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Innovative Solutions & Support Cost Accounting Manager in Exton, Pennsylvania
As a Manager of Cost Accounting, you will be responsible for working within the framework of a team and performing the following activities:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing process for costing and inventory modules, ensuring accuracy of transactions and entries
- Prepare and review inventory and cost accounting journal entries and account reconciliations
- Provide explanations for fluctuation analysis of gross margins
- Review manufacturing variances and collaborate with operations teams to reduce them
- Generate accurate and timely inventory and costing reports for operations teams
- Analyze standard costs and review standard cost roll-ups for new products and production operations
- Investigate and resolve large variances before finalizing rolling standards
- Collaborate with operations teams to analyze inventory for potential excess and obsolete reserves
- Interact with internal/external auditors and provide analysis and audit schedules
- Ensure compliance with internal control procedures.
- Provide management oversight to the cost accounting team and offer informal feedback and coaching
- Conduct annual performance reviews for team member(s)
- Various assignments, tasks and projects as assigned by the Controller or CFO
- Lead the plant capital budgeting process
- Lead budget/forecast processes for the plants
Qualifications:
- B.S. degree in Accounting required, MBA and / or CPA strongly preferred.
- At minimum of 7 years of cost accounting and financial reporting experience with 3 years supervisory experience. Former cost accounting experience in the manufacturing industry strongly preferred.
- Expert skills in Microsoft Excel required. Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Teams and Word is essential.
- Working knowledge of ERP software is required. NetSuite experience is strongly preferred.
- Strong interpersonal, analytical and leadership skills required.
- Comprehensive understanding of manufacturing variances, overhead absorption, and standard costs.
- Detailed experience with inventory and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) accounts reconciliations and related accounting.
- Experience with month-end closing and working in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with inventory cycle count process.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate with a variety of other functional areas including operations, material planning, and warehouse teams.
Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) is an Equal Employment Opportunity and VEVRAA Employer.IS&S is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.Moreover, IS&S is committed to Companywide affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
