Description

Robert Half is currently working with a fast-growing manufacturing company in Wendell, NC that is seeking a cost accountant. This critical Cost Accountant role is responsible for the ongoing analysis of product cost, development of new product cost and margin analysis. This role will also establish customer pricing by working closely with the sales teams and senior financial management team. Are you a talented Cost Accountant looking for a position with a company experiencing substantial growth? Then this may be the role for you.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor the cycle count program and conduct physical inventories

• Help prepare general ledgers and assist in audits

• Recommend costs and cost savings based on analysis

• Generate reports for management that specify and compare factors that affect prices and profitability of products or services

• Analyze the data collected and log a detailed record of the results

• Estimate new and proposed product costs

• Create internal cost audits

• Prepare regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs and analyze manufacturing costs

• Execute standardized costing methodology for all domestic plants

• Abide by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for financial statements

• Analyze projects and data to determine costs of business activity such as raw material purchases, inventory, and labor usage, waste

• Create and manage the cost accounting system, documents, and records of the organization

• Analyze any changes in goods or services provided in order to determine what effect it has on the cost

• Perform variance analysis such as Purchase Price to Cost variance, cost revaluation, Invoice to PO price variances and work order variances

  Requirements - Bachelors degree in accounting or related field

• Extremely detailed and analytical

• Aptitude for analyzing financial data and generating accurate reports in a timely manner

• Observant, accurate and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment

• 2 years of Cost Accounting work experience

• Experience working with organizational accounting concepts

• Understanding of cost management methodologies, activities, and cost pools based on direct and indirect cost rates

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