Junior Accountant à United States

Role Purpose

• To develop the product cost accounting business system and services that will inform financial and business decisions, enable analysis and forecasting, and inform business and operational decisions.
• To direct, guide and coordinate costing and information development processes and appropriate systems in close cooperation with business, GIT and other analytical functions notably in Sales & Marketing, Production & Quality, and Procurement.
• Management & Cost Accounting System (incl. Policies & Procedures)
• Responsible for preparing and reviewing monthly preliminary standard costings.
• Review and monitor key materials moving average prices daily and inform business teams of major variances or issues.
• Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies and material variances
• Prepare, run and update monthly standard costing in SAP ERP post business sign off
• Conduct monthly CO Assessment cycle process.
• Review and upload monthly transfer pricing.
• Review and upload monthly customer sales pricing
• Update customer prices on ad hoc basis
• Review and upload ad hoc SAP Lon View / Forecasts
• Review and upload annual SAP budget templates
• Assisting in month-end and year-end closing of SAP Controlling module
• Responsible for creation and change of material master data, bills of materials and routings as requested by business
• Assist Plant Accountants with variances on Production Orders.
• Assist Plant Accountants with review of routings and activity rates to increase accuracy of product costs.
• Track and maintain standard cost compared to actual cost.
• Assist business with product and unit cost controlling.
• Performing cost variance analyses
• Recommending changes to processes to reduce cost and maximize profit
• Monthly reconciliations and analysis of stock financial accounts
• Review and update Costing processes and SOP’s
• Internal and external controls
• Assist with controls, procedures and supporting documentation for the audit process and enforcing controls
• Assist with requested documentation and reports for the internal / external auditor
• Assist with resolving audit queries internal / external auditor where required
• Customer and Stakeholder Accountabilities
• Develops and maintains good stakeholder relationships (internally, retained organization)
• Identifies trends and opportunities and communicates or escalate as required and appropriate
• The FSSC Cost Accountant may be required to work additional hours over the month end period.