Cost Accountant

Champion Home Builders, Inc.; Lillington (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Champion Home Builders, Inc. is seeking a cost analyst to manage product costing and margin analysis across multiple brands of manufactured homes. You will maintain master cost models, support quotations, and ensure accurate BOMs for models and options.

Responsibilities include maintaining Navision BOMs, updating price files, tracking material costs and variances, and assisting with inventory valuation and production cost reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• Minimum 2 years related experience preferred.
• Experience with Navision or other ERP systems a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cost in Navision ERP system and create/update bills of material for models and options.
• Perform BOM audits for models and options to verify as-built items and quantities.
• Track commodity costs and monitor surcharges impacting margins.
• Maintain standard costing system and Navision price files for quoting.
• Assist controller with inventory valuations and cost-of-goods-sold calculations.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Excel

Independent judgement

Cost accounting

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.