Manager Cost Accounting

Job Overview

Manage the financial affairs of the organization and with preparation of financial analyses of operations, including interim and final financial statements with supporting schedules, for the guidance of management Assist and support Business Unit Managers and their individual businesses with various accounting issues, forecasting, planning, controls, etc 

A Day In The Life

• Engage with all functional areas and levels of organization to ensure appropriate level of finance support.
• Prepare annual financial business plan, monthly forecast, strategic operating plans and provide commentary on result bridges (monthly, quarterly, YOY as well as sequential bridges, including Price/Cost/Productivity).
• Prepares and monitor department budgets and provide analysis of results vs. forecast.
• Analyze trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital
• Assist in preparing analysis, commentary and presentation material for the weekly, monthly and quarterly financial review meetings.
• Develop financial models and analysis
• Provide financial support in the preparation of business cases for capital investment and new business growth.
• Performs monthly financial statements review  
• Reviewing, analyzing and updating standard product costs as they relate to labor, material and overhead

Job Responsibilities

• Manage cycle counts and annual physical inventories and reconcile all differences
• Working with Bill of Materials and Product Routings through SAP system
• Prepares and publishes monthly closing schedule 
• Oversees and approves monthly closing process and forecast preparation 
• Ensure compliance with existing company policies and procedures
• Work with corporate to ensure proper interpretation and implementation  
• Drive standardization of accounting processes and practices across the group
• Work with senior COE team members to identify and implement process/automation/ standardization improvements across all the business units

What will help you thrive in this role?

• 10 -15 years manufacturing experience  
• At least 5 years in Financial Leadership role
• International experience working with foreign currency a plus
• SAP proeficient experience with finance or cost module  
• Experience in a large ($1B+), multi-national corporation
• Synthesizing information, using sound judgment, formulating conclusions and articulating recommendations in a way that is meaningful and valuable
• This includes the ability to develop graphs, tables, presentations and templates to in order to convey information clearly, concisely and effectively
• Strong proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint and PowerPoint), particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Detail oriented with understanding of end-to-end processes

Competencies