Cost Accountant POST NUMBER: 429835
Responsibilities:
- Cost Accounting: Analyze and monitor product costs, ensuring accuracy and alignment with company policies. Conduct regular cost reviews to identify areas for improvement and cost-saving opportunities. Review work orders and entry of daily production and consumption records.
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Assist in the development of budgets and forecasts. Understand cost drivers and contribute to the budgeting process. Monitor actual performance against budgeted costs and provide variance analysis.
- Financial Reporting: Prepare and analyze cost-related financial reports for management and other stakeholders. Performs and coordinates the month-end process for the plants, which includes making inventory-related accruals, processing journal entries on behalf of the plants. Provide insights and recommendations based on cost analysis to support strategic decision-making.
- Inventory Valuation: Oversee the valuation of inventory, ensuring compliance with accounting standards. Collaborate with the inventory management team to reconcile physical inventory counts with financial records. Implement and maintain inventory costing methods.
- Cost Control: Implement and maintain cost control procedures to optimize operational efficiency. Identify and recommend cost reduction initiatives without compromising product quality. Monitor and report on key performance indicators related to cost control.
- Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve cost accounting processes and systems.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field along with three years of relevant experience in Accounting or Manufacturing
- Proven experience as a Cost Accountant or in a similar role.
- Solid understanding of cost accounting principles, standards, and methodologies.
- Certified Cost Accountant (CCA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.