**Job Details**
**What will you do?
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We are looking to strengthen our Cost Accounting Team in our Center of Excellence by hiring a motivated professional who will deliver several critical Cost Accounting functions.
The role requires regular business interaction with the r, Finance Operations Director, Plant Controller, Procurement and Quality teams and will provide exposure to the PBU's Senior Leadership Team (SLT).
**How will you do it?
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- Ensures calculation and review on a monthly basis of relevant accruals and reserves, such as obsolete and slow moving inventory, warranty, advertising, volume discounts, freight, cost Accruals etc.
- To elaborate prepare, and submit to the main operational and administrative employees the report plant of efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, hours standards, overhead and production support cost, scrap, etc.
generated in the plant(s)
- Prepares variance analysis compared with the budget and / or standards, explaining the main causes
- Continually review production reports, analyzing and reporting any extraordinary situation
- Provides guidelines for standard cost approaches used in business decisions; establishes and monitors cost reduction programs
- Calculates and sets up annual standard costs, ensures updates for new products and monthly variance analysis; elaborates monthly sales cost calculation
- Ensures related policies ( Cost accounting / Inventory / Contract accounting) are being enforced and implemented, ensures compliance with the applicable laws and policies, internal and external audits
- Audits and confirms indirect purchasing savings reported to the Corporate Procurement team
- Ensures other key financial controls are performed on a regular basis, including, but not limited to: margin hold process, credit notes' approval, preparation of weekly trackers, approval of inventory adjustments
**What we look for?
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Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance;
+6 years of Accounting or finance experience,
Strong knowledge of cost accounting, e.g.
PPV Analysis, Freight accruals, Inventory reserves etc.
Previous experience in Manufacturing environment is required
Fluent in English
Excellent communication skills across all levels of the organization
SAP and HFM/ ESSBASE knowledge is a plus
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