Cost Accountant

Location: Akron

Description - Maintain master data within ERP system including products, customers, standard cots, labor rates, overhead factors, routings and bill of materials

- Lead all costing activities associated with new product development

- Partner with supply chain on product costs and update standards, as needed

- Partner with operations to analyze overhead and labor rates allowing for updates to standard, as needed

- Perform variance analysis between actual and standard cost

- Support all process/equipment improvement efforts to analyze cost, ROI, efficiency gains and ultimately, detail the impact(s) to standard costs

- Perform account reconciliations including inventory, standard cost absorption, purchase price variance and waste accounts

- Oversee inventory valuation, control processes and annual physical inventory audit

- Assist in month-end and year-end close process

- Assist in annual financial review/audit with 3rd party audit firm

- Participate in other related duties and special projects as assigned

- Continuously seek opportunities to improve processes and systems Requirements Cost Accounting, Manufacturing Cost Accounting, Standard Cost Accounting, Cost - Standard, Cost Analysis

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