MANAGER-COST ACCOUNTING

SUMMARY
Manages activities related to the cost accounting section.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Develops, installs, and monitors cost control systems and accounting activities.
• Interprets and disseminates cost accounting information to management.
• Manages the compilation of cost data for use in developing operating budgets.
• Manages cost audits as well as the preparation and analysis of cost reports.
• Manages physical inventories and the maintenance of inventory records.
• Analyzes inventory records and variance reports.
• Implements a successful vision/strategy, through strong leadership skills.
• Develops or approves recommendations to change systems, policies, and procedures; ensures timely and accurate implementation.
• Participates in department and interdepartmental planning and management teams and works cross-functionally to improve processes within the organization.
• Develops and maintains operating budget and capital spending plan.
• Plans manpower requirements.
• Identifies and obtains staff capabilities needed to accomplish objectives.
• Monitors and ensures achievement of performance goals and objectives either directly or through subordinate staff.
• Oversees and handles projects that have short to long term focus.
• Balances planning efforts with day to day demands.
• Ensures employee conformance to established best practices and proper training of staff.
• Must maintain satisfactory attendance, to include timeliness.
• Responsible for understanding and complying with applicable quality, environmental and safety regulatory considerations.  If accountable for the work of others, responsible for ensuring their understanding and compliance.
• This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develops, coaches and mentors subordinate staff.

• Conducts performance evaluations; recommends salary adjustments; rewards employees or takes disciplinary action, as necessary; addresses complaints and resolves issues.

QUALIFICATIONS 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from a four-year college or university plus a minimum of 5 years cost accounting experience with standard costing, cost flow, cost accounting system variances and building cost accounting models, controls and procedures.
• Experience and comfort working with auditors.
• Experience managing against deliverables.
• Demonstrated leadership and work with all levels and functions within the Company.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from a four-year college or university plus 8 years of cost accounting experience with standard costing, cost flow, cost accounting system variances and building cost accounting models, controls and procedures in a manufacturing environment.
• Outlook Soft for planning and analysis.
• Experience building processes (standard costing, modeling, developing controls).
• Experience with process mapping and driving costing process changes.
• Ability to manage between staff and management (ability to translate/simplify complex scenarios into key points).
• Public Accounting, CPA, MBA desirable.
Experience with JD Edwards.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT 
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Equal Employment Opportunity EEO/AA  M/F/V/D