Cost Accountant
- Recruiter
- ESAB USA
- Location
- Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 21 Oct 2020
- Closes
- 22 Oct 2020
- Ref
- 1038030
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Qualified accountant
Assists Plant Controller in multiple areas of accounting, including inventory control, variance analysis, sales analysis, account reconciliation's, cost analysis and month-end closing. Prepare daily, monthly, and quarterly reports as needed.
Objectives and responsibilities:
*Prepares monthly account reconciliation's to ensure current and accurate balances
* Monitors/Reconciles inventory cycle count program and researches significant count variances
* Works with plant personnel to ensure proper accounting codes are used on purchase orders
* Prepares daily, weekly and monthly reports on sales, production and labor hours
* Assist with data collection to support budgets and forecasts
* Prepares journal entries to support month-end close
* Prepares month-end corporate statements (inventory, variances, sales/cost of sales activity)
* Prepares monthly reporting package distributed to managers
* Performs audit on annual standard cost revision; tests new standard costs for accuracy
* Assist with annual physical inventory, if necessary
* Assist with part number creation and calculating standard costs
* Assist with actual to standard variance analysis
Qualifications:
*Bachelors degree Accounting with six years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
* Detailed knowledge of cost accounting and understanding of document flow into cost reports
* Good communication skills
* General knowledge of personal computers and software (i.e. Excel); ten key
* SAP experience preferred
Objectives and responsibilities:
*Prepares monthly account reconciliation's to ensure current and accurate balances
* Monitors/Reconciles inventory cycle count program and researches significant count variances
* Works with plant personnel to ensure proper accounting codes are used on purchase orders
* Prepares daily, weekly and monthly reports on sales, production and labor hours
* Assist with data collection to support budgets and forecasts
* Prepares journal entries to support month-end close
* Prepares month-end corporate statements (inventory, variances, sales/cost of sales activity)
* Prepares monthly reporting package distributed to managers
* Performs audit on annual standard cost revision; tests new standard costs for accuracy
* Assist with annual physical inventory, if necessary
* Assist with part number creation and calculating standard costs
* Assist with actual to standard variance analysis
Qualifications:
*Bachelors degree Accounting with six years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
* Detailed knowledge of cost accounting and understanding of document flow into cost reports
* Good communication skills
* General knowledge of personal computers and software (i.e. Excel); ten key
* SAP experience preferred