Senior Cost Accountant

CPS, Inc.; Town of Brookfield (WI); Vor Ort; USD 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

CPS, Inc. seeks a detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our manufacturing finance team.

You will contribute to financial reporting, month-end close, cost accounting, and inventory valuation, working closely with operations and leadership to ensure accurate results and continue process improvements. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of GAAP, manufacturing cost structures, and inventory accounting, and will play a key role in variance analysis, internal controls, and

Aufgaben

• Manage and support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare and review journal entries, general ledger reconciliations, and financial statements.
• Maintain and analyze inventory balances, including raw materials, work-in-process (WIP), and finished goods.
• Support standard costing processes, including the review of labor, material, and manufacturing overhead costs.
• Analyze production variances, including purchase price, labor efficiency, material usage, and overhead variances.
• Perform gross margin analysis and investigate fluctuations in manufacturing costs and profitability.
• Reconcile inventory subledgers to the general ledger and investigate inventory discrepancies.
• Assist with physical inventory counts, cycle counts, inventory reserves, and obsolescence assessments.
• Partner with operations and production teams to analyze manufacturing performance, cost drivers, and operational efficiency.
• Prepare account reconciliations, balance sheet schedules, and supporting documentation for internal and external audits.
• Support budgeting and forecasting activities related to production costs, inventory, and operating expenses.
• Monitor capital expenditures, fixed assets, depreciation, and construction-in-progress balances.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen internal controls, streamline accounting procedures, and improve financial reporting.
• Assist with ERP system reporting, costing updates, and other accounting or financial improvement projects.

Jobbeschreibung

Position Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our manufacturing finance team. This individual will play a key role in financial reporting, month-end close, cost accounting, inventory valuation, and variance analysis. The Senior Accountant will work closely with operations, production, supply chain, and finance leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting, identify cost-saving opportunities, and improve accounting processes. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of GAAP, manufacturing cost structures, and inventory accounting.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare and review journal entries, general ledger reconciliations, and financial statements.
• Maintain and analyze inventory balances, including raw materials, work-in-process (WIP), and finished goods.
• Support standard costing processes, including the review of labor, material, and manufacturing overhead costs.
• Analyze production variances, including purchase price, labor efficiency, material usage, and overhead variances.
• Perform gross margin analysis and investigate fluctuations in manufacturing costs and profitability.
• Reconcile inventory subledgers to the general ledger and investigate inventory discrepancies.
• Assist with physical inventory counts, cycle counts, inventory reserves, and obsolescence assessments.
• Partner with operations and production teams to analyze manufacturing performance, cost drivers, and operational efficiency.
• Prepare account reconciliations, balance sheet schedules, and supporting documentation for internal and external audits.
• Support budgeting and forecasting activities related to production costs, inventory, and operating expenses.
• Monitor capital expenditures, fixed assets, depreciation, and construction-in-progress balances.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen internal controls, streamline accounting procedures, and improve financial reporting.
• Assist with ERP system reporting, costing updates, and other accounting or financial improvement projects.