Cost Accountant

LanceSoft Inc

Terre Haute, IN

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time
SKILLS
Accounting, Accounting Close, Analysis Skills, Balance Sheet, Budget Management, Cash Flow, Communication Skills, Concrete, Corporate Finance, Cost Accounting, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Data Collection, Depth Perception, Financial Procedures, Financial Reporting, Forecasting, Genetics, German Language, Housekeeping/Cleaning, Identify Issues, Inventory Planning, Investigative Reports, Lift/Move 30 Pounds, Lift/Move 50 Pounds, Manufacturing, Manufacturing/Industrial Processes, Mathematics, Microsoft Office, Multilingual, Performance Metrics, Physical Demands, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Product Costing, Production Costing, Project Development, Project Planning, Project/Program Management, Purchasing/Procurement, SAP, SAP MM, Safety Process, Safety/Work Safety, Software Configuration Management, Standards Development, Systems Administration/Management, Team Lead/Manager, Time Management, Training/Teaching, Variance Analysis
LOCATION
Terre Haute, IN
POSTED
30+ days ago
Cost Accountant On-site position (One day a week remote) Relocate package offered Comp: 80K to 107K Preferred: SAP (Not required) Preferred: Bi-lingual (German) Education: Bachelors’ degree required SUMMARY: The Cost Accountant will be responsible for helping the plant achieve its financial goals. This includes establishing costing, the monthly close process, rolling forecasts and annual planning, inventory valuation, and internal controls. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Follows and supports all Company Safety policies and procedures Ensures proper accounting/financial procedures and computer application systems are configured and maintained as per company requirements. Understand and apply core accounting principles such as debits, credits, product allocations, and accruals. Manage and execute the monthly closing process. Report the financial figures (Balance Sheet, P/L and Cash Flow) detailing assets, liabilities, and capital to summarize and interpret the projected company financial position. Reviews, investigates, and reports deviations on the Budget / MTP monthly preparing the correspondent set of reports, including the financial portion of the company’s KPI’s and makes recommendations regarding possible actions on the reported deviations. Periodic comparisons of SAP moving average vs planned purchase prices, and revaluations as needed, for purchased component inventory items Develop standard costs for new products Calculate standard costs for all products annually. Analysis of activity rates, work center rates, and related efficiencies Participates in the planning cycle including rolling forecasts. Ability to develop a bottom-up approach to planning and work collaboratively with all areas. Analyze production routings and costs. Variance analysis in actual production costs vs planned. Participates in and/or leads cost reduction and process improvement activities. Maintains established housekeeping standards for responsible area Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervise the Assistant Controller Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Analytical – work with complex information; Collects and researches data; Uses curiosity and experience to complement data. Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Ask the questions needed to be successful. Communication - Must be able to interact with all team members. Ability to actively listen; to teach; and collaborate. Project Management – Ability to develop project plans; manages project team activities; and be an active team member on projects. Manufacturing mindset – Able to understand and have interest in manufacturing processes. How are things made? What are the key areas? Education and/or Experience: Bachelors’ degree required 3+ years’ of related experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment. Computer and Technology Skills: SAP experience, especially with the FI, MM. and CO modules Microsoft office expertise, including creating presentations, consolidation of large sets of data, advance formula skills Language Skills: German language speaking skills is another advantage. Ability to communicate at all levels within the organization to accomplish department objectives. Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and ability to apply concepts such as: fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit, and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 15 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Allergen Awareness Products produced in this facility may contain the following allergens: Egg, Shellfish, Fish, Gluten. EEO Employer LanceSoft is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. LanceSoft makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

About the Company

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LanceSoft Inc

We are a $125 Million, NMSDC-certified Minority & Woman owned Workforce Solutions Company headquartered in the DC metro area with presence across US with global presence - Canada, Mexico, India, UK, Malaysia, Indonasia, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE. We are specialized in providing Workforce Solutions, SOW project delivery, Engineering Solutions, Creative Services. We currently support 100+ Fortune companies globally and across multiple industry segments. We are currently supporting several massive programs across industry segment nationally/globally (Intel, Ally, AMD, QUALCOMM, Morgan Stanley, Kraft/ Mondelez, MNP, Amdocs, Dell, SanDisk, Medtronic, Becton Dickinson, GE, Lockheed Martin, UTC, L-3 Communications, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, National Grid, Dominion, Energy Future Holdings, PSEG, 3M, Fidelity, Aetna, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck etc). 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

COMPANY SIZE
2,000 to 2,499 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
2000
WEBSITE
http://www.lancesoft.com/