Cost Accountant (Decatur)

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has direct reports.

Summary / Objective:

Performs as Plant Cost Accountant to design, implement, and maintain plant cost controls and reports. This includes reporting of monthly results, budget/forecast development and implementing and monitoring cost controls.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent education/work experience.
• 5 + years of work experience in a professional accounting position in a manufacturing environment is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must have working knowledge of general accounting functions, cost accounting, forecast creation, and experience working with a plant unit cost system.

Competencies :

• Willingness to follow recommended procedures, honesty, patience, flexibility, ability to work within a team environment.

Physical Demands:

• Demands associated with working in a fast paced, high stress environment.

Essential Functions:

• Prompt, regular, and dependable attendance is an essential function of this job.
• Drives optimal financial performance within manufacturing operations by identifying and implementing process improvements that enhance productivity, increase efficiency, reduce costs, capitalize on growth opportunities, and sustain best-in-class operational standards.
• Designs, modifies, and maintains Plant Cost Accounting System.
• Prepares the site annual operating budget, revised budget, and final forecast under the direction of the Plant Controller.
• Analyze site performance versus plan and makes recommendations to Management for improvements.
• Maintains site cost accounting procedures.
• Provides other company units with related information required by them to fulfill their assigned responsibilities.
• Advise on the proper coding of invoices as needed.
• Keeps abreast of current trends and practices in field of expertise. Assumes other special activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.
• Works closely with other departments to accurately forecast monthly production costs.
• Works closely with cost center managers to control spending within the approved budget.
• Additional assignments as deemed necessary by management.