JR. COST ACCOUNTANT AND MATERIAL DATA COORDINATOR

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Oakville; Hybrid; CAD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Career growth

Equal opportunity

Job summary

Sika Canada is seeking a Jr. Cost Accountant and Material Data Coordinator to maintain SAP costing data and MDG item codes. You will support cost reviews, variances, and month-end reporting while ensuring accurate master data governance across the Canada operations.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years in cost accounting with SAP and Excel proficiency, and are bilingual—French is preferred within Quebec. This hybrid role offers both office and home-based work with a focus on data integrity and

Qualifications

• College diploma in Accounting or equivalent (AEC, or DEC in Quebec).
• 3–5 years relevant experience as Jr. cost accountant and handling material data management preferred.
• MS Excel and ERP systems proficiency, specifically SAP.
• Bilingual in French and English, though French not required outside Quebec.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Enter and maintain item costing data in SAP with accuracy.
• Create and extend item codes in MDG portal and manage master data documentation.
• Review cost pricing, variances, and support month-end activities.
• Provide costing information to operations and sales teams as required.
• Assist costing team and operations on cost estimation for new projects.
• Participate in data governance and recurring stock verification activities.

Skills

MS Excel

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Bilingual (French & English)

Attention to detail

Education

College Diploma in Accounting or equivalent

Tools

SAP

MDG portal

Job description

JR. COST ACCOUNTANT AND MATERIAL DATA COORDINATOR

• Full-time
• Global Contract type: Permanent
• Area: Canada
• Global Department: Finance
• Compensation: CAD 55,000 - CAD 60,000 - yearly

The Jr. Cost accountant and material data- Coordinator is responsible for entering and maintaining information in the company’s Enterprise Resource Planning system (SAP) to ensure accuracy including creation and extension of item codes, maintaining costs and necessary updates.

What you will be doing:

• Ensure cost is set up properly whenever new code is created or existing code extended.
• Review of cost pricing and analysing variances.
• Support in performing month end activity and preparing reports as and when required.
• Review of production variances on periodic basis.
• Review of factory cost analysis as and when required.
• Creation and extension of Item codes in Material Data Governance (MDG) portal, costing and maintenance of the documentation for master data creation and managing it centrally for Sika Canada.
• Analyze and resolve cross-functional item code data issues.
• Ensure item codes are created accurately and within a reasonable timeframe.
• Responsible for Material Data Governance (MDG portal and monitoring status of item code creation and pending codes to be released for costing.
• Implementcorporate requests for code deletions and data maintenance.
• Review item configuration set up (e.g., BU’s, item codes blocked, MRP set up, stock transfer set up etc.) in SAP.
• Provide necessary costing information to the Operation/Sales team as required.
• Work with costing team to resolve any costing related issues.
• Assist operation team with cost estimation for new project launches.
• Participate in Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis to determine codes to be discontinued when required.
• Ensuring support in cost roll up activity as and when required.
• Taking part in annual stock verification activity and preparing reports.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: College Diploma in Accounting or equivalent experience (AEC, or DEC in Quebec)
• Bilingual in French and English although French not required outside the province of Quebec
• 3-5 years relevant experience as Jr. cost accountant and handling material data management preferred
• Working knowledge and experience with MS Excel and ERP systems, specifically SAP
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks
• Strong ability to troubleshoot issues and solve problems

Working Conditions

• Working indoors both in office and from home office with air conditioning and heating as applicable
• Ergonomic workspace provided
• Conversing by phone and email consistently for full work shifts.

WHAT WE OFFER?

We will provide you with everything you need to excel in your role. You will benefit from a rare combination of autonomy and camaraderie, while being part of a professional team. We will entrust you with responsibilities and offer you an environment that fosters professional development and career growth. From there, we will trust you to do whatever it takes to achieve exceptional results. If you go above and beyond, we will reward you by offering unparalleled support, along with a team of business developers and technical support experts.

Sika is committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals that apply. As an equal opportunity employer Sika will consider all qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or other protected characteristics.We offer competitive salaries, aligned with local market benchmarks and the specific scope and responsibilities of each role. Compensation is determined based skills relevant to the position, education and/or training. We are committed to fair and equitable pay practices in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Sika Canada discloses that we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications. However, we want to emphasize that AI does not make final decisions or eliminate candidates from consideration. Our dedicated hiring managers and recruiters carefully review all applications to ensure a fair and comprehensive evaluation process. This approach combines the efficiency of AI with the expertise and judgment of our experienced hiring team, allowing us to identify the best candidates while maintaining a human-centered hiring process.

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