Cost Accountant -Manufacturing - Must speak Chinese

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Full Time Sealy, TX, US

5 days ago Requisition

Location: Sealy, Texas
Company: Hailiang Copper Texas Inc. (HCTI)
Department: Finance / Accounting
Employment Type: Full-Time

Hailiang Copper Texas Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Cost Accountant to support our rapidly growing manufacturing operations in Sealy, Texas. This position will be responsible for analyzing, maintaining, and reporting manufacturing costs to ensure accurate product costing, inventory valuation, financial reporting, and operational decision-making.

The Manufacturing Cost Accountant will work closely with Finance, Production, Procurement, Warehouse, Engineering, and other operational departments to understand the true cost of manufacturing our products and identify the factors driving material, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, and production variances.

This is a hands-on position requiring an individual who is comfortable working with both financial data and manufacturing operations. The successful candidate should be willing to spend time on the production floor understanding processes, material flow, inventory, and the operational activities behind the financial results.
Fluency in both English and Chinese (Mandarin) is required for this position. The Manufacturing Cost Accountant will regularly communicate financial and operational information with both English-speaking and Chinese-speaking employees and management and will serve as an important communication bridge between HCTI's U.S. operations and Chinese-speaking leadership.

Develop, maintain, and analyze manufacturing costs for raw materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead
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Maintain accurate standard costs for manufactured products.

Compare standard costs to actual manufacturing costs and investigate significant variances.

Analyze material usage, purchase price, labor, efficiency, overhead, scrap, yield, and other manufacturing variances.

Prepare regular cost and variance reports for Finance and operational management.

Identify trends, unusual transactions, and cost drivers affecting manufacturing performance.

Assist management in understanding the financial impact of production decisions and operational changes.

Review manufacturing processes and cost structures to identify opportunities for improved cost control and profitability.

Support accurate valuation of raw materials, work-in-process (WIP), and finished goods inventory
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Reconcile inventory records to the general ledger and investigate discrepancies.

Work with Warehouse and Production personnel to research inventory differences and manufacturing transactions.

Participate in and support physical inventories and cycle counts
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Review inventory adjustments and identify recurring causes of inventory discrepancies.

Assist with analysis of obsolete, slow-moving, damaged, or excess inventory.

Maintain and review product costing information within the company's ERP system.

Review Bills of Materials (BOMs), production routings, material consumption, labor assumptions, and overhead allocations for costing accuracy.

Support costing for new products, new manufacturing processes, and changes to existing products.

Analyze and report variances between planned, standard, and actual manufacturing results.

Material price variances

Material usage variances

Labor rate and efficiency variances

Scrap and yield variances

Inventory variances

Production volume and absorption…