Sr. Cost Accountant (Finance)
As a premier global food provider, the OSI Group partners with the world's leading foodservice and retail food brands to provide concept-to-table solutions that delight consumers around the globe.
Join us and discover a work experience where diverse ideas are met with enthusiasm, and where you can learn and grow to your full potential. We're looking for individuals who thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and who enjoy working as a team to deliver unparalleled service and solutions to our customers.
This role is responsible for analyzing data and tracking tools as it relates to operations including labor, yields, material usage and overhead costs. This role will also play an integral role in month-end close activities and assist the Controller. The Senior Cost Accountant is responsible for managing and maintaining cost standards and Bill of Materials (BOM's).
Job Responsibilities
• Job is an individual contributor.
• Job is an individual contributor and has no direct reports.
• Maintain weekly, monthly, and quarterly pricing files, uploading information to SAP as necessary.
• Prepare daily and weekly production reports to include profit and loss statements, labor hour analysis, yields and cost savings progress against plan.
• Collect data and conduct analysis to develop costing profiles for new products in order to determine production viability and profitability.
• Participate in/lead a variety of audits, including financial and inventory, by collecting required documentation, performing physical counts, and other activities as directed.
• Track the flow of inventory through the SAP system. Work with manufacturing to ensure cycle counts are accurate and reconciliations of staging areas are complete.
• Maintain and develop SAP costing for customer products.
• Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate monthly closing. Prepare all standard month-end journal entries and review all costing runs, and work closely with corporate SAP team to validate system data.
• Lead the preparation of annual budgets and prepare ongoing monthly and year-to-date budget analysis for management review, analysis and decision making.
• Provide budget product cost review/analysis support.
• Produce various weekly/period/quarterly analysis and variance reports for Plant Management review.
• Demonstrate Lean thinking and participate in facility problem solving.
• Prepare presentations, reports, and memos utilizing full knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Prepare month end general accruals and account reconciliations and perform a variety of other routine accounting tasks that support forecasting, budgeting, and internal control activities.
• This role has the responsibility to understand and places in practice appropriate safety procedures. This responsibility is achieved through education, training, use of protective equipment (as applicable) and by following safety policies, regulations, standards, and laws.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Experience & Skills
• 5-10 years of experience in related field is preferred.
• Excellent proficiency in all Microsoft Office Suite Products.
• Experience with cost accounting principles.
• Experience with financial analysis.
• Experience with SAP ERP system.
• Strong analytical and communication skills required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Must be able to interact and communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to be resourceful, demonstrate business acumen, creative thinking skills, and be able to act as a decision maker and leader.
• Maintain confidentiality of personnel and payroll information.
Education
• BA/BS or equivalent is preferred.
• CPA is preferred.
Work Environment
• Work is generally performed within a business professional office environment, with standard office equipment available.
• Work conditions are typical of an office & plant environment.
• This role does not require any domestic travel
• Position requires the physical agility to perform continuous lifting up to 15 pounds, bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, stretching/reaching, use hands or fingers, talk, hear, feel objects, tools, controls and standing/walking on concrete flooring.
• Position requires the physical ability to stand/walk for the duration of work hours.
