Cost Accounting Manager

Job Overview

Summary: Provide day-to-day financial operations support ensuring that the assets are adequately safe-guarded, properly valued and effectively used in the business enterprise.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following (other duties may be assigned):

• Ensure plant level internal controls are appropriately designed and operating effectively.
• Responsible for the integrity, accuracy and timely submittal of all financial transactions originated at the production site.
• Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and appropriate valuation of all inventory related to the production site.
• Act as the primary JDE liaison at the production site.
• In conjunction with Regional Controller, develop monthly flash reports, quarterly forecasts and annual budgets.
• Assist General Manager with cost control initiatives. Ensure accurate and timely transactional reporting.
• Monitor capital spending program. Ensure compliance to corporate policies including approvals and spending as well as conversion of individual assets into fixed asset sub-ledger systems.
• Coordinate cycle counts on inventory assets in coordination with maintenance and warehouse departments.
• Administrate material master including BOMs, Routings, Work Centers, Warehouse Masters and Item Masters
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting including but not limited to monthly OpCo reports, inventory sub-ledgers, inventory SOX controls, inventory movements and flash reports.
• Load data into Hyperion Planning and HFM.
• Be proficient at the DAS report writer tool in order to extract data from JDE. Create and maintain scheduled DAS reports for all Dubuque users
• Participate in the SPI process including supplying pertinent inventory and production data as needed.
• Monitor and maintain the cost information at the plant and cost center level. Ensure accuracy and completeness of data.
• Serve as the DSI liaison between plant users and Corporate/DSI consultants, maintaining DSI applications and requesting changes as needed for plant operations.
• Serve as the plant lead for Longview integration and support.
• Sign-off on quarterly certifications of financial accuracy of plant reporting.

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Must possess a high degree of integrity.
• Strong communication and organizational skills in order to effectively interact with all levels of management.
• Knowledge of finance and accounting principles, such as GAAP and internal control / SOX.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply business management principles including strategic planning, personnel management and development and departmental budgeting.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and deductive reasoning skills.
• Ability to identify and analyze relevant information to draw conclusions and make informed judgments.
• Ability to develop systems and methods of operation in order to ensure proper financial reporting.
• Time management skills including ability to prioritize and organize work to maximize efficiency.
• Knowledge of personnel management principles, including performance management and coaching.
• Strong computer spreadsheet modeling and word processing skills (i.e. MS Office).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related discipline required.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in accounting/ financial management required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with inventory management through an ERP system.
• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) principles and reporting.
• Strong computational skills in Microsoft Excel.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge or have the ability to acquire the knowledge of JDE Accounting software; knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and Teams; solid fundamentals in Microsoft Excel and Word .

Physical Demands: The employee is regularly required to talk or hear and is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Work Environment:  Occasionally exposed to cold, heat, wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, chemicals, outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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