Cost Accountant - Creative Financial Staffing
Lake Forest, IL
About the Job
Senior Cost Accountant
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Our client is a leading manufacturer, and distributor. This client has a new permanent opportunity for a Cost Accountant. Company is very profitable, strongly growing year over year and has many long-term, high-profile customers.
The Cost Accountant will provide guidance to leadership and be responsible for all cost-related functions such as cost variance analysis, labor, overhead and inventory analysis, reporting, and budgeting. This is a high profile, high visibility role that directly supports the CFO and the Controller.
Responsibilities of the Senior Cost Accountant :
Experience for the Senior Cost Accountant:
Why work here as Senior Cost Accountant:
MaxSalary: USD110000
MinSalary: USD90000
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Our client is a leading manufacturer, and distributor. This client has a new permanent opportunity for a Cost Accountant. Company is very profitable, strongly growing year over year and has many long-term, high-profile customers.
The Cost Accountant will provide guidance to leadership and be responsible for all cost-related functions such as cost variance analysis, labor, overhead and inventory analysis, reporting, and budgeting. This is a high profile, high visibility role that directly supports the CFO and the Controller.
Responsibilities of the Senior Cost Accountant :
- Lead and be the subject matter expert for the Cost Accounting/Analysis function
- Assist with close, forecasting, budget and other cost/investment activities
- Provide Financial/Cost/KPI analysis to senior leadership for strategic decisions
- Sales and margin trends / forecasts
- Analysis by Customer and Product line
- Budgeting, materials, labor, and overhead analysis
- Inventory valuation analysis
- Support various groups with initiatives in cost reductions, margin enhancements and working capital improvements
- Assist with process and controls improvements
Experience for the Senior Cost Accountant:
- Bachelors in accounting, finance, business or related
- Strong Cost Accounting/Analysis experience
- Advanced excel
- Strong business experience and ability to think strategically
- Excellent presentation skills, ability to explain financial results/impacts to all levels
- Strong ERP systems experience
Why work here as Senior Cost Accountant:
- Company is very profitable
- Specialized, innovative products
- Heavy into research & development, engineering
- A lot of long-term upside, strong leadership team
- Opportunity to expand responsibilities, gain new experience
- Generous PTO
MaxSalary: USD110000
MinSalary: USD90000
Source : Creative Financial Staffing
