Creative Financial Staffing
Senior Cost Accountant
Creative Financial Staffing, Chicago, IL, United States
Senior Cost Accountant
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Analyze manufacturing costs to identify areas for improvement and cost-saving opportunities
- Monitor and control inventory levels for accurate valuation
- Update standard costs and ensure accuracy in the Bill of Materials
- Prepare, analyze, and report monthly gross margin analysis by customer, revenue streams, and product lines
- Analyze changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or service to determine effects on costs
- Responsible for account reconciliation of physical inventories and cycle counts
- Prepare periodic inventory reserves reconciliation, analyzing inventory for risk, and monitoring with support from internal stakeholders
- Assist in month-end and year-end closing by preparing monthly journal entries, account reconciliations
- Maintain pricing model and support pricing activities
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance and six years in manufacturing cost accounting experience is required
- Proficiency in Excel, experience in manipulating large databases a plus
- Solid understanding of manufacturing operations, inventory, and cost accounting
- Understanding of GAAP as it applies to a manufacturing environment is required
- Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Extraordinary interpersonal skills to work in conjunction with other departments
- Must be a team player who also works well independently
What Benefits Do We Offer?:
- Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave
- Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
- paid on a weekly basis
- 401k and match
- PTO
- Sick time
- Medical, dental and vision
- Secured parking lot
- Employee discounts
- Promote within