Sr. Cost Accountant

MAT Holdings, Inc.; Long Grove (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and growing global manufacturer where you can support key corporate cost accounting functions. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage with various business units and contribute to best practice processes in cost accounting. You will be part of a team that values job diversity and provides a clear upward career path. With a focus on excellence, you will help maintain accurate costing and assist in the annual budgeting process. If you're looking for a rewarding career in a supportive environment, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of accounting/finance experience required.
• 1-3 years of recent cost accounting experience in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Implement cost accounting processes for production and distribution.
• Analyze purchasing, production, and inventory variances.
• Assist with the annual budget process and special projects.

Skills

Excel

Analytical Skills

Self-motivated

Teamwork

Time Management

Education

4-year accounting degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Company Description

Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space.

You will find our products in home improvement centers, big box retailers, hardware stores, and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate.

MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen, we ensure it happens with excellence.

We’re more than manufacturing, we’re MAT.

Job Description

Job Summary

Compensation Range: $85,000 - $103,000

Reporting to the Manager of Corporate Cost Accounting, this position is an opportunity to support a key global function for a dynamic, growing, private company that provides job diversity and an upward career path. Our Corporate Cost Accounting team is the base of expertise for proper costing for MAT worldwide and gets the chance to interact with and support all of our global business units.

Principle Responsibilities

• Assist in implementing and developing cost accounting best practice processes and procedures for our production and distribution facilities worldwide.
• Review and determine root cause analysis related to purchasing, production, and inventory variances.
• Partner with each business unit to develop raw materials, work in process, and finish goods at standard costs.
• Participate in gathering data for the monthly Cost Accounting Package for 35+ MAT companies.
• Monitor warehouse transactions.
• Assist with the annual budget process, including capital budgets.
• Perform other related duties and tasks as required, such as bills of materials, production routings, cost centers, activity types, allocations, and master data maintenance.
• Special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Competencies:

• Possess excellent computer skills with an emphasis on Excel.
• Analytical, self-motivated, able to work alone or within a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Requires ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Desire to learn.

Education/Experience

• 4-year accounting degree required.
• 3-5 years of accounting/finance experience with 1-3 years of recent cost accounting experience in a manufacturing company.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10%.
• SAP experience is also a plus.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Manufacturing

Industries

• Consumer Goods