Job Description
Description SUMMARY
The Cost Accounting Manager is responsible for all aspects of cost accounting activities related to manufacturing and service operations. This position is very hands on and has limited accountability for general accounting, financial reporting, and audit. Accurate financial reporting to Corporate and meeting deadlines are key areas of responsibility.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Employees must spend over 50% of their time on these duties.
Specific duties include:
- Prepare monthly cost accounting close, including preparation of journal entries, reconciliation of sub ledgers to general ledger, account balance review, account reconciliations, analysis, etc. to support accurate and timely submission of financial statements.
- Perform all other cost accounting activities, including product line margin analysis, inventory control, inventory valuation analysis, variance analysis, variance accrual, etc.
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and yearend closing.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages to Corporate, including submission of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports using consolidation software.
- Annually update overhead rates using ABC system to analyze labor, material, and allocation of overhead costs by product line.
- Review purchase price variance and other variances and update new standards as needed.
- Provide reporting and analysis for all manufacturing and service activities including actual budget system cost tracking, product line margin report, field service report, sales by month, inventory summary, inventory obsolescence, etc.
- Ability to extract, organize, analyze, and report data in a manner that is useful and relevant for making business decisions with the use of ERP and other reporting systems.
- Effectively collaborate with colleagues from all departments including sales, manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, field service and IT.
- Lead and execute process improvement and system implementation/upgrade projects.
- Perform JSOX annual update in the inventory, fixed asset and cost areas and obtain supporting documents to ensure compliance.
- Prepare audit schedules and supporting documents and analysis to the external auditors.
- Assist Sales with the annual List Price update process.
- Manage Fixed Assets. Perform monthly reconciliation and reporting for Fixed Assets. Coordinate annual Fixed Assets Inventory.
- Complete month end parent company reporting package for Inventory, COS, and Fixed Assets.
- Collaborates with other department managers to support overall company goals and objectives.
- Assist in the preparation of annual budget and forecast.
- Interact with external auditors during quarterly and yearend audits.
- Serve as a back up to the Accounting Manager.
- Perform other projects as requested. Requirements Accounting Software Systems, ADP - Financial Services, Crystal Reports, Epicor, ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning, Accounting Functions, Accounts Payable (AP), Auditing, Budget Processes, Cost Accounting
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