Cost Accountant

Champion Homes; Lillington (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Champion Home Builders is seeking aCosting Analyst to manage product costing and margin analysis across multiple brands of manufactured homes, including options.

You will maintain master cost models, price files, and BOMs in Navision, and work with Sales, Engineering, Materials, and Production to ensure accurate margins for pricing decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting required with at least 2 years related experience preferred.
• Accounting and Costing experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience with Navision or other ERP systems is a plus.
• Manufactured housing or construction industry knowledge helpful.

Responsibilities

• Maintains cost in Navision ERP system, creating bills of material for models and options, updating bills by exchanging items to provide accurate margin information for pricing decisions.
• Local Navision system maintenance (updates, problem resolution, training others).
• Production floor audits of BOMs for models and options to verify and update BOMs for as-built items and quantities.
• Maintains standard costing system and master specifications for each brand.
• Approving all job orders prior to production.
• Interacts with Sales, Engineering, Materials, and Production.
• Tracks commodity costs to monitor surcharges and maintains price files for quoting.
• Assists controller with accounting related to inventories (raw, WIP, finished goods, COGS).

Skills

Leadership

Org. skills

Independent judgement

Problem solving

Excel expertise

Costing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Tools

Navision ERP

Job description

FLSA Status: Exempt
Summary: Manages product costing and margin analysis for several brands of manufactured houses including options. Determines costing impact of product modifications and customizations. Provides costing estimates and maintains master model and option price files for quotation purposes of new business. Manages home configuration and standard costing systems.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Maintains cost in Navision ERP system, creating bills of material for models and options, updating bills by exchanging new items being purchased for old items made obsolete, to provide accurate margin information for use by the General Manager and Controller for pricing decisions.
• Local Navision system maintenance (running system update programs, working with corporate office to implement updates or problem resolution, training others).
• Production floor audits of bills of material for models and options to verify and update Navision bills for as-built items and quantities.
• Maintenance of standard construction specifications for each brand.
• Approving all job orders prior to production.
• Interacts with other departments including Sales, Engineering, Materials, and Production.
• Track commodity costs to monitor the need to initiate or increase material surcharges.
• Ensures maintenance remains up to date to provide current margin information for models and options used to determine price adjustments.
• Maintains all models, options, and Navision price files with approved prices for quoting.
• Assists with the quarterly physical inventory count and valuation.
• Maintains standard costing system and manages purchase price variances.
• Assists controller with accounting as it relates to inventories (raw, WIP, finished goods, and cost-of-goods sold, valuations and reserves).

Competencies

• Must have leadership and organizational skills with the drive to excel and perform at the next level.
• Must be able to exercise independent judgement or adopt or modify methods and standards to meet assigned duties/objectives.
• Must be able to research and problem solve, devise solutions and recommendations, and report on findings.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as square and lineal footages, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume, as it pertains to costing.
• Must have advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and a minimum of 2 years related experience preferred.
• Accounting and Costing experience in a manufacturing industry preferred.
• Experience with Navision or other ERP systems is a plus.
• Manufactured housing or construction industry knowledge helpful.

EEO Statement Champion Home Builders is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Champion Home Builders participates in the E-Verify Program.