Cost Accounting Manager

INTELLISWIFT INC; Novato (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Cost Accounting Manager to oversee inventory management, cost accounting, and quarterly closing support. The successful candidate will leverage technical accounting skills, drive business process improvements, and ensure strong internal control in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of Finance/Accounting or equivalent experience.
• Cost Accounting experience is strongly preferred.
• US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley knowledge required.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of inventory transactions including product costing.
• Complete inventory journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support business partners in process improvement and audit activities.

Skills

Technical accounting

Communication

Teamwork

Business acumen

Tools

SAP

Oracle Manufacturing

Excel

Job description

Title:Cost Accounting Manager
Duration: 12 month
Remote role

This role supports the monthly and quarterly closing activities, audit, and inventory management.
The Cost Accountanting Manager is a driven, detail-oriented self-starter, who enjoys building productive relationships, has innate curiosity, enjoys problem solving, and has an eye for process improvement.
The successful candidate displays technical accounting skills, solid knowledge in costing, strong analytical skills, business acumen and communication skills.
To be successful in this role the candidate needs to be proactive, performance driven with a keen sense of ownership and a great team player.
Responsibilities
Inventory Management: Manage all aspects of the inventory transactions for US produced products under the current costing process. Including raw material purchases, plant inventory transactions, Drug Substance manufacturing. Lead cycle counts process and support audit activities.
Cost Accounting: Manage full product cost accounting. Including inventory cost adjustments, average cost analysis, inventory reserve management.
Monthly and Quarterly closing support: Complete inventory journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance review, inventory analysis. Complete inventory reporting to support quarterly filings and audits.
Business partnering and business process improvement: Support business partners in their daily tasks, while collaboratively seeking opportunities for continued process improvement.
Internal control: ensure a strong internal control environment for the assigned business areas to minimize the chance of SOX and Financial Reporting exposures; support the auditing and remediation activities as needed.
Others: Support the new ERP/SAP Implementation initiatives as needed, support other local and global ad-hoc projects as needed

Strong skills in technical accounting, communication, teamwork, business acumen
Minimum 3 years of Finance/Accounting or equivalent experience
Cost Accounting experience strongly preferred
Accounting experience in costing or controllership organizations required
Experience of US GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley, and internal control environment essential
Prior SAP/ERP experiences a plus
Working knowledge and skills in Oracle Manufacturing and Excel are required