Senior Cost Accountant

Natural Factors; Coquitlam; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Health and personal spending accounts

Wellness days

Employee & Family Assistance Program

RRSP

Loyalty share program

Product credits

Employee discounts

Employee appreciation events

Onsite parking

Bus pass reimbursement

Vendor discounts

Employee wellness sessions

Job summary

Natural Factors is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to oversee costing systems and all product costs across the company. This permanent full-time role (40 hours) is hybrid, with Monday to Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm.

You will manage costing allocations, CPU reporting, monthly variance analysis, and global cost updates to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business or Commerce, CPA/CMA (or in progress), 5+ years in finance, and strong GAAP/ASPE

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, or another relevant field.
• CPA or CMA certification (or actively pursuing).
• Experience in a finance or accounting role (5+ years).
• Strong understanding of GAAP and ASPE.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing operations, inventory and cost accounting.
• Experience with MRP and ERP Accounting Systems, financial reporting systems.
• Strong understanding of BOM and BOO.
• Advanced MS Excel skills (V-lookups, H-lookups, Pivot tables) including Power BI and Power Query.
• CPIM certification is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Oversee costing systems to allocate materials, labor and overhead to products.
• Prepare CPU reports to support manufacturing plants and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Review monthly plant financial statements and analyze variances for accuracy.
• Perform quarterly global cost updates for all stock codes across companies.
• Analyze transfer pricing for finished goods stock codes per policy.
• Oversee costing-related and system integration projects impacting the costing system.

Skills

Cost accounting

GAAP/ASPE knowledge

ERP/MRP systems

BOM/BOO

Power BI

Power Query

CPIM certification (asset)

MS Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot, large data)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Commerce

CPA or CMA (or pursuing)

Tools

MRP systems

ERP Accounting Systems

Financial reporting systems

Job description

The Senior Cost Accountant oversees the costing systems and all product costs throughout the company.

Permanent Full-Time (40 hours)

Monday to Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (flexible); Hybrid

In this role, you will:

• Oversee the costing systems to ensure that material, labor, and overhead are allocated properly to products
• Prepare Cost per Unit (CPU) reports to support the manufacturing plants and provide recommendations to improve efficiencies and ways to lower costs
• Review the monthly financial statements of the manufacturing plants and analyze the monthly variance reports to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the results
• Perform quarterly global cost updates for all stock codes in all companies
• Analyze and ensure that the transfer prices for all finished goods stock codes correspond to the company’s transfer pricing policy
• Oversee costing related and/or system integration projects by analyzing the impact on the system

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, or another relevant field
• Certifications: CPA, CMA (or actively working towards certification)
• Experience in a finance or accounting role (5+ years)
• Strong understanding of GAAP and ASPE
• Solid understanding of manufacturing operations, inventory and cost accounting
• Prior experience with MRP and ERP Accounting Systems, Financial reporting systems
• Strong understanding of bills of material (BOM) and bills of operations (BOO)
• Strong MS Excel skills (V-lookups, H-lookups, Pivot tables) including experience in manipulating large databases using Power BI, Power Query
• Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) (an asset)

You get:

• Great benefits (healthcare, health & personal spending accounts, wellness days, Employee & Family Assistance Program)
• Company provided RRSP
• Loyalty share program (based on service length)
• $300.00 per year to spend on company products
• Employee discount pricing
• Employee appreciation events & rewards
• Free onsite parking
• Bus pass reimbursement
• Exclusive discounts with various vendors
• Employee wellness sessions

Why us?

• We’re much bigger than you think, 30+ natural health brands loved across North America
• Proudly Canadian owned & operated

Learn more about us here: https://ca.naturalfactors.com/pages/our-nature

This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Only electronic applications can be accepted. This position will close when a competitive candidate pool has been identified. We thank you all for your applications and a member of our team will contact you soon. All the best!

All Internal applicants will be given priority for consideration for the first five business days that this position is posted. After that five days, Internal applicants will be considered along with all other applicants; however, they are guaranteed at minimum a call from the Talent Acquisition team.