Cost Accountant
Company: Ainsley Search Group
Location: Cherry Hill
Posted on: July 31, 2022
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Job Description:
Ainsley Search Group is hiring a Cost Accountant to join a
global performance materials company located in South Jersey. This
Cost Accountant will maintain, streamline and oversee cost
accounting, month-end closing, reconciliation, journal entries,
pricing, inventory cycle count, support cost estimate for machinery
and overhead, and support job proposal regarding cost of labor,
materials, etc. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity with
lucrative compensation, bonus, and benefit, in addition, the
company would like to develop this individual to become the Cost
Manager in the future.
Responsibilities: - Planning, Studying, and collecting data to
determine costs of business activity such as raw material
purchases, inventory and labor. - Maintain accurate standard cost
using ERP systems, account, reconcile cost of goods sold,
inventory, labor, etc. - Perform detailed cost analysis of
machinery, overheads, and budgets, generate financial reports
regarding cost versus budget, cost versus targets, identify area of
improvement and investigate root cause for cost related issue. -
Investigate all cost variance and communicate the cause with
management, drive improvement process to control cost and drive
cost saving opportunities. - Analyzing actual manufacturing costs
and preparing periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual
production costs - Recording cost information for use in
controlling expenditures - Analyzing audits of costs and preparing
reports - Making estimates of new and proposed product costs,
support cross functional teams' inquires on cost data on projects,
budgets and products. - Providing management with reports
specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability
of products or services. - Maintaining Cost Accounting System -
Assisting in Month end close of the General Ledger - Conducts
physical inventories and monitors cycle count program, audit and
reconciled physical inventory cycle count. - Reconciles finished
goods inventories
Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance,
higher education desired. - Recent years of tenure in cost
accounting, accounting, staff accounting, etc. - Proficient in data
manipulation, analysis and Excel, problem solver and strong in
analytical thinking. - Must have a strong Cost systems background
and have excellent analytical skills; sound understanding of
accounting principles. - Ability to accurately prepare daily,
weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports - Dependable,
excellent in communication and people skill, ability to work well
with various level of personnel - Aspiration to advance to Cost
Manager level
Keywords: Ainsley Search Group, Cherry Hill , Cost Accountant, Accounting, Auditing , Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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