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Senior Cost Accountant

Full-time

The Bolton Group

An established industry leading manufacturing company is seeking a Sr. Cost Accountant for a Milwaukee plant. The company is known for offering progression opportunities, solid work/life balance, and excellent benefits including a pension.

What's great about this Senior Cost Accountant opportunity:

  • Fast track to Manager and Plant Controller
  • High visibility to "C" Suite
  • Progression opportunities throughout the U.S
  • Will partner with Plant Managers to help drive business, reduce costs, and improve efficiencies
  • Amazing benefits including a Pension plan

Primary responsibilities of the Senior Cost Accountant include:

  • Run monthly costs, manufacturing reports and other schedules
  • Interpret and evaluate data for labor metrics and efficiencies
  • Interface with operations personnel and other cross-functional areas to develop spend analysis
  • Gather data necessary and to report daily production metrics for each unit
  • Analyze and understand scrap and usage variations
  • Create, analyze and post month end accruals for labor
  • Month end depreciation schedule and posting

Required Experience:

  • 3+ years of cost accounting with a manufacturing company
  • Solid understanding of standard cost accounting
  • Degree in Accounting or Finance

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