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KCO Resource Management ยท 2 months ago

Job Cost Accountant

KCO Resource Management is partnering with a leading food manufacturer in North America to hire a Cost Accountant. This role is responsible for supporting the financial reporting team with month-end financial closing duties, budgeting, forecasting, and costing activities, while also assisting management in improving the utilization of raw materials to minimize costs.

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Responsibilities

Assist corporate cost accounting team with review and input to the monthly standard cost update and review of all facility BOMs for accuracy
Reconcile invoices, apply accurate G/L codes, cost centers, and data entry of invoices into ERP system for processing as applicable
Ownership of Plant standard cost system, providing insight and analysis of drivers of performance
Participate in the development of data-driven, fact-based information to support decisions enabling productivity measures to reduce overall cost
Play a critical role in the month end closing process; preparing journal entries for approval and investigating variances
Prepare and analyze daily material yield and loss
Assist department management with development procedures that improve the accuracy of functional performance reporting and identification opportunities for further cost reduction across the operation

Qualification

Manufacturing cost accountingExcelSAPERP systemsYieldsVariancesMonth-end close experienceFood manufacturing experiencePlant floor operations

Required

Manufacturing cost accounting experience
Strong Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, modeling, data manipulation)
Ability to pull data from SAP or any ERP system and build analyses in Excel
Experience with Yields / variances / losses, Standard cost concepts, and Inventory accounting
Solid month-end close experience: Journal entries, Reconciliations, Cost/operational analysis
Ability to commute to Greensboro, NC 27408
Ability to relocate to Greensboro, NC 27408 before starting work
Work location: In person

Preferred

Prior experience in food manufacturing, dairy, or CPG
Exposure to plant floor operations (understanding yields, scrap, loss, throughput)

Company

KCO Resource Management

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KCO Resource Management is a recruiting firm specializing in the dairy & natural food manufacturing industries.

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Early Stage

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Jill Osterhout
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