Senior Cost Accountant

Financial Reporting

· Conduct month and year-end closing, ensuring all accounts are reconciled and balanced.

• Provide management with financial analysis of manufacturing operations.
• Support financial related audits.

Cost Accounting & Inventory Management

• Maintain standard costing system and annual cost roll processes.
• Analyze product costs, material costs, labor costs, and manufacturing overhead.
• Proactive costing analysis to drive process improvements and accuracy of costing.
• Reconcile inventory sub-ledger to the general ledger.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and recommend corrective actions.
• Support physical inventory counts.

Manufacturing Analysis

• Monitor plant performance metrics and manufacturing KPIs.
• Proactive analysis of trends and leading indicators, supporting the business and Plant Leadership with data to understand and act.
• Partner with the Finance Director of Operations and Plant Leadership, providing sound business analytics and understanding of financials, with associated recommendations for ongoing improvements.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Develop weekly sales and EBITDA projections.
• Analyze actual performance versus budget and forecast.
• Develop annual operating plans and budgets.

Process Improvement

• Automate reporting and streamline financial processes where possible.
• Drive accountability across the organization to utilize Plex standard processes, while ensuring appropriate controls and oversight are in place.

Cross-Functional Support

• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, and Supply Chain teams to align business goals with financial performance.
• Support the development of business justifications, including ROIs.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.

Experience

• 3+ years of accounting experience, including cost accounting in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with standard costing and inventory accounting required.
• ERP system experience (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Infor, Plex, etc.) preferred.
• Experience with financial analysis and manufacturing operations.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of:
• • Cost accounting principles