The Financial Analyst - Cost Accounting supports product costing, financial analysis, and accounting control for the Engines business. You'll partner with Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Finance to drive cost transparency and operational decision-making across multiple manufacturing locations. Open to candidates across experience levels.
This role is hybrid-eligible, with primary locations in Kohler, WI and Milwaukee, WI.
Specific Responsibilities:
Product Costing & Standards
- Develop, maintain, and analyze standard costs using cross-functional inputs.
- Review Bills of Material, routings, and material master data to ensure accurate product costs.
- Create and maintain Accounting and Costing views in SAP for new and existing materials.
- Load annual purchase standards, tariffs, freight, and surcharges across assigned plants.
Cost Runs & Variance Analysis
- Coordinate and execute annual standard cost runs (baseline, purchase, BOM change, activity rate).
- Analyze cost changes and communicate impacts to Finance and Operations leadership.
Financial Close & Reporting
- Support monthly close activities including journal entries, SAP data extraction, and reconciliations.
- Compile and distribute recurring reports covering inventory, productivity, and finished goods.
Inventory & Operational Support
- Prepare global inventory status, excess & obsolete, and in-transit inventory reports.
- Resolve invoice posting issues and support quality/blocked inventory reporting.
Cross-Functional & Administrative Support
- Provide backup support across the finance team and assist with ad-hoc projects as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- 0-5 years of experience in cost accounting or manufacturing finance.
- Foundational knowledge of cost accounting, inventory accounting, or variance analysis (coursework or internship counts).
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, basic financial modeling).
- Familiarity with ERP systems; SAP exposure a plus.
* Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.