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Cost Accountants
A Cost Accountant, or Cost Analyst, is a financial professional who’s responsible for assessing business expenses and preparing optimized budget plans for their employer. Their duties include reviewing financial records, researching the market rate for key business costs and adjusting the company ledger to accurately reflect balance sheets.
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Cost Accountant
Experienced Cost Accountant with MBA
37076
Experienced Cost Accountant with MBA. Proficient in standard cost, work order variance, PPV analysis, financial planning, AP, and AR. Manages month-end close activities, updates KPIs, generates sales reports, develops analytical models, and supports budget processes.
Expertise
- Strong knowledge of standard cost, work order variance, PPV analysis, financial planning, AP and AR
- Calculate the standard cost for new products, raw materials
- In charge of month-end close activities such as payroll, energy, meals and travel accruals and inventory provisions including moving average cost calculation.
- Update KPI’s for cost of labor, maintenance and quality
- Provide reports for actual sales on a weekly/monthly basis to both management and corporate.
- Develop models and pivot tables to analyze sales performance by market, top customers and business line
- Create presentations for Financial Review and Division Reviews
- Assist with annual budget process
- Research gross margin results and variance for all product lines and track top customers trends.
Industries Served
Manufacturing
Experienced Cost Accounting Manager (MBA) with 10+ Years in Manufacturing
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Experienced Cost Accounting Manager (MBA) with 10+ years in manufacturing. Manages day-to-day accounting operations, conducts variance analysis, and ensures accurate cost recording. Expertise in cost of goods sold calculations, budgeting, and inventory-related tasks.
Expertise
- Manage and review day-to-day accounting operations and month/quarter/year end close
- Coordinates the annual budgeting process at the facility
- Calculate and close month-end work in process (WIP) and overhead accounts.
- Analyze actual manufacturing cost and prepare periodic reports comparing to standard cost.
- Perform variance analysis (PPV, Labor, overhead, material usage.
- Perform cost of goods sold calculation, cost analyses and prepare product margin reports.
- Prepare and monitor monthly cost absorption and calculate actual costs including fixed and variable cost allocations.
- Analyze, prepare, and reconcile inventory valuation, inventory roll forward and conduct inventory reserve analysis and write offs.
- Implement controls to ensure accurate recording and classification of costs.
- Prepare monthly cycle count reporting that leverages ABC code methodology and is consistent across warehouses.
Industries Served
Manufacturing
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