Accounting Mgr - 90412906 - Philadelphia

Amtrak; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Amtrak in Philadelphia seeks a Senior Cost Accountant to support inventory and overhead accounting, ensuring GAAP compliance. You will prepare journal entries, run reconciliations, analyze cost data, and provide insights for operations and financial decision-making.

You will partner with cross-functional teams and lead ad-hoc projects as needed. The role requires strong Excel skills, SAP experience, and a track record in cost accounting with 7+ years of relevant work experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of relevant work experience.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and cost accounting principles.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and upload journal entries for inventory and overhead activities.
• Perform inventory and overhead reconciliations with accuracy and timeliness.
• Monitor field inventory transactions for compliance with GAAP.
• Analyze inventory/overhead reports, identifying variances and trends.
• Support month-end and year-end close for inventory and overhead.
• Analyze direct labor, overhead, and materials costs for quarterly adjustments.
• Assist annual budget development and overhead forecasts.
• Improve processes related to cost accounting and allocations.
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and auditors.

Skills

Cost accounting

GAAP

Excel

Data analysis

Journal entries

Inventory oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Your success is a train ride away!

As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

This role is being created to support a multi-year transformational project at Amtrak, as support for normal department operations. As this position is tied to that project work, continuation of work after completion of the project would depend on business needs at that time.

Job Summary

Lead, manage, and perform advanced cost accounting activities, supporting inventory and overhead accounting processes, and ensuring compliance with company policies and GAAP. Prepare and upload journal entries, complete reconciliations, analyze cost data, and provide critical insights to support operational and financial decision-making. Partner closely with cross-functional teams and lead or assist in a variety of ad-hoc projects.

Essential Functions

• Prepare and upload journal entries related to inventory and overhead accounting activities
• Prepare various inventory and overhead-related reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of disputes
• Monitor inventory transactions processed in the field to ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Prepare, analyze, and interpret inventory and overhead reports, providing insight into variances and trends
• Support month-end and year-end close processes for inventory and overhead accounting
• Analyze direct labor, overhead, and material costs to facilitate accurate quarterly adjustments
• Support annual budget development and periodic overhead forecasts
• Develop, document, and enhance processes related to cost accounting, inventory controls, and overhead allocations
• Lead or assist with ad-hoc requests and special projects for inventory and overhead accounting teams
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Internal Audit, and external auditors to ensure proper accounting treatment, support audit activities, and drive continuous improvement of cost accounting processes

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• Plus 7 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 9 years of relevant work experience.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP and other Amtrak applications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong working knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft Office applications
• Strong analytical capability and the capacity to control system data in accordance with corporate policies and procedures
• Ability to collect, organize, and analyze qualitative and quantitative data
• Ability to clearly describe or explain information, concepts, ideas, and instructions
• Strong comprehension skills