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- Data Collection
- Construct data accumulation systems for a cost accounting system
- Create and review the controls needed for data accumulation and reporting systems
- Inventory
- Coordinate physical inventory counts and cycle counts
- Investigate cycle counting variances and resolve issues
- Update standard costs in the bill of materials
- Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies
- Validate the cost of goods sold as part of the month-end close
- Accumulate and apply overhead costs as required by generally accepted accounting principles
- Work with the materials review board to locate and dispose of obsolete inventory
- Analysis
- Conduct ongoing process constraint analyses
- Report on breakeven points by products, work centers, and factories
- Report on margins by product and division
- Report on periodic variances and their causes, focusing in particular on spending variances
- Analyze capital budgeting requests
- Perform cost accumulation tasks as a member of the target costing group
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
- Minimum of 5 years of Cost Accounting in a Manufacturing Environment
- Previous experience in a similar role required
- Inventory control & cost systems experience required
- Previous experience in point of sale systems
- Excellent analytical and problem resolution skills & accounting principles
- Computer skills - Strong Excel skills and the ability to use Outlook and Word ERP system