Junior Cost Accountant & Material Data Specialist

Sika; Oakville; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Sika Canada, located in Oakville, is seeking a Jr. Cost Accountant and Material Data Coordinator to manage SAP-based costing, item code governance, and MDG data maintenance. This role supports month-end activities, cost analysis, and cross-functional data integrity for the Canadian operation.

The candidate will collaborate with Operations and Sales teams, ensure accurate cost setup for new codes, and participate in stock verifications and cost roll-ups as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience with cost setup for new codes and extensions.
• Ability to review cost pricing and analyze variances.
• Support month-end activities and reporting as needed.
• Experience reviewing production variances periodically.
• Experience with factory cost analysis.

Responsibilities

• Create and extend item codes in MDG portal, maintain master data for Sika Canada.
• Maintain documentation for item creation and costing processes.
• Analyze and resolve cross-functional item code data issues.
• Ensure timely and accurate item code creation.
• Monitor MDG portal for code creation status and pending releases.
• Implement corporate requests for code deletions and data maintenance.
• Review SAP item configurations (BUs, MRP, stock transfer, etc.).
• Provide costing information to Operations and Sales teams as required.
• Collaborate with costing team to resolve costing issues.
• Assist cost estimation for new project launches.
• Participate in PLS analysis to determine codes to discontinue.
• Support cost roll-up activities as needed.
• Participate in annual stock verification and reporting.

Skills

Cost accounting

Variance analysis

Data maintenance

Data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SAP

MDG portal

Job description

Sika Canada, located in Oakville, is seeking a Jr. Cost Accountant and Material Data Coordinator to manage SAP-based costing, item code governance, and MDG data maintenance. This role supports month-end activities, cost analysis, and cross-functional data integrity for the Canadian operation.

The candidate will collaborate with Operations and Sales teams, ensure accurate cost setup for new codes, and participate in stock verifications and cost roll-ups as needed.