Accountant, Cost Accounting

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Accountant, Cost Accounting at a glance....

This role reports to the Manager, Cost Accounting (Internal Manufacturing), and will support the appropriate costing and oversight of inventory for Kraft Heinz-owned manufacturing operations throughout the North America zone. This role calls for strong business partnership with finance, operations, and business contacts at a variety of levels, including corporate supply chain finance, manufacturing plant controllers, commercialization teams, and data management stewards. Key opportunities for enhancement include elevating and simplifying the annual costing process, partnering with crucial innovation partners to ensure new product development can be timely launched, and developing automation or new reporting to support the accuracy of both standard and actual costing and associated variances.

What's on the menu?

The following are key tasks/projects that will be owned by the Accountant, Cost Accounting:

• Refine and execute month-end close journal entries, covering topics such as variance pass backs, deferred expenses, manual inventory adjustments, and cost component analysis
  • Provide accounting guidance to both accounting and non-accounting colleagues
  • Define and implement process improvements for closing with accuracy and efficiency
  • Become proficient in SAP Material Ledger (ML) close process
• Improve the clarity of documentation and insights gained from Blackline account reconciliations and Sarbanes-Oxley controls pertaining to inventory costing and adjustments
• Support personnel at assigned locations and their associated business unit management with ad hoc accounting information and analysis
• Consolidate and publish variance reporting analysis
• Develop and conduct training sessions and project deliverables as needed

Recipe for Success - apply now if this sounds like you!

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP
• Demonstrated initiative and decision-making skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to analyze detailed data and deliver actionable adjustments
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communications skills
• Experience with SAP preferred
• Cost accounting experience or academic studies preferred
• Microsoft Excel skills