Costing Manager

The Costing Manager position is responsible for the overall accounting and costing functions, including audit, compliance and taxes under various laws and regulations.

• Prepare cost estimates of new or special products for establishing selling prices and production forecasts.
• Reconcile inventory sub-ledgers with general ledger.
• Calculate overhead rates and update them periodically.
• Work with production departments to establish expense budgets and analyze monthly spending reports.
• Analyze gross margins and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze cost of contract manufacturing vs. in-house production.
• Lead process improvement initiatives.
• Analyze inventory reserve requirements.
• Analyze cost of raw materials and evaluation of new suppliers.
• Distribute costs between the various divisions of management and production.
• Establish processes and controls to ensure accuracy of inventory records and minimize write-offs.
• Product cost analysis of labor and material content for laser, forming, welding, machining, paint, assembly, and other metal fabrication operations.
• Quarterly commodity price increases with manufacturers.
• Month end purchase price variance analysis.
• Review and maintenance of master data including material master, BOM, and Routings.
• Period end close process including JE’s and analysis.
• Month end product cost, inventory valuation, inventory obsolesce, and other executive financial reporting.
• Manufacturing spending analysis and support of plant spending initiatives.
• Support of supply chain initiatives related to product costing.
• Development and monitoring of plant metrics.
• Work with manufacturing to ensure the timely closure of open production orders.