Cost Accountant

at  Robert Half

Robert Half Talent Solutions has partnered with an industry-leading, highly stable organization as they look for a Cost Accountant/Analyst to join their team. As the successful candidate you will play a key role in the overall effectiveness of the accounting function as you:

• Gather and analyze production and financial data
• Responsible for the annual standard cost update for purchased materials and produced products, and the development of new standards as necessary throughout the year
• Monitor and report daily production data and provide analysis of significant variances to management
• Regularly analyze and report on profitability by segment, by product, and by customer
• Provide accurate costing data for product and overhead costs for new and existing products to assist the sales department with the development of customer and product pricing
• Assist with the development of the annual budget, including the accumulation and analysis of historical production data and costs
• Report and analyze budget versus actual results to management
• Regularly interact with production control personnel to verify production reporting and accuracy of bill of materials
• Assist with periodic and annual financial closing processes and provide analysis and reporting of a broad base of management information as requested throughout the year
• Be a key driver of process improvement in areas of production costing, reporting, and analysis through further integration with the ERP system capabilities
• Identify cost-saving opportunities to support advances in profitability

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• Gather and analyze production and financial data
• Responsible for the annual standard cost update for purchased materials and produced products, and the development of new standards as necessary throughout the year
• Monitor and report daily production data and provide analysis of significant variances to management
• Regularly analyze and report on profitability by segment, by product, and by customer
• Provide accurate costing data for product and overhead costs for new and existing products to assist the sales department with the development of customer and product pricing
• Assist with the development of the annual budget, including the accumulation and analysis of historical production data and costs
• Report and analyze budget versus actual results to management
• Regularly interact with production control personnel to verify production reporting and accuracy of bill of materials
• Assist with periodic and annual financial closing processes and provide analysis and reporting of a broad base of management information as requested throughout the year
• Be a key driver of process improvement in areas of production costing, reporting, and analysis through further integration with the ERP system capabilities
• Identify cost-saving opportunities to support advances in profitabilit