cost accoutant manger

• Complete monthly closing activities related to manufacturing costs and inventory. Ensure timeliness and accuracy of closing procedures.
• Analyze and review cost and operating statements to ensure financial integrity and completeness.
• Ensure Internal Controls are adhered to. Develop new controls as applicable Development, updating, and maintenance of standard costs BOMs.
• Working with Corporate Accounting, ensure Balance Sheet reserves for shrinkage and obsolescence are complete and adequate.
• Coordinate annual physical inventory and cycle counts as applicable.
• Investigate variances and resolve issues. Lead annual budget process, including development of manufacturing cost center expenses, labor budgets, activity rates for labor and overhead to be used in standard costing. As part of budget process, test raw material standard purchase rates to analyze year over year changes in cost.
• Perform comparison of year over year product cost standards to ensure accuracy. Analyzing actual vs budget results for plant operating expenses, standard costing, andoperating expenses, standard costing, and variance analysis for material and freight costs Develop monthly expense and variance forecasts for the operation. Work closely with other process teams to facilitate project progress and to ensure integrated system solutions.
• Works on special projects as they arise.