Sr. Cost Accountant

**Summary**:
Develops, implements and/or maintains one or a combination of cost accounting and spending systems to prepare, analyze and /or explain financial reports.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Review data, allocates costs and prepares and review reports on labor, equipment, depreciation, assembly, or other operating expenses, ensuring that established procedures are followed.
- Review and analyze all production variances (MUV, Mat OH, labor, OH, OSP)-Review and analyze PPV and IPV.
- Review journal entries; maintains and reconciles ledger accounts.
- Prepares financial statements and variance reports as requested.
- Analyze and prepare special reports.
- May interpret reports and records for managers.
- Prepares financial spending reports - analyzing and explaining information.
- Analyze & forecast financial absorption for production operations.
- Responsible for the preparation and presentation of accurate monthly summary of expenses such as direct costs.
- Cost Reduction project financial validation.
- Prepare monthly reports on financials to be distributed to the business.
- Active participation on annual Budget preparation.
- Develop ABC costing.
- Active participation on financial audits (Internal & External).

**Qualifications**:

- Accounting degree
- Minimum of 8 years of experience
- A seasoned, experienced professional with complete understating of principals, concepts, practices and standards
- Analytical skills
- English - Advance level (Read, speak, write).
- MS Office, ERP Licenses (Oracle preferred)
- Supervising personnel

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Cost Accounting: 8 years (preferred)

**Language**:

- 90% English (preferred)

Work Location: In person