Posting Date: |
March 22, 2017 |
Position Title: |
Management Cost Accountant |
Salary: |
Commensurates with experience |
Location: |
New Jersey (Headquarters) |
Position Type: |
Full Time |
Description: |
The management cost accountant position is accountable for the ongoing analysis of process constraints, target costing projects, margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities. The cost accountant must also construct and monitor cost-effective data accumulation systems needed to provide an appropriate level of costing information to management.
The cost accountant researches, calculates, and organizes statistics regarding profit margins and expenses, and identifies areas where a company can make improvements, and goes further to come up with practical ways to cut costs or increase profits by instituting new policies and procedures.- Responsible for updating and developing Data Collection for a cost accounting system
- Create and review the controls needed for data accumulation and reporting systems
- Perform evaluation of actual costs to update or develop standard cost in manufacturing environment
- Identify process improvements to have a positive effect on costs and margins
- Validate and report on the cost of goods sold and gross margins as part of the month-end close
- Perform financial analysis on Key Performance indicators (KPI’s) using system generated reports and/or data extraction tools
- Report on breakeven points by products, work centers, and factories
- Analyze capital budgeting requests
- Develop ad-hoc financial reporting for various firm functional areas to include but not limited to finance, Business Development, Human Resources, Business Units, and Firm Leadership
- Provide support for staff on tools and systems developed for reporting
- Assist CFO to complete projects as needed and work with auditors to complete related audits
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Qualifications: |
Master’s degree a plus, a BA/BS degree is required and three to five years of related Cost Analysis, Management Accounting and/or Project Management experience.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
- Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings
- Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques and process improvements
- Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets (Advanced Excel, etc.)
- The ability to collaborate with a multi-department team
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Remarks: |
WORK ENVIRONMENT This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
TRAVEL Occasional travel may be expected for this position. |
Contact: |
jobs@vantageapparel.com |
Closing Date: |
Until filled |