Cost Accounting Manager

Enersys; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 92,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in stored energy solutions is seeking a Cost Accounting Manager for its Burnaby, BC office. You will lead the cost accounting team and perform critical financial analysis to support operations. Candidates should have 5+ years in manufacturing cost accounting and strong GAAP knowledge. This role offers competitive compensation and benefits, including paid holidays and a pension plan.

Benefits

Paid Holidays

Medical, vision and dental

Life Insurance, long term disability

Defined Pension Plan

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive work experience.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, US GAAP is an asset.
• Electronics assembly or similar industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the cost accounting team.
• Prepare manufacturing annual budget and monthly forecasts.
• Ownership of standard cost and the annual standard cost roll.

Skills

Excellent communications, both orally and in writing

Excellent interpersonal skills

Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Strong knowledge of GAAP

Manufacturing cost accounting experience

Material requirements planning (MRP) system experience

Experience managing a team

Tools

Microsoft Excel

MRP System

ERP System

Job description

EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries.

Alpha Technologies Ltd., an EnerSys company, has an opportunity for a cost accounting manager to join our finance team in our Burnaby, BC, Canada office. Reporting to the financial controller, Energy Systems Americas, Canada and working closely with the operations team, the cost accounting manager will act as the key go-to person on behalf of the finance team.

Job Purpose

Performing high quality analysis over sales, COGS, and gross margin, and communicating and working with the operations team, this position will play an important role in improving processes and providing information for business decisions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Be a business partner to operations.
• Lead the cost accounting team.
• Prepare manufacturing annual budget and monthly forecasts.
• Consolidate entity-level P&L annual budget and monthly forecasts.
• Ownership of forecasting accuracy.
• Prepare and present to finance and operations management weekly and monthly results and reports, comparing and analyzing actual results with budget and forecasts.
• Recommending actions to the management team.
• Ownership of standard cost and the annual standard cost roll.
• Review inventory balance sheet account reconciliations and analysis to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP.
• Oversight and ownership of the inventory reserve provision.
• Responsible for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) for inventory and COGS.
• Lead the annual physical inventory.
• Liaise with external auditors in annual audit in the areas of sales, inventory, and costing.
• Responsible for system-related changes required on a periodic basis.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive work experience
• Manufacturing cost accounting experience
• Excellent communications, both orally and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, US GAAP is an asset
• Material requirements planning (MRP) system experience
• Experience managing a team

Preferred Qualifications

• Electronics assembly or similar industry experience
• Enterprise-wide resource planning (ERP) system experience
• Financial planning & analysis (FP&A) experience
• Experience in publicly traded company
• Exposure to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

What We’re Offering

• Paid Holidays
• Medical, vision and dental
• Life Insurance, long term disability
• Defined Pension Plan

Compensation Range: $92,600-$121,000

Compensation may vary based on applicant's work experience, education level, skill set, and/or location.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants, and strictly prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind based on race, colour, religion, age, sex, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable Canadian and provincial laws.

We encourage applications from members of equity-deserving groups, including women, Indigenous Peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.