Senior Cost Accounting Analyst - Hybrid Remote Role

Job Summary of the Senior Cost Accounting Analyst: The Senior Cost Accounting Analyst willoversee plant inventory while assisting corporate accounting operations, inventory accuracy, analyzing standard costs and executing internal controls and compliance.

·         Perform inventory valuations and inventory reserve calculations

·         Work with Operations and Purchasing to set standard costs

·         Calculation of resin related rebates, credits, and provide related monthly usage analysis

·         Execute cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis

·         Perform inventory and related account reconciliations

·         Recommending changes around processes and policies to reduce cost and maximize profit

·         Ownership of the capitalized variance calculation and intercompany margin elimination

·         Ownership of annual physical inventory and development of cycle count process

·         Report summary of physical inventory adjustments

·         Review item master accuracy and validate expected fields are consistency populated

·         Pricing and margin review and analysis

·         Monitor inventory transactions for errors in unit of measure, costing and transaction type

·     Assist with business acquisitions and system integrations related to standard costs, bill of materials and routings

·         Review PPV and partner with other departments to resolve inventory valuation and purchase price issues

·         Perform assigned month-end close duties including, but not limited to, calculating accruals, calculating overhead burden rate, entering journal entries and reconciling general ledger accounts

·         Develop gross margin reporting to identify item costing deficiencies and develop processes to fix and maintain the accuracy of inventory valuation for active items and new business acquisitions

·         Assist with annual financial audit and interim audit procedures

·         Assist in the implementation of internal controls including evaluating, recommending, maintaining and monitoring appropriate internal controls

·         Participate in system enhancements and integration efforts throughout the organization

·         Interact with internal and external stakeholders in responding to inquires or Powerlink financial data reporting and ad hoc reporting requests

·         Consistently support compliance by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements (if applicable), and the Company’s policies and procedures

·         Other duties deemed necessary to support the Company’s business operations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience (GL, reporting, costing, public accounting)

·         Strong technology skills, including proficiency with Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and ERP systems

·         Ability to work in fast-paced, changing and growing environment

·         Excellent verbal, written, and communication skills

·         Advanced understanding of standard costs in a manufacturing environment

·         Excellent interpersonal skills

·         Ability to execute tasks independently and meet assigned deadlines in a timely manner

·         Possess strategic thinking and problem-solving skills

·         Ability to read, write and speak English fluently