Sr. Cost Analyst

Vaco by Highspring; Aliso Viejo (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring is seeking a Financial Cost Analyst for a hybrid role in California. You will interact with Sr.

Management to provide strategic analysis and advice for key decisions, and build financial models in Excel including VLOOKUPs, pivots, and formulas. You will analyze manufacturing operations, track costs such as BOM, standard costs, COGS, WIP, and finished goods, and develop annual budgets, forecasts, and detailed expense schedules.

Qualifications

• Standard cost
• Financial analysis
• Variance analysis

Responsibilities

• Interact with Sr. Management to provide strategic analysis and advice for key decisions.
• Create financial models in Excel (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and formulas).
• Analyze manufacturing operations, BOM, standard costs, unit cost variance, COGS, WIP and finished goods.
• Develop the annual budget, periodic forecasting, internal & financial reporting, and detailed budget schedules.
• Report KPIs, dashboard metrics, and support ad hoc projects.
• Perform physical inventory reconciliations, reporting and analysis.
• Complete month-end adjusting entries (Sales, COGS, labor, materials, overhead allocations).

Skills

Standard cost

Financial analysis

Variance analysis

Job description

Financial Cost Analyst (Hybrid)

• This position will have high-level exposure and be expected to interact with Sr. Management to provide strategic analysis and advice for key decisions.
• Financial modeling with Microsoft Excel to include V-look ups, pivot tables, and formulas.
• Analyze manufacturing operations, utilization, BOM, standard costs, unit cost variance, cost of goods sold, WIP and finished goods.
• Responsible for developing the annual budget, periodic forecasting, internal & financial reporting, prepare detailed budget schedules including operating expense, capital expenditures, sales, margin, profitability, headcount, etc.
• Position will also report key performance indicators (KPI), dashboard metrics, and ad hoc projects.
• Physical Inventory reconciliations, reporting, and analysis.
• Miscellaneous month end adjusting journals - Sales, COGS, labor, materials, & overhead allocations.
• Salary Range 100-110k base salary, plus bonus and great benefits.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certificates, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan.

Additional disclaimer:

Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

Desired Skills and Experience

Standard cost, financial analysis, Variance analysis,

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Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity.

Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications.

Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application.

In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).