Cost Accountant

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This position is accountable for the ongoing analysis of process constraints, target costing projects, and margin analysis. The cost accountant must also construct and monitor those cost-effective data accumulation systems needed to provide an appropriate level of costing information to management.

• Create and review the controls needed for data accumulation and reporting systems
• Conduct ongoing process constraint analyses
• Update bill of material standard costs
• Report on breakeven points by products, work centers, and factories
• Report on margins by product and division
• Report on periodic variances and their causes
• Perform cost accumulation tasks as a member of the target costing group
• Coordinate physical inventories and cycle counts
• Accumulate and apply overhead costs as required by generally accepted accounting principles

• 3+ years of accounting/finance experience, or 5+ years experience in industrial engineering
• Excellent analysis skills
• Ability to collaborate with a multi-department team

Nearest Major Market: San Francisco
Nearest Secondary Market: Oakland