Cost Accountant

Work for a  leading food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania.  This company is over 100 years old. They are a stable company with explicit core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 1000 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector – agriculture! The Cost Accountant develops, reviews, and maintains the cost accounting models and systems for the company. Works directly with production management concerning product costs, production variances, and production improvements. Assists the accounting team with various tasks. Salary $90K to $105K with potential annual bonus depending on company profitl Apply today. Any questions please contat View email address on randstadusa.com.   

salary: $90,000 - $105,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 4:30 PM
education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

• Responsible for inventory reporting and accuracy for the company
• Works closely with Engineers to ensure product cost standards are accurate, and manages and updates the cost accounting sections of the CSB ERP system
• Works closely with the Controller and other departments to support the financial period closing process
• Responsible for all cost and production reporting   
• Assist production management and FP&A in capital expenditure justification (ROI) and in the analysis of production efficiency/effectiveness
• Monitor, research, and reports on expense variances to budget and prior periods on a weekly, monthly, year-to-date and TTM basis
• Responsible for reviewing and updating labor and overhead rates utilized in bills of materials (BOM)
• Possesses a continuous improvement mindset and makes recommendations to streamline processes/improve accuracy throughout the company
• Responsible for product line analysis, including product line profitability
• Performs ad-hoc operations analysis as required utilizing Excel, ODBC connections to CSB ERP system data, and other software tools
• Responsible for developing, producing and maintaining management reports for operations utilizing Excel, Power BI, and other software tools
• Assists FP&A with the compilation of the manufacturing costs included in the annual budget and periodic reforecasts Develops and compiles the annual operating and capital budgets, as well as periodic forecasts

Requirements:

• BS in Accounting
• 5+ years exp.
• Cost Food industry 

Skills

• Cost Accounting
• Manufacturing Cost Acct
• Variance Analysis
• Process Costing
• Inventory Auditing
• ROI
• TTM
• BOM
• ERP
• Power Builder
• ODBC
• Statistics
• Food

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 5 years
• Experience level: Experienced

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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