Senior Plant Accountant

Company: SBI Partners
Location: Des Plaines
Posted on: April 5, 2021

Job Description:

Our client located near O'Hare is currently in search of a Senior Plant Accountant. The company is looking for a scalable candidate that can grow within this department or move into other finance roles.

• Manages inventory and related work order systems including physical to perpetual to general ledger reconciliations, journal entries, audit explanations, and standard costs.
• Manages periodic requirements of manufacturing systems to ensure timing and accuracy of standards and gross margins and provide meaningful analysis of results.
• Manages preparation and execution of standard cost roll.
• Performs work order variance analysis on a daily basis with root cause and corrective actions.
• Analyzes all inventory adjustments over set thresholds and work with production control to determine root cause and corrective action.
• Manages processes involving establishment of standard costs of new products and review and analysis of standard costs for existing products.
• Analyzes the purchase price variance general ledger account.
• Audits cycle count activity, selection of items to be counted, recount decisions, research of discrepancies, and reporting on root causes and progress toward making improvements for greater quantity and physical accuracy.
• Provides cost support to cross functional areas as requested.
• Provides product cost information utilized in month end financial closing.
• Performs reporting activities throughout the month on margins, absorption, PPV and other metrics to ensure timing and accuracy of standards and gross margins.
• Directs development of and reviews cost analysis reports and works with manufacturing department heads to formulate corrective actions.
• Maintains the integrity and accuracy of product cost data.
  Requirements;
  • Accounting/Finance degree. CPA a plus
  • 2-7 years of experience
  • Strong systems and excel

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