Job Description

Cost Accountant

JOB-10042660

Anticipated Start Date

September 24, 2024

Location

Branchburg, NJ

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client is a world leader in gases, technologies and services used in many industries and for Health purposes. Oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter, and energy.

With safety as their priority, training will be provided for all employees to ensure the job is done properly. This client also hires many of their full-time employees through temporary agencies so many of our roles are temp-to-hire. This gives our candidates and the client an opportunity to ensure that this will be a good fit for a full-time role with their company. All roles have an opportunity for career advancement once full time with our client and provide excellent benefits to their full-time employees.

Job Summary

We are seeking Cost Accountant to join our client’s team. You will need to analyze, develop and review Labor Hour Costs, Machine Hour Costs for Company’s core molecules by plant.

Job Description

• Responsible for analyzing site costs at the manufacturing site or the profit center level and supporting site management to control on-site inventory.
• Ensure that costs are appropriately classified, and reported accurately, by helping to develop and analyze costs, assets and investments to support the site’s ambitions.
• Costs and Inventory Analysis:
  • Determine Labor and Machine Hours by product, for site and cost center.
  • Reviews product costing to identify costing errors. Root Cause Analysis.
  • Analyzes cost variance analysis and compares actual to system standards for both material and labor.
  • Reviews, analyzes, and reports actual job profit margins.
  • Validate accuracy of the inventory balances at the item and transaction level.
  • Inventory subledger to GL reconciliation and roll-forward by site.
  • Provides product costing for pricing and business decisions.
  • Cost budget – working with site leaders to define detailed material, labor and overhead.
  • Weekly job/work-ticket/WIP profitability reviews and reconciliations – variance analysis budget vs actual by jobs.

Skills Required

• Experience with SAP is required;
• Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills;
• Experience partnering with site leadership, willing to engage people from all levels in order to increase cost awareness of the site;
• High attention to detail & accuracy with the ability to manipulate large amounts of data;
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and strong interpersonal skills;
• Autonomous and able to work with cross functional teams;
• Ability to think critically, and manage multiple tasks and priorities;
• Ability to prioritize, manage time independently, set objectives and milestones.

Preferred Qualifications And Competencies

• Experience with Microsoft Power BI;
• Proficiency in Google Sheets and Google Slides;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education/Training/Certifications

• Bachelor’s in accounting with demonstrated capability in cost analysis and 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment 

Additional Requirements

• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM); potential for remote work 2 days a week.
• PPE Requirements if any -Steel toe shoes for plant floor.

Pay Rate/Salary

• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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