100 to 120K plus bonus
Basic Function: The Cost Analyst position is accountable for the ongoing analysis of process constraints, target costing projects, margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities. The Cost Analyst must also construct and monitor those cost-effective data accumulation systems needed to provide an appropriate level of costing information to management.
Responsibilities:
- Determine standard costs and investigate variances with actual costs
- Lead the annual standard cost-roll process
- Review, analyze, update, and validate standard cost including bill of materials with deep understanding of the labor and overhead
- Evaluate standard and actual costs for inaccuracies
- Measure, monitor, and analyze cost reduction projects as compared to expectations
- Analyze material usage variances, purchase price variances, scrap and inventory evaluation actual vs forecast in support of month-end closing activities
- Resolve costing discrepancies and irregularities with BOMs
- Investigate cycle count variances and resolve inventory adjustments
- Work on special financial projects as required
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent
- 5+ experience with manufacturing companies in positions with responsibility in areas such as cost accounting, profitability analysis and manufacturing cost reductions
- Understanding of manufacturing standard cost accounting and inventory valuation
- Demonstrated proficiency in accessing information from ERP systems; JD Edwards and SAP knowledge required
- Proficiency in Excel for modeling and analysis
- Experience in partnering with operations to develop and implement cost reduction plans=
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