Plant Cost Analyst

CertainTeed; Norwood (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

CertainTeed is seeking a Plant Cost Analyst to support the Norwood location's Controller in ensuring financial statement integrity and internal controls. The role focuses on plant accounting, budgeting, standard costs, and cost reduction initiatives to improve profitability.

Responsibilities include month-end closings, financial statement awareness, post-closing analyses, and collaboration with plant management on data-driven decisions for sourcing, pricing, and long-range planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Minimum 2 years of progressive cost accounting and analysis experience in manufacturing.
• Strong analytical and communication skills; GAAP knowledge essential.
• Proficient in desktop reporting and MS Excel/PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end close assignments.
• Demonstrate awareness of plant financial statements.
• Prepare post-closing plant analysis and performance reports.
• Coordinate annual plant budget with Controller.
• Prepare, maintain and analyze product standard costs.
• Provide data to support sourcing, pricing, and long-range planning.
• Identify issues and initiate analyses to address plant problems.
• Oversee inventory counts and annual physical inventory reconciliation.
• Support cost reduction projects and Six Sigma audits.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Independent work

Customer service mindset

Strong IT aptitude

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Plant Cost Analyst will assist the Norwood Controller to ensure the financial statement integrity and internal controls of the Norwood location. This position will be responsible for plant accounting activity such as supporting WCM Plant Team. Partner with the plant management to provide timely and accurate data to support business decisions such as sourcing, pricing, and long-range planning.

• Manage the timely completion of the month-end financial close assignments
• Demonstrate awareness of all elements of the plant's financial statements
• Assist in preparing post-closing plant financial analysis, performance reports and meaningful commentary
• Partner with the Controller to prepare and coordinate the annual budget at the plant level.
• Partner with the Controller to prepare, maintain and analyze product standard costs
• Support the analytical needs of the Controller and other financial management
• Partner with plant management to increase plant efficiency and profitability
• Prepare analysis to understand the financial ramifications of current and proposed business actions
• Identify issues and proactively initiate analyses / solutions to plant issues
• Ensure compliance with CT and SGC policies and procedures
• Oversee and reconcile inventory cycle counts and annual physical inventory
• Assist in preparation of capital appropriations requests
• Track cost reduction projects and maintain required reporting
• Support six sigma by auditing results, training black belts, and suggesting new projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance,
• Minimum 2 years of progressive cost accounting and analysis experience with a manufacturing organization. A strong emphasis should be put on knowledge of management accounting, cost and inventory accounting, and GAAP
• Strong analytical skills are required to quickly grasp issues impacting the plant's financial results
• Strong IT aptitude to deliver effective desktop reporting (paperless web-enabled environment), utilize business warehouse tools and MS Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentations
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are required
• Ability to manage projects, work independently, and communicate effectively to all areas and levels of the location
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across plant and functional organizations.
• Strong sense of customer service

A little more about us

Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world's largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed has more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. www.certainteed.com

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