.
• Assist in special projects, system upgrades, establish new reporting initiatives.
• Ad hoc reporting/analysis as requested.

• BS in Accounting, Finance or equivalent experience.
• Prefer five or more years of progressive accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures) and IFRS.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Word experience; MAS
  500 experience is preferred
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.