Cost Accountant

Marathon is now part of WEG Group. Founded in 1961, WEG is a global electric-electronic equipment company, operating mainly in the capital goods sector with solutions in electric machines, automation and paints for several sectors, including infrastructure, steel, pulp and paper, oil and gas, mining, among many others. WEG stands out in innovation by constantly developing solutions to meet the major trends in energy efficiency, renewable energy and electric mobility. With manufacturing units in 12 countries and present in more than 135 countries, WEG has more than 40,000 employees worldwide.

We value generation of professional and personal development opportunities, human rights, diversity and the environment. We invest in solutions for reduction of carbon emissions and encourage our people to be engaged in social activities where we have our operations, with focus on health and education. We work as a team within a friendly way allowing sharing of ideas. We get together and share knowledge and skills to continuously improve our decision-making process.

Cost Accountant

Performs cost accounting activities including complicated cost calculations and analysis. Performs ongoing analysis of cost constraints, target costing projects, margin analysis and tracing costs back to underlying activities for Motors and Generators plants. Coach and assist in training of less experienced employees.

Major Responsibilities:

• Calculates to provide accurate costing and pricing on all special and standard products to assure the desired profit for the company; assists in the development of the product price list.
• Performs physical inventory and cycle counts; reports and investigates cycle count variances to resolve issues. Collaborates with materials to review and dispose of obsolete inventory; conducts ongoing process constraints analyses. Determines COGS.
• Assesses and reviews standard cost variances in the bill of materials with engineering and supply chain; reviews actual and standard costs for accuracies, reports on margins by job and periodic variances to identify causes and spending variances.
• Analyzes costing reports and capital budgeting requests. Makes recommendations to reduce costs and improve profit.
• Calculate and report plant efficiencies by line and conversion cost.
• Performs annual cost roll-up.

Required Education / Experience / Skills:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related experience
• Experience 5 years or more
• Effective communicator (verbal, written)
• Analytical / data driven