Manufacturing Accountant

Cost Accounting & Inventory Management

• Set up standard costs for items in the ERP/system.
• Prepare and analyze cost variances including labor, material, inventory, and purchase price variances.
• Collaborate with the Supply Chain team on cost-related matters and provide financial insights.
• Ensure compliance with SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) regulations and internal control procedures.
• Participate in physical inventory counts and cycle counts across company locations.
• Assist in the month-end close process for inventory-related entries in the General Ledger.
• Review Work-in-Progress (WIP) inventory, generate aging reports, and coordinate with operations on resolutions.
• Generate and communicate cost and variance reports to management and participate in related meetings.
  

Project Accounting Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journal entries including Contra Finished Goods, Prepayments, and MIT Cost Adjustments.
• Conduct month-end reconciliations related to project accounts.
• Develop project reconciliation and project closeout files.
• Generate and process customer project invoices accurately and timely.
  

Additional Cost Accounting Tasks

• Perform cost updates and cost roll procedures.
• Generate various operational reports including:
  • Utilization reports.
  • WIP aging, item receiving, and cycle count reports.
• Prepare and process scrap transactions and invoices.
• Record and monitor monthly scrap accruals.

Key competencies/ skills:

• Technical Skills (Accounting and Finance)
• Time Management/Priority sitting
• Listening and Communicating
• Problem Solving
• Patience
• Integrity and Trust
• Computer Literate (MS Word, Excel, Outlook) and ability to learn new systems
• Keep an accuracy and has the ability to work under pressure

Qualification, knowledge and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Prior experience in cost accounting and/or project accounting preferred.